How did china influence japans religion?
Japan’s two major belief systems are Shinto and Buddhism. While Shinto developed as an indigenous belief system, Japanese Buddhism was introduced to Japan by China through Korea and has been influenced by Chinese scholarship.Ancient BeliefsJapan’s early religious system was shamanistic and animistic meaning that they believed that there were spirits and gods in all of nature. The beliefs of this early animism would eventually become the root of Shintoism.Before BuddhismThe early animistic beliefs were supplemented by the Chinese religions of Taoism and Confucianism. Taoism supplemented early Japanese Shintoism with a philosophical backing, while Confucianism provided a social model for governing for the elites of Japanese society.Introduction of BuddhismChina introduced Buddhism to the Korean peninsula around 372 C.E.–150 years later the Korean kingdom of Baekje introduced Chinese Buddhism to Japan in 522 C.E.Chinese InfluenceThere is no single form of Buddhism, and Japan developed ma
