Editing Religion in Japan (section)

====Chinese folk religion====
{{Main|Chinese folk religion}}
[[File:Yamashitacho, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture 231-0023, Japan - panoramio - jetsun (5).jpg|thumb|150px|Temple of [[Guan Yu|Guandi]] (關帝廟; Japanese: ''Kanteibyō'', Chinese: ''Guāndìmiào'') in [[Yokohama]]]]
Most [[Chinese people in Japan]] practice the Chinese folk religion ({{cjkv|j=中国の民俗宗教|r=Chūgoku no minzoku shūkyō|c=中国民间宗教 or 中国民间信仰|p=Zhōngguó mínjiān zōngjiào or Zhōngguó mínjiān xìnyǎng}}), also known as Shenism ({{cjkv|c=神教|r=Shinkyō|p=Shénjiào}}), that is very similar to Japanese Shinto.

The Chinese folk religion consists in the worship of the ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors, ''[[shen (Chinese religion)|shen]]'' (神 "[[deity|gods]]", "spirits", "awarenesses", "consciousnesses", "[[archetype]]s"; literally "expressions", the energies that generate things and make them thrive), which can be [[nature god|nature deities]], city deities or [[tutelary deity|tutelary deities]] of other human agglomerations, [[national god|national deities]], [[cultural hero|cultural]] [[hero]]es and demigods, [[ancestor]]s and [[progenitor]]s of kinships. [[Mythology|Holy narratives]] regarding some of these gods are codified into the body of [[Chinese mythology]].