Confucianism
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Worships, Sects, Followers
Place of Worships
There are many holy temples, but the main one is in Qufu
It is a cemetery for Confucius and there is a Confucius family mansion there as well
It is open to anyone who worships him
Some Confucians believed that their job is to make the world their temple.
Any ordinary place such as a house or a store can be converted into a place f worship.
This open worship attracted many outsiders to the religion.
Followers
There are 6,111,056 that follow confucianism
That is 0.9-1% of the world.
It is mainly only practiced in China but there are still some outside followers who want to lead a pure life.
Sects
Mencius: a student of confucius name Mencius stressed that nature was an essential part of life.
Xunzi: Xunzi thought the opposite of Mencius and said that nature was evil.
Dong Zhongshu: Dong took a neutral view towards nature and religion
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