The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/folk-religion)
A new Pew Research Center report finds religious hostilities increased for the third consecutive year worldwide, while government restrictions remained near record highs and questions remain about how smaller faith communities are represented in the data.
China’s burial policy requiring mandatory cremation sparked protests in one city, where some see it as an attack on ancestor veneration and traditional folk religion.
Officials near Wuhan inspect bookstores to prevent the selling of unauthorized religious material.
The Chinese government has instituted a number of new measures intended to curb the practice of folk religions, such as worship of figures like Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, and Nong Zhigao, a culture hero who resembles Robin Hood.
Thousands of shrines devoted to Chinese folk deity were destroyed in Guayou City.