Yiwu religion and Yiwu Church

There are many Yiwu citizens have religious beliefs, not only Buddhism, but also Christianity, Islam, and so on. Most people respect the gods very much. You enjoy full freedom of religion in Yiwu. Within the limits permitted by law of China, you have the right to believe any religion. In fact, as a city of business, people from countries all over the world come to Yiwu. The number of Christian, Islam is enormous. Of course, the Buddhism is the largest.

With the concerted efforts of Yiwu government and citizen’s, each sect has been organized well, as can be. In 1999, people in Yiwu built a new large grace Christ church which cost eight million Yuan.

At present, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity in Yiwu have sites for religious activities, the site of Catholic is preparing. 67 sites for religious activities ( contains preparing ) have been approved to open, including Buddhism 28，Taoism 1，Islam 1, Catholicism 1, Christian 36. In the nearly 30000 congregation, half is native，half is foreigners. Including about 20000 Muslim, 15000 Christian and Catholic 400, Buddhist can’t be exactly calculated. There are 187 religious people, including Buddhist monks and mums 94, Christianity Priest 7, churchman 3, elder 41, Islam imam 1, Catholicism Celebrant 1, there are no full-time staff in Taoism.

In Yiwu, no matter what religion do you believe，you can find your fellows.Yiwu will contain you openly. People with different religious beliefs live here harmoniously and mutual non-interferingly.

In the following, we introduce the sites for religious activities of Christianity and Islam.

Christianity

Yiwu Christian Church—Sing Eng Methodist Church, the old name is Choucheng Christian Church, built in 1986-1995. In the August of 1999, the church obtained 10 acreage land, and proposed to build the church with 2200 seats, olden apartment, kindergarten, the volunteer training center, reception center, life and office area.
Sing Eng Methodist Church Address: Yiwu East ZongZe road 237

Telephone:5385127

Islam

Yiwu Muslim Temple used to be factory, the area is about three thousand square meter, can accommodate about six thousand people worship together, but also cannot meet the requirement. It is to be noted, Yiwu Muslim Temple may be the only Muslim Temple which the direction of the worship is towards a corner of the temple, and of course it is temporary.
Yiwu Muslim Temple
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Category: Catholicism

Yiwu Catholic Church

4F, block 42, Pengcheng Xiaoqu, Yiwu义乌市鹏程小区42栋4楼0579-85333417

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Category: Taoism

Chisong Huang Daxian Taoism Palace

Zhongtou Village, Chisong Town, Jindong District, Jinhua0579-2078239

First built in the Jin Dynasty, this temple was relocated from Chisongjian and rebuilt in 1997 by the Hong Kong and Taiwan Huang Daxian Institute…. Read more>>

Category: Buddhism

Tianning Temple

southeast corner, Jinhua金华城区东南隅的委江之畔

One of three remaining wood structures from the Yuan Dynasty, it was built about 1000 years ago, and named the Chengtian Temple by the Emperor. About… Read more>>

Category: Buddhism

Dazhi Buddhism Temple

Dazhi Jie, Hengdian, Dongyang City, Jinhua0579-86550995, 86550992

Another Southern Liang period temple, this 1500-year old temple was renovated in 1994. The central Mahavira Palace rises to over 40m, housing a 28m… Read more>>

Category: Buddhism

Shuanglin Temple

21 Xianqian Jie, Yiwu义乌市县前街21号

Built during the Southern Liang period, this temple has been around for over 1500 years. It is famous for its large size and design. The most… Read more>>