Chinese Folk Beliefs

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Across
  1. 2. items given to ancestors or spirits
  2. 3. belief that spirits exist in natural objects
  3. 5. state free from suffering
  4. 9. enlightened founder of Buddhism
  5. 11. being born again after death
  6. 12. burned to communicate with spirits
  7. 15. place where Buddhism began
  8. 17. This describes the Ghost festival when spirits return to the living world
  9. 19. performances held for spirits during Ghost Festival
  10. 20. predicting the future through spiritual methods
  11. 21. actions that influence future outcomes
Down
  1. 1. personal name of the Buddha
  2. 4. belief in many gods
  3. 6. family members honoured after death
  4. 7. cause of suffering in Buddhism
  5. 8. This festival celebrates Buddha’s life
  6. 10. community living outside their homeland
  7. 13. earliest Chinese dynasty where folk beliefs were recorded
  8. 14. fragrant material burned during worship
  9. 16. gods or supernatural beings
  10. 18. cycle of birth, death and rebirth