Buddha not as a teacher but as a god that they pray to. Most of China is a combination of
Buddhist and Taoist practices
At around 213 BC there is evidence that the Qin Emperor ordered the destruction of
Buddhism. So Buddhist teachers may have came later in the third century. After the Han Empire
collapsed there were other kingdoms that had other connections with Buddhism in central Asia,
South Asia and Southeast Asia. Different kinds of Buddhism developed in these countries.
There was a Cultural Revolution during the 1960’s in China, and wanted to abandon all
religion. The government targeted many Buddhist temples and ancient sites. Only