Three Persian religions

They were recognized and protected under Tang rule, helping them to prosper in China at a time when Sassanid Iran was falling to the early Muslim conquests.

Thereafter, the Tang Dynasty prospered until the Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong, during which the government’s tolerance of religion facilitated the spread of different cultures.

Indian illusionists, Persian dancers, singers, musicians, harem girls, and exotic cuisine could be found in the streets, and polo was a popular activity at the court, where noble women also enjoyed horseback riding.

[dubious – discuss] Zoroastrianism also differs from other religions in that its followers did not preach in China, nor did they translate scriptures, so only the Hu people, not the Han Chinese, practiced it.

These Sabao served Sogdian Zoroastrians, specializing in the management of the Western Hu people living in the Central Plains and their religious activities.

During the Huichang persecution of Buddhism in the mid-800s under Emperor Wuzong of Tang, Zoroastrianism was also targeted, eventually disappearing in China after the fall of the Song dynasty in 1279.

Thereafter, Jingism developed smoothly in China for 150 years, and at one time, "the Dharma flowed through ten provinces and the temples filled a hundred cities".

It was not until Emperor Wu Zong of the Tang Dynasty initiated the persecution of Buddhism in Huichang that the Jing religion fell victim and declined rapidly.

[11] Later, the translated book "Manichaean Compendium" was banned by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty because it borrowed a lot of Buddhist terminology and was judged to be "an evil opinion and a false claim of Buddhism that could confuse the people.

Relying on the political strength of the Uighurs, the religion began to spread widely in the Central Plains, and a Manichaean monastery, the Great Cloud Temple of Light, was established.

[15] Manichaeism also attaches great importance to the juxtaposition of scriptures and pictures In the way of missions, the leader Mani not only wrote Seven Canons, but also drew Arzhang by himself.