chinese folk religion is made up of a combination of religious practices, including confucianism, ancestor veneration, buddhism and taoism. folk religion also retains traces of some of its ancestral neolithic belief systems which include the veneration of the sun, moon, earth, heaven and various stars, as well as communication with animals. it has been practised alongside buddhism, confucianism, and taoism by chinese people throughout the world for thousands of years.