Guangzhou Religion

Guangzhou has a long religious history. Guangzhou has Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity, with Taoism as the only Chinese local religion. Buddhism spread in Guangzhou in 255, Taoism in 306, Islam in the early Tang Dynasty, Catholicism in the late Ming Dynasty, and Christianity in the early Qing Dynasty. Guangzhou has profound religious cultures. By the end of 2014, 81 venues for religious activities had been registered and opened in Guangzhou in accordance with the law, 7 venues were being built or to be built, and a total of 1.18 million religious believers. Nearly 10 key temples, abbeys, and churches are on the former central axis of Guangzhou, creating unique human landscapes that display religious and historical culture as well as adding the charm of Guangzhou as a famous historical and cultural city.