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{{Chinese salvationism}}Huazhaidao (华斋道 "Way of Flowers and Fasting") is a Chinese folk religious sect of Henan that as of the 1980s was a proscribed religion in China as testified by the arrest of various Communist Party members who joined the sect in those years.{{sfnb|Munro|Mickey|1994|p=266}}

History

Yang Sende (or Desen) and Yang Maicun were two members of the sect who were arrested in Linzhou, Henan, in the 1980s.{{sfnb|Munro|Mickey|1994|p=266}} According to official reports, Sende was a brigade leader and Communist Party member since 1946.{{sfnb|Munro|Mickey|1994|p=266}} The Yangs spread the teachings of the Huazhaidao sect by claiming their efficacy in healing the sick.{{sfnb|Munro|Mickey|1994|p=266}} In Linzhou they persuaded dozens of Communist Party members and local civil servants to join the Huazhaidao.{{sfnb|Munro|Mickey|1994|p=266}}

See also

• Chinese salvationist religions

References

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Sources

• BOOK, Munro, Robin, Mickey, Spiegel, Robin Munro, 1994, Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners, Human Rights Watch,weblink 978-1564321053,
  • List first published in: JOURNAL, Appendix: Sects and Societies Recently or Currently Active in the PRC, Chinese Sociology & Anthropology, 21, 4, 103–104, 1989, 10.2753/CSA0009-46252104102,