Search results for "Religion in China" - New World Encyclopedia
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- , President of Toronto University College, in 1851. The term Pré-historique ... Religious accounts of creation, such as the biblical account in Genesis ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- Many viharas, such as Nalanda, founded in 427 C.E., were world famous ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- E.). Members of the School of Names engaged in a form of public debate or ... years until Emperor Shi Huang Di unified China under the Qin dynasty in ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... but it was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies ... The people of Zanskar have subsisted, until recently, in nearly total ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... province's abbreviation, Qióng (琼 in Simplified Chinese), referring ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- refers to those deliberately castrated in order to perform specific social ... Servants or slaves were usually castrated in order to make them safer servants ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- and translator who traveled on foot from China to India in the early Tang ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... be free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- by Chinese scholars, it became famous in the West when it was translated ... describes milestones that mark progress in the course of meditation practice ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- as the founder of an indigenous Korean religion, one that had enormous impact ... the rebellion that many followers of his religion sparked after his death ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ... The Epic of King Gesar is considered the longest literary work in ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). It is located in the middle of Beijing, China ... #039;s former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- of the Sarvastivada schools, he grew up in centers of Hinayana Buddhism ... translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, which ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- southern Manchuria (present-day northeast China), southern Russian Maritime ... a major regional power of East Asia, fell in defeat to a Silla-Tang alliance ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 04:03, 24 May 2024
- coined the term "ethnocentrism" in the nineteenth century, although ... of ethnocentrism has proven significant in the social sciences, both with ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... are used to externally dominate the masses in a totalitarian state, Juche ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- It was originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty ... Buddhist scriptures to bring back to China. During the journey they ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- the diverse cultures and countries in which it has spread. Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
