Which sect of Buddhism is the largest in China?

The most mainstream sects of Buddhism in China are Pure Land Sect and Zen Buddhism, among which Zen Buddhism has the greatest influence among the people, and Pure Land Sect has the largest number of tribes.

At present, Buddhism is naturally the largest among Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Sect, and if the Pure Land Sect is the first in terms of number, it is represented by Master Yin Guang. If the influence, Zen is the first, represented by the old monk Xu Yun. There are thirteen schools of Buddhism in China. These thirteen sects are Tiantai Sect, Nirvana Sect, Sanlun Sect, Faxiang Sect, Sherun Sect, Zen Sect, Shicheng Sect, Pure Land Sect, Huayan Sect, Land Sect, Serpent Sect, Legalist Sect and Tantric Sect.

Zen is the most influential Buddhist sect in China. The legal system has spread to many countries in the world. This sect got its name because it summed up all its teachings and practices with Zen. Because Dharma (also known as Mo) is the ancestor of Middle Earth, it is also called Dharma School, and because it calls itself "the seal of Buddha's heart", it is called "Buddha's heart school" or "heart school" for short.

The formation of eight sects

Among the eight sects in China, their common feature is that they all flourished in the prosperous times of Sui and Tang Dynasties. Buddhism was introduced into China from India. After five or six hundred years of development in China, the Sui and Tang Dynasties entered a new school-building era. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with the establishment of the feudal unified dynasty and the full development of the temple economy, various schools of Buddhism got the opportunity to further integrate and develop. In line with the trend of the unification of ideology and culture, some schools formed sects by "examining and teaching" on the basis of unifying the North-South style of study.

Due to the political division of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism also formed different styles of study in the North and South. Although the Buddhist theory tends to be independent, it has not been able to systematically integrate and communicate the different viewpoints of Buddhism itself, and the independent temple economy is also in the process of formation and development. So there were no Buddhist sects at that time, only many Buddhist sects.