East Asian religions

In the study of comparative religions, East Asian religions or Taoist religions are defined as a subset of Eastern religions. This group includes Chinese religions in general, which include ancestor worship, folk Chinese religion, Confucianism, Taoism, so-called salvation organizations (such as Yiguandau and Wixinism), and other elements of Mahayana Buddhism that form the heart of Chinese Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism in general. This group also includes Japanese Shanti and Korean Sindhi (both meaning “ways of the gods” and denoting the native shamanic religion and ancestral worship of these peoples)