湖北是全国宗教工作重点省份之一,有在全国宗教界影响重大的佛教祖庭、道教名山,鄂东黄梅禅宗文化、鄂西武当道教文化历史悠久,底蕴深厚,形成“东禅西道”的湖北传统宗教文化格局。中国天主教第一位自选自圣主教董光清、中国道教史上第一位女方丈吴诚真,以及近年圆寂的中国佛学泰斗本焕大师、净慧长老、昌明法师等均诞生于湖北。 Hubei is one of the key provinces in the country’s religious work. There are Buddhist patriarchs, Taoist famous mountains and Huangmei Zen culture in the religious circles of the whole country. The Wudang Taoist culture in western Hubei Province has a long history and profound connotations. Hubei traditional religious culture pattern. China’s first Catholic self-chosen bishop Dong Guangqing, the first female abbot Wu Chengzhen in Chinese Taoist history, and in recent years the dead of the Chinese Buddhist master Ben Huan, elder NetEase, Chang Ming Master were born in Hubei.