What encouraged Buddhism and the spread of Chinese culture?

Lissa: What encouraged Buddhism and the spread of Chinese culture?
I need to study for a Japan test! Here are the options. Pure Land Buddhism or Zen Buddhism.

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Answer by Joseph
Are you interested in China or Japan? Big difference.
Zen is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism which strongly emphasizes the practice of meditation. It emerged as a distinct school in China (as Chan) and spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and, in modern times, the rest of the world. The common English name derives from the school’s name in Japanese, zen (禅).

Answer by Pac
actually buddism was started in india and was spread along the silk trade routes into china — the chin dynasty was the most sucessfull dynasty -thats how china got it’s name– fron chin