Religious customs in Tibet, China 中国西藏的宗教习俗

The main religion in Tibet has been Buddhism since its outspread in the 8th century AD. The historical region of Tibet (the areas inhabited by ethnic Tibetans) is nowadays mostly comprised by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and partly by the provinces of Qinghai and Sichuan. Before the arrival of Buddhism, the main religion among Tibetans was an indigenous shamanic and animistic religion, Bon, which now comprises a sizeable minority and which would later influence the formation of Tibetan Buddhism.
自公元8世纪传播以来，西藏的主要宗教一直是佛教。西藏的历史区域（藏族聚居区）现在主要由中国西藏自治区组成，部分由青海省和四川省组成。在佛教到来之前，藏人的主要宗教是本土的萨满教和万物有灵的宗教，苯教现在有相当数量的少数民族，后来影响了藏传佛教的形成。