Chinese Religion In Malaysia
The chinese traditional religion has a relatively significant registered following in the states of sarawak 6 and penang 5.
Chinese religion in malaysia. Malaysian chinese religion refers to religious beliefs of chinese origin as practiced by the sizable chinese minority of malaysia. Chinese christians including both catholic and protestants presence is mainly visible with their active missionary activities especially among ethnic chinese in east malaysia with large proportion than other regions. These beliefs and practices are heavily influenced by the three faiths practiced by chinese communities confucianism buddhism and taoism.
Chinese malaysians are followers of different religions but the majority practice what may be called chinese religion 1 unlike christianity and islam chinese religion is part and parcel of chinese ways of life a chinese tradition inherited from the ancient past. Based on long term ethnographic study this is the first comprehensive work on the chinese popular religion in malaysia. Many other folk religious chinese register as buddhists in government surveys.
According to the encyclopedia of malaysia vol. The majority of christians in west malaysia also are of chinese origin. It analyses temples and communities in historical and contemporary perspective the diversity of deities and chinese speech groups religious specialists and temple services the communal significance of.