Buddhism takes a very important part in Chinese culture. It has both its side effects and good effects in the development of Chinese culture.

Buddhism was said to be built in India in the 6th century BC by Sakyamuni, the son of a nobleman and member of the Kahatriya caste near the prewent borders of India and Nepal.

It was widely believed that Buddhism was introduced into China during the Han Dynasty by immigrants from Persia , Central Asia, and India . During this time, Buddhism was at first considered as an insignificant cult practiced by immigrants or a foreign corruption of Taoism, but did finally assert its own independent identity as it drew more attention from native Chinese followers.

There are two types of Buddhism in China , namely Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism. Mahayana believers are vegetarians, while Hinayana believers are non-vegetarians.

The Four Nobel Truths of Buddhism are: first, everything in the world is sorrow; second, the reason of sorrow is desire, especially the desire of body and the desire for personal fulfillment; third, happiness can only come form the removal of desire; and the last, desire can only be removed if one follow the Noble Eight Fold Path.

The Noble Eight-Fold Path are as followings: Right Knowledge, Right Aspiration, Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, as well as Right Mindfulness.

In China , there are three sections of Buddhism, namely, the Han Buddhism, the Tibetan Buddhism, and the Southern Buddhism.

The influence of Buddhism is so deep, that there are many Buddhist architectures of different dynasties in China.There are 8 schools of Buddhism in China , namely, Sanlun, Faxiang, Chan, Huayan, Pure Land (Jingtu), Tiantai, Mi, Lv.