Religion in Asia because some Chinese define religion differently. Some Chinese define religion as practicing customs (which may be done for cultural or traditional reasons), while others define it as actually consciously believing their religion will lead to post-mortem salvation or reincarnation. A Dentsu statistic states that 46% of Vietnamese and 51% of Japanese are irreligious. Religion in Asia Asia is the largest and most populous continent, with a wide variety of religions, and was the birthplace of many religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, Jainism, Christianity, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism. All major religious traditions are practiced in the region
Religion in China reconstruction of lineage churches and their ancestral temples, as well as of cults and temples of natural gods and national heroes within broader Chinese traditional religion, as part of the renewal of Confucianism. Other forms of revival are folk religious movements of salvation with a Confucian focus, or Confucian churches, for example the "Yidan xuetang" (一耽学堂) of Beijing, the "Mengmutang" (孟母堂) of Shanghai, Confucian Shenism (儒宗神教 "Rúzōng Shénjiào") or the phoenix churches, the Confucian Fellowship (儒教道坛 "Rújiào Dàotán") of northern Fujian, and ancestral temples of the Kong (Confucius') lineage operating as churches for Confucian teaching. Also the Hong Kong Confucian