Editing Book of Common Prayer (section)

====China====
The ''Book of Common Prayer'' is translated literally as ({{lang|zh-hant|公禱書}}) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]] ([[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]]: ''Gōng dǎo shū''; [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]]: ''Gūng tóu syū''). The former dioceses in the now defunct [[Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui]] had their own Book of Common Prayer. The General Synod and the College of Bishops of Chung Hwa Sheng Kung Hui planned to publish a unified version for the use of all Anglican churches in China in 1949, which was the 400th anniversary of the first publishing of the ''Book of Common Prayer''. After the communists took over mainland China, the [[Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao|Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao]] became independent of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, and continued to use the edition issued in Shanghai in 1938 with a revision in 1959. This edition, also called the "Black-Cover Book of Common Prayer" ({{lang|zh-hant|黑皮公禱書}}) for its cover, still remains in use after the establishment of the [[Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui]] (Anglican province in Hong Kong). The language style of "Black-Cover Book of Common Prayer" is closer to [[Classical Chinese]] than contemporary Chinese.