The Chinese Folk Temples' Management Association (中国民间寺庙文化管理协会 ''Zhōngguó mínjiān sìmiào wénhuà guǎnlǐ xiéhuì'') is an organisation for the registration, standardisation and administration of the
folk religious temples
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of
China
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; such temples are considered the primary carriers of traditional culture. It was formally established at the end of 2015, with the approval of the government of China, with the purpose of creating a "
Harmonious Society
The Harmonious Society (; also known as Socialist Harmonious Society) is a socioeconomic concept in China that is recognized as a response to the increasing alleged social injustice and inequality emerging in mainland Chinese society as a result ...
" realising the "
Chinese Dream" with Chinese characteristics (gods).
[民间寺庙文化管理协会挂牌仪式 (Folk Temples' Management Association Registration Ceremony)]
minjiansimiao.com, 2015/12/17. Retrieved 2017/04/27
Archived
In its function, the organisation may be compared to
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
's
Association of Shinto Shrines.
The association has links with the Chinese
Water-Wind Philosophy Association (中国风水家协会 ''Zhōngguó fēngshuǐ jiā xiéhuì'') and with the Chinese
Yijing
The ''I Ching'' or ''Yi Jing'' (, ), usually translated ''Book of Changes'' or ''Classic of Changes'', is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. Originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou ...
Philosophy Association (中国易经哲学家协会 ''Zhōngguó Yìjīng zhéxué jiā xiéhuì'').
[ The association was founded in Henan province, and is responsible towards the Ministry of Culture. In other areas of China, different measures for the administration of folk religious temples have been taken in the 2010s; for instance, in Zhejiang province 34,880 folk religious temples, mediated by a variety of local associations, have come under the aegis of the Bureau of Folk Faith of the provincial Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.][Chen Jinguo, Lin Minxia]
如何走向“善治”：浙江省民間信仰“社會治理”轉型的反思 (How to Go Towards "Good Governance": Reflection on Folk Beliefs' "Social Governance" Transformation in Zhejiang)
. Qiu Yonghui (ed.). ''Chinese Religion Report - Religion Blue Book - 2015 Edition''. Social Science Literature Publishing House, 2016
''Gooread'' 2017/01/04
. .
See also
* Religion in China
* Chinese Buddhist Association
The Buddhist Association of China (BCA; ) is the official government supervisory organ of Buddhism in the People's Republic of China. The association has been overseen by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since ...
* Chinese Taoist Association
* Holy Confucian Church
The Holy Confucian Church or Holy Church of Confucius (孔圣会 ''Kǒngshènghuì'') or Holy Confucian Church of China (中华孔圣会 ''Zhōnghuá Kǒngshènghuì'') is a body formed of many local Confucian churches or halls (孔圣堂 ''K ...
References
External links
Official website
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Folk religious temples in China
Religious organizations based in China