In March 2016, someone wrote an article mentioning that "the Chinese Buddhist Association pointed out in its research report that among the 32,600 existing temples in China, Chinese Buddhism is more commercialized, but nearly 80% of the temples in the overall situation have not b

China Buddhist Association Statement

In March 2016, someone wrote an article mentioning that "the Chinese Buddhist Association pointed out in its research report that among the 32,600 existing temples in China, the commercialization of Chinese Buddhism is relatively serious, but the overall situation is nearly 80%. The temples have not been commercialized, and commercialized temples are concentrated in some economically developed provinces and cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong, as well as Henan, Sichuan, and Zhejiang. Some Buddhist culture ancient cities. In other words, more than 20% of the temples in China have been commercialized, with a total of more than 6,500. "Recently, many articles have appeared on the Internet citing the above text and data, and It was redesigned to "statistics of the Chinese Buddhist Association show that as of the end of 2020, there were 32,600 temples in China, of which more than 20% of the temples have been commercialized, mainly concentrated in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Henan, Sichuan and other places." The above content has maliciously hyped up the commercialization of Buddhism and arbitrarily smeared the Buddhist temples and Buddhist clerks in my country, causing serious damage to the reputation and image of the Buddhist community and the national Buddhist community, infringed on the relevant rights and interests of our association, and caused extremely bad things. Social impact.

After investigation, I will never publish similar reports or statistics. The relevant author has recently issued a public apology statement, acknowledging that "the data and information citations have no source" and sincerely apologize to the Chinese Buddhist Association.

hopes that the majority of believers will keep their eyes open, distinguish right from wrong, and not believe in rumors or spread them. I hope that relevant media and individuals will delete articles containing false information as soon as possible and stop damaging the reputation of the Buddhist community and infringing on the rights and interests of the Buddhist community. I will also reserve the right to further pursue legal responsibility.

(Source: Chinese Buddhist Association)