Buddhism has long been one of the three major religions in the world. As a traditional religion in China, why has Taoism gone from bad to worse?

There are many religions in the world, but among them, there are three religions with the greatest influence and the largest number, namely Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, among which Christianity has the largest number, followed by Islam and Buddhism.

Among the three major religions in the world, China people worship Buddhism the most. As we all know, Buddhism is not our native religion. It spread from India to China during the Han Dynasty. After so many years of development, it also experienced the large-scale extinction of Buddhism by Emperor Tai Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Tang Wuzong and Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong, which has been passed down to this day. The original Buddhism joined many elements of our China, forming today's China Buddhism.

We also know that, like Buddhism, Christianity and Islam in China are foreign religions, so what are the indigenous religions in China? Taoism originated in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with "Tao" as its highest belief. Its main purpose is to pursue immortality, achieve immortality, and save the world. Taoism was originally one of the hundred schools in the Warring States period, but Taoism deified Taoism. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, many Taoists appeared, but there was no real Taoist system.

It was not until Zhang Daoling, the ancestor of Shi Tian, formally established Taoism, that the Taoist system began to take shape and developed rapidly, and more and more people believed in Taoism. In the traditional culture of China, there are three major religions, namely Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. In the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone. For thousands of years, Confucianism has been immersed in the bones of everyone in China. Buddhism flourished after many large-scale extinctions, and there were many Buddhists. In contrast, our local religion Taoism is relatively deserted, and the number of Taoists is not too much. What's going on here? Because Buddhism believes in Sakyamuni, Christianity regards the Lord Jesus Christ as the savior, and Confucianism respects Confucius. Most religions belong to monotheism. Tracing back to the source, monotheism appeared to attract more loyal believers in the form of religion, and people can only believe in one supreme god. Taoism is completely different. It believes in many gods. Taoism takes "Tao" as its highest belief and stresses "Tao is natural". To put it another way, it's cold: believe it or not, don't bother me to cultivate immortality. It is precisely because of its coldness and casualness that Taoism has fewer followers than other popular religions and has not been introduced to foreign countries. Taoism to China!