Expert: Min-Fu Chien - 3/8/2005

Question
Am i right in thinking that all chinese are Buddhists ? also, is it true that chinese woman cannot have sex before marriage and therefore are not very open to any loving relationships ?  Forgive me if i am wrongly percieveing the Chinese culture but i am very curious and interested.

Please help

Answer
Hi Alfie05
I think the acurate way to describe the religion of chinese people would be"Daoism". It is a bit different to India based Buddhism.The biggest differnce is,with Daoism,there are many goddess to worship, but in Buddhism,there is only one supreme God-"Buddha".

As for the women's love relationship. Yes, traditionally, women are not allowed to have sex before their marriage. But nowadays the tradition is fadding, so I don't think the women are that conservitive any longer.

Hope i have given you some clues.

regards
minfu/Taiwan,Republic Of China