Campaign to Shut Down Temples Leaves Buddhists Homeless
As Chinese officials go on a demolition campaign, many Buddhists driven out of temples have been left destitute and impoverished.
Buddhism
Churches and Temples Demolished For Made-Up Illegalities
Chinese government officials like to come up with a vast swath of reasons, pretty much all untrue, as reasons to destroy religious sites.
Buddhist Statue Destroyed for “Obstructing View of Pilots”
In the provinces of Sichuan and Zhejiang, authorities have demolished two large Buddhist statues under ridiculous pretenses.
Rewards Spur Local Governments to Destroy Temples
In Henan province, authorities find yet another way to undermine religion: play on citizens’ greed to make them allies in repression.
New Temple-Shutdown Tactic: Suspend Permits
By halting approvals for houses of worship, which are required by the Chinese government, more Buddhist and Taoist temples are being shuttered. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is taking a new route in continuing its campaign against religion: Requiring that permits be held in order to worship – and then refusing to grant them. According […]
Confucius Replaces Buddha in Sinicized Chinese Temples
In the new China, Buddhist and Daoist artifacts are destroyed, and temples are turned into nondescript buildings for worshiping the state.
1,000 Government Officials Demolish Buddhist Temple
Under the pretext of urban renewal, authorities in Wenzhou city, in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang, cause destruction.
500 Historic Arhat Statues Thrown into Memory Hole
Combination Buddhist shrine and tourist attraction, the statues are unacceptable to Chinese authorities, so they must be disappeared.
Buddhist Temples Face “Sinicization” and Coercion
The march to establish religion “with Chinese characteristics” continues, with Buddhist temples now feeling the pressure, compromising their beliefs.
The War on Buddhist Statues Continues
China’s believers are trying to conceal religious statues and icons in order to save them from destruction.
