The characteristics of religion in China are

Religion in China has the characteristics of long-term, mass, nationality, internationality and complexity.

(1) Religion has its objective laws of emergence, development and extinction, and its existence has complex natural, social and cognitive roots. Religion will exist for a long time and play a role. The demise of religion will be a very long historical process, which may be longer than the demise of class and country.

(2) Religion is a mass social phenomenon. The essence of religious work is mass work. Whether the broad masses of religious believers can unite around the party and the government should be the fundamental criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of religious work.

(3) Ethnic issues and religious issues are often intertwined, which becomes a factor that needs attention in observing and dealing with religious issues. Correctly grasp the party's ethnic and religious policies, timely and properly resolve contradictions and disputes that affect ethnic unity, be good at observing the differences and connections between ethnic and religious issues, adhere to concrete analysis of specific issues, and deal with any problems.

(4) The five major religions in China, except Taoism, were all introduced from outside, and they have certain historical and practical ties with foreign religions. We must deeply understand the mutual influence of domestic and foreign factors on religious issues, pay attention to observing and studying the historical and practical influence of international religions on domestic religions, take the overall situation into consideration and grasp the initiative in work.

(5) Religion has never existed in isolation. It is not only intertwined with the contradiction between history and reality, influenced by many complicated factors of the international community, but also intertwined with political, economic, cultural and other factors, with both antagonistic and non-antagonistic contradictions. These two contradictions will transform each other under certain conditions, leading to the complexity of their social impact.

The difference between religion and superstition:

Religion and superstition are fundamentally different. Religion has a complete system of doctrine and discipline, standardized religious ceremonies and daily religious activities, religious groups and places for religious activities established according to law, and religious personnel identified and filed according to law.

Superstition generally refers to blind belief and worship of people or things, especially to fortune-telling, fortune-telling and geomantic omen, as well as witchcraft and evil words that evoke souls, interpret dreams, invite gods to surrender, drive away diseases and ghosts, confuse people, and cheat people. Superstition activities are mostly for utilitarian or selfish purposes, and often become a means for superstitious professionals to defraud money, and the result will inevitably bring harm to people.

Ningde Municipal People's Government-Five Characteristics of Religion in China