本书介绍了中国佛教的源头与传入、中国的汉语系佛教、中国藏语系佛教、中国巴利语系佛教、当代中国佛教等有关佛教的历史和常识。（Buddhism is a worldwide region.It was originated in India and has developed in China.Of the three major schools of Buddhism,namely,Pali Buddhism,Han Bbddhism and Tibetan Buddhism,the latter two were originated in China.China is the only country in the world where the three major schools of Buddhism co-exit,hence the name as the second home to Buddhism.Now the three major schools of Buddhism are found in many parts of the world.Buddhism believers of different skin colors.different nationalities,different ethnicities and different languages all regard China as the ancestral hall of Buddhism.Many of them travel a long way to China t pay homage to the ancestral hall of the Chan sect of Buddhism,the ancestral hall of the pure land sect of Buddhism,the ancestral hall of the Saskapa and the ancestral hall of the Bkabrgyudpa sect......）