Editing Guizhou (section)

===Religion===
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|caption = Religion in Guizhou<ref name="Wang2015">China General Social Survey 2009, Chinese Spiritual Life Survey (CSLS) 2007. Report by: [https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/baylor-ir/bitstream/handle/2104/9326/WANG-THESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1 Xiuhua Wang (2015, p. 15)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925123928/https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/baylor-ir/bitstream/handle/2104/9326/WANG-THESIS-2015.pdf?sequence=1 |date=2015-09-25 }}</ref>{{refn|group=note|The data was collected by the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) of 2009 and by the Chinese Spiritual Life Survey (CSLS) of 2007, reported and assembled by Xiuhua Wang (2015)<ref name="Wang2015"/> in order to confront the proportion of people identifying with two similar social structures: ① Christian churches, and ② the traditional Chinese religion of the lineage (i. e. people believing and worshipping ancestral deities often organised into [[Chinese lineage associations|lineage "churches"]] and [[ancestral shrine]]s). Data for other religions with a significant presence in China (Buddhism, Confucianism, deity worships, Taoism, folk religious sects, Islam, religions practiced by ethnic minorities, et al.) was not reported by Wang.}}
|label1 = [[Chinese ancestral religion]]
|value1 = 31.18
|color1 = FireBrick
|label2 = [[Christianity]]
|value2 = 0.99
|color2 = DodgerBlue
|label3 = Other religions or non-religious persons{{refn|group=note|This may include:
* [[Buddhism|Buddhists]];
* [[Confucianism|Confucians]];
* [[Chinese folk religion|Deity worshippers]];
* [[Taoism|Taoists]];
* Members of [[Chinese salvationist religions|folk religious sects]];
* Small minorities of [[Muslim]]s;
* Indigenous religions of the ethnic minorities;
* And people not bounded to, nor practicing any, institutional or diffuse religion.}}
|value3 = 67.83
|color3 = Honeydew
}}
The predominant religions in Guizhou are [[Chinese folk religion]]s, [[Taoism|Taoist traditions]] and [[Chinese Buddhism]]. According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, 31.18% of the population believes and is involved in [[Chinese ancestral religion|ancestor veneration]], while 0.99% of the population identifies as [[Christianity|Christian]], decreasing from 1.13% in 2004.<ref name="Wang2015"/>
[[File:Anshun Wumiao 2014.04.28 16-57-08.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''[[Martial temple|Wumiao]]'' (Temple of the God of War) dedicated to [[Guan Yu|Guandi]] in [[Anshun]].]]

The reports did not give figures for other types of religion; 67.83% of the population may be either irreligious or involved in [[Chinese folk religion|worship of nature deities]], Buddhism, [[Confucianism]], Taoism, [[Chinese salvationist religions|folk religious sects]], and small minorities of [[Muslim]]s. There are significant ethnic minority populations (the [[Miao people|Miao]] and the [[Buyei people|Buyei]]) who traditionally follow their autochthonous religions.
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