Editing Gansu (section)

== Culture ==
{{see also|Music of Gansu|Gansu cuisine}}
A unique variety of Chinese folk music popularly identified with the local peoples of Gansu include the ''[[Shan'ge|"Hua'er" (flowery melodies)]]'', and is popular among the Han and nine ethnic groups of Gansu.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zhou |first1=Jasmine |title=Folk Songs of Qinghai and Gansu |url=https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp |website=NAXOS |access-date=2021-02-15 |language=English |quote=Hua’er is a form of Chinese folk music that is widely disseminated in the Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang Provinces located in north-western China. It is performed among the Han and nine other ethnic minorities...}}</ref> The cuisine of Gansu is based on the staple crops grown there: [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[millet]], [[beans]], and [[sweet potatoes]].  Within China, Gansu is known for its [[lamian]] (pulled noodles), and [[Chinese Islamic cuisine|Muslim restaurants]] which feature authentic Gansu cuisine.

===Religion===
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|caption = Religion in Gansu (2012)<ref name="CFPS2012">{{cite web |publisher=[[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] |trans-title= China Family Panel Studies 2012 |url=http://iwr.cass.cn/zjwh/201403/W020140303370398758556.pdf |script-title=zh:当代中国宗教状况报告——基于CFPS（2012）调查数据 |language=zh |access-date=7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809051625/http://iwr.cass.cn/zjwh/201403/W020140303370398758556.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}. p. 013</ref>
|label1 = Non-religious and [[Chinese folk religion|traditional faiths]]
|value1 = 88
|color1 = Honeydew
|label2 = [[Buddhism in China|Buddhism]]
|value2 = 8.2
|color2 = Yellow
|label3 = [[Islam in China|Islam]]
|value3 = 3.4
|color3 = Green
|label4 = [[Protestantism in China|Protestantism]]
|value4 = 0.4
|color4 = DodgerBlue
|label5 = [[Catholicism]]
|value5 = 0.1
|color5 = DarkOrchid
}}
According to a 2012 survey<ref name="CFPS2012"/> around 12% of the population of Gansu belongs to organised religions, the largest groups being [[Buddhism in China|Buddhists]] with 8.2%, followed by [[Islam in China|Muslims]] with 3.4%, [[Protestantism in China|Protestants]] with 0.4% and [[Catholicism in China|Catholics]] with 0.1%. Around 88% of the population may be either irreligious or involved in [[Chinese folk religion]], Buddhism, [[Confucianism]], Taoism, and [[Chinese salvationist religions|folk religious sects]].

* '''Taoism (Daoism)''': Over 210,000 adherents; 212 places of worship. The most famous site is [[Mount Kongtong]] (崆峒山) in [[Pingliang]].<ref name="zj" />

* '''Buddhism''': Approximately 800,000 adherents; 682 places of worship. Of these, 450,000 follow [[Tibetan Buddhism]]—primarily among the [[Tibetans|Tibetan]], [[Mongols|Mongol]], [[Tu people|Tu]], and [[Yugur]] ethnic groups—and 350,000 follow [[Chinese Buddhism]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=甘肃公报 {{!}} 中国·甘肃 |url=http://www.gansu.gov.cn/GsglItemQw.asp?id=14200 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120203040444/http://www.gansu.gov.cn:80/GsglItemQw.asp?id=14200 |archive-date=2012-02-03 |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=www.gansu.gov.cn}}</ref> [[Labrang Monastery]] (拉卜楞寺) in Gannan is one of the six great monasteries of the [[Gelug|Gelug school]] of Tibetan Buddhism. 
* '''Abrahamic religions''':
** '''Islam''': More than 1.6 million adherents—mainly [[Hui]], [[Dongxiang people|Dongxiang]], [[Salar people|Salar]], [[Bonan people|Bonan]], and [[Kazakh people|Kazakh]]; 3,731 mosques.<ref name=":3" /> 
** '''Protestantism''': Approximately 60,000 adherents; 304 places of worship. Comprises fifteen denominations, including, the China Inland Mission, the Assemblies of God, the Evangelical Alliance Mission, the Coordinating Council, the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], the Brethren, the Baptist Church, the [[True Jesus Church]], and others.<ref name="zj" /> 
** '''Roman Catholicism''': Over 30,000 adherents; 83 places of worship.

Muslim restaurants are common, and feature typical Chinese dishes, but without any pork products, and instead an emphasis on [[lamb and mutton]]. Gansu has many works of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] art, including the [[Maijishan Grottoes]]. Dunhuang was a major centre of Buddhism in the [[Middle Ages]].
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File:Lanzhou Chanyuan 2013.12.29 11-47-46.jpg|Main hall of a [[Chan Buddhism|Chan]] temple of [[Lanzhou]].
File:Lanzhou Fu Chenghuang Miao 2013.12.29 11-19-25.jpg|Temple of the [[Chenghuangshen]] (Idol) of Lanzhou.
File:5855-Linxia-Yu-Baba-Gongbei-and-Nanhua-Amituo-Fo-Temple.jpg|Nanhua Amituo Fo Temple of Chinese Buddhism seen on a hill above the roofs of the Yu Baba Gongbei, a [[Sufism|Sufi]] shrine.
File:拉卜楞寺僧舍俯瞰.jpg|Labrang Monastery of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] in [[Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture|Gannan]].
File:5913-Linxia-County-Xihe-township-village-temple.jpg|Village temple in [[Linxia County]].
File:5615-Linxia-Dongguan-Mosque.jpg|Linxia Dongguan Mosque
File:VM 6098 Lanzhou Xiguan Mosque.jpg|Lanzhou Xiguan Mosque
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