China's history was mostly shaped by the "three teachings" of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, combined with a lot of folklore. Religion was never allowed to

China's history was mostly shaped by the "three teachings" of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, combined with a lot of folklore. Religion was never allowed to gain any significant power by Chinese emperors. They often taxed then destroyed monasteries/churches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Anti-Buddhist_Persecution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Anti-Buddhist_Persecutio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_China