China News Agency, Chizhou, Anhui, July 31 (Reporter Yang Chengchen) The New Era Buddhism Sinicization Jiuhua Mountain Summit Forum was held in Jiuhua Mountain, Chizhou, Anhui Province on the 31st. More than 40 Chinese scholars of religious studies and representatives of Buddhist circles attended to discuss the new era. The spiritual connotation, value orientation and integration and mutual learning of Buddhism in China.

　　The forum was jointly sponsored by the Chinese Ethnic and Religious Culture Research Center of the Central Academy of Socialism and the Jiuhuashan Buddhist Association of Chizhou City, and hosted by the Jiuhuashan Buddhist Sinicization Research Center.

　　In his speech, Master Zong Xing, the vice president of the Buddhist Association of China, said that Buddhism has continuously adapted to the changes in Chinese society, and has been the main thread and context of the spread of Buddhism in China for more than 2,000 years.

Under the historical opportunity that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the Buddhist community must have a profound understanding of the era connotation of promoting the sinicization of Buddhism, actively explore new paths for promoting the sinicization of Buddhism, and assume the main responsibility for promoting the sinicization of Buddhism. The long-term concentration of efforts has continued to promote the deepening of the Sinicization of Buddhism.

　　With the title of "Religion Sinicization and the Healthy Inheritance of Religion in my country", Zhang Zhigang, Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Peking University and Dean of the Institute for Advanced Study of Religious Culture, emphasized in his speech: "Adhering to the direction of Sinicization of my country's religions does not mean changing the pluralistic unity of Chinese religions. Instead, it actively guides various religions to adapt to today's Chinese society and inherit them in a better health. 'Timeliness' is one of the main connotations of 'localization' in the history of world religions. Revealing the laws of survival and development.”

　　Zhang Zhigang said: "The realistic goal of adhering to the direction of sinicization of religions in China is to make Chinese religions deeply rooted in China, deeply integrated into Chinese culture, actively guide religions to adapt to socialist society, and reunite the vast number of religious believers with the people of the whole country. Work together to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

　　Master Huiqing, president of the Jiuhuashan Buddhist Association, said that since Jiuhuashan was turned into a "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Dojo", it has gradually formed a Chinese model of Buddhism with its own characteristics.

Mr. Zhao Puchu, the former chairman of the Chinese Buddhist Association, once praised: "Thousands of years of success come together in a prosperous world, so that Buddhism can help the culture and governance." The new era has put forward higher requirements for the construction of Buddhism, and also carried out the cause of promoting Buddhism and benefiting life for Buddhism, serving the society and benefiting people. opportunity.

　　Han Lei, member of the party group and deputy director of the Anhui Provincial Ethnic Affairs Commission (Provincial Religious Affairs Bureau), said that Jiuhua Mountain has a strong Buddhist cultural atmosphere, and the research on the Sinicization of Buddhism is carried out here, with an appropriate theme and prominent effect.

Shi Runiu, Member of the Standing Committee of the Chizhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of the United Front Work Department, said that this forum will promote the theory and practice of the Sinicization of Buddhism in the new era to be more specific and in-depth, promote the development of Sinicization of Buddhism in the new era and academic innovation, and contribute to the construction of Chinese Buddhism in the new era. Contribute wisdom and strength.

　　Jiuhua Mountain is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Tibetan culture became the core of Jiuhuashan Buddhist culture.

In October 2021, during the first Jiuhuashan Tibetan Forum, the Jiuhuashan Buddhist College established the Jiuhuashan Buddhist Sinicization Research Center, which provided an academic platform for the study of the Sinicization of Buddhism.

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