Chinese folk religion

====Tiandi teachings====
The Tiandi teachings are a religion that encompasses two branches, the Holy Church of the Heavenly Virtue ({{lang-zh|天德聖教}} ''Tiāndé shèngjiào'') and the Church of the Heavenly Deity ({{lang-zh|天帝教}} ''Tiāndìjiào''), both emerged from the teachings of Xiao Changming and Li Yujie, disseminated in the early 20th century.<ref name="Vermander">Benoit Vermander. ''[http://www.theway.org.uk/Back/39Vermander.pdf Christianity and the Taiwanese Religious Landscape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502223949/http://www.theway.org.uk/Back/39Vermander.pdf |date=2 May 2014 }}''. On: ''The Way'', 39, 1999. London Society of Jesus. pp. 129–139</ref> The latter is actually an outgrowth of the former established in the 1980s.<ref name="Vermander"/>

The religions focus on the worship of ''Tiandi'' ({{lang-zh|天帝}}), the "Heavenly Deity" or "Heavenly Emperor",<ref name="Vermander"/> on health through the proper cultivation of [[qi]],<ref name="Vermander"/> and teach a style of qigong named ''Tianren qigong''.<ref>Evelyne Micollier. ''Realignments in Religion and Health Practices: An Approach to the "New Religions" in Taiwanese Society''. On: ''China Perspectives'', 16, 1998. pp. 34–40</ref> According to scholars, Tiandi teachings derive from the [[Taoism|Taoist]] tradition of [[Mount Hua|Huashan]],<ref>Ju Keyi, Lu Xianlong. ''Tiandi jiao: The Daoist Connection''. On: ''Journal of Daoist Studies''. Vol. 7, 2014. p. 195</ref> where Li Yujie studied for eight years.{{sfnp|Palmer|2011|p=27}} The Church of the Heavenly Deity is very active both in Taiwan and mainland China, where it has high-level links.<ref name="Vermander"/>