New Religious Movements
Main articles: Way of Former Heaven, Lord of Universe Church, and Falun GongA great diversity of new religious movements are thriving across China. The majority are indigenous, and into this group some are totally new whilst others were already active before the communist revolution in 1949, and are being re-introduced from Taiwan. The most relevant among these last are Yiguandao (and other sects within the Xiantiandao category), Tiendery-Tientism, Yaochidao and Zailiism.
Among the most recent of the new religions, the most notable are the various Qigong-inspired groups, such as Falun Gong, Zhong Gong, Yuanji Gong and Wang Gong, and Christian-inspired Taiping-style sects such as Zhushenism, Linglingism, Fuhuodao, Mentuhui and Lightning from the East. Other movements are allogenous in origin, for example the Bahá'í Faith.
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