Dacheng teaching of Mount Jizu (鸡足山大乘教 ''Jīzú shān dàchéng jiào'', "Great Vehicle teaching of Mount Jizu"), is a

Chinese folk religious sect Chinese salvationist religions or Chinese folk religious sects are a Chinese religious tradition characterised by a concern for salvation (moral fulfillment) of the person and the society.; ''passim'' They are distinguished by egalitarianism, a f ...

, a branch of

Luoism Luodao (罗道 "Way of Luo") or Luoism (罗教), originally Wuweiism (无为教), refers to a Chinese folk religious tradition, a wide range of sect organisations flourishing over the last five hundred years, which trace their origins back to the ...

in western China established by Zhang Baotai (張保太) in the late 17th century, during the Manchu-ruled

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

. The sect originated in Mount Jizu,

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

, near Qing's border with the Burmese

Taungoo dynasty , conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty , common_name = Taungoo dynasty , era = , status = Empire , event_start = Independence from Ava , year_start ...

. Many in the sect also advocated for the restoration of the Chinese-ruled

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

in China. It grew quickly in many southern Chinese regions and was behind a few rebellions in the 1730s and 1740s which were ruthlessly suppressed. In 1746 the Qianlong Emperor officially banned the Dacheng religions, a year after Zhang died in prison. Many followers from Yunnan fled to Burma.

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* * {{cite book , last1 = Seiwert , first1 = Hubert , last2 = Ma , first2 = Xisha , title = Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History , date = January 2003 , publisher = Brill Academic Pub , publication-date = June 2003 , isbn = 9789004131460 Chinese salvationist religions

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