Chinese religions of fasting
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Chinese religions of fasting (Chinese: 斋教; pinyin: zhāijiāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tsai-kàu) are a subgroup of the Chinese salvationist religions. Their name refers to the strict vegetarian fasting diet that believers follow. This subgroup apparently originated from the Lǎoguān zhāijiào (老官齋教 "venerable seniors' teaching of fasting") sect that departed from the eastern "Great Vehicle" proliferation of Luoism[1] and approached to the White Lotus tradition.[2]
The Chinese religions of fasting are the following three:[3][4]
- the Longhua sect (龙花教 "Dragon Flower");
- the Jintong sect (金幢教 "Golden Flag"); and
- the Xiantiandao (先天道 "Way of Former Heaven") tradition.
In the 1890s, a zhaijiao group assumed the functions of government in Gutian County, leading to the Kucheng Massacre.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Ma, Meng. 2011. p. 173-175
- ↑ Seiwert (1992).
- ↑ Clart, 1997. pp. 11-12
- ↑ Ma, Meng. 2011. p. 174
- ↑ Kimihiko Sato. "The Ku-t'ien Anti-missionary Incident (1895) : Vegetarian Sect, the shadow of Sino-Japanese War, and the conversion of the missionary diplomacy of the UK and U.S."
Sources
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- Philip Clart. University of British Columbia. The Phoenix and the Mother: The Interaction of Spirit Writing Cults and Popular Sects in Taiwan. On: Journal of Chinese Religions, n. 25, Fall 1997.
- Xisha Ma, Huiying Meng. Popular Religion and Shamanism. Brill, 2011. ISBN 9004174559
