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• Daoist Temple of the Venerable Sovereign's Cave
  ...The total structure of the halls was based on the geographic characters of the mountain, creating an incomparable sense of subtlety. ..., Chunyang Cave, the Cave of Stone Monkey ( 石猴洞 Shihou Dong ), the Cave of the Three Sages ( 三聖洞 Sansheng Dong ) and Randen Cave, etc.
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• The Venerable Sovereign Opening the Sky
  ...cepts in explaining the creation and evolution of the myriad beings and of the universe itself.
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• The Sublime Book of the Supreme Venerable Sovereign's Teachings on Eternal Purity and Tranquility
  ...are attributed by scholars to Immortal Elder Ge, Perfect Man Zuo Xuan and the Perfect Man of Orthodox Oneness are considered by scholars to be attributed ...ure. Eternally responding to things with eternal tranquility, one achieves the realm of eternal purity and tranquility and thus enters Dao gradually till
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• The Venerable Sovereign Opening the Sky
  ...cepts in explaining the creation and evolution of the myriad beings and of the universe itself.
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• The Sacred Records about the Emperor of Original Chaos
  ...], is important material for the study of rulers' worship of the Venerable Sovereign in different dynasties.
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• The Supreme Venerable Sovereign’s Book of Commandments for Chanting
  ...ervasive Divinity Section'' ( 洞神部 Dongshen Bu ) of the ''[[Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era]]'' ( 正統道藏 Zhengtong Daozang ).
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• Five Dragons Temple (Anshan, Liaoning)
  ...sphere. The Daoist named the would-be temple as Five Dragons Temple, after the geographic feature of this place. ...of the Great All-Embracing Heaven where the Venerable Sovereign is giving the teachings.
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• The Heavenly Lord of Dao and its Virtue
  ==Origin of the Heavenly Lord of Dao and its Virtue== ...nd Great Heavenly Emperor of the Mysterious Origin of the Golden Palace of the Great Lofty Dao" ( 大聖祖高上大道金闕玄元天皇大帝 Da Shengzu
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• Daoism among the Tujia Ethnic Group
  ...ernal existence of Daoism, I act under the orders of the Supreme Venerable Sovereign" occur in their incantations. Daoism's influence is quite clear here. ...hed apprenticeship can only guard the earth, connect dragons' ridges, help the litany, chase ghosts, and pacify houses, etc.
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• The Book of the Five Dippers
  ...ife by the Kui Star in the Middle Dipper Revealed by the Supreme Venerable Sovereign'' ( 太上說中斗大魁保命妙經 Taishang Shuo Zhongdou Dakui Baoming ...riptural formulae for prolonging one's life and the Numinous Scriptures of the Five Dippers ( 五斗靈文 Wudou Lingwen ).
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• Daoism among the Naxi Ethnic Group
  ...f Cavern Scripture Music ( 洞經音樂 Dongjing Yinyue ), whose tunes are full of the Daoist characteristics of immortality.
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• Chart of the Ranks of the Perfect Souls
  ...ection of Biographies, Pervasive Divinity Section of [[the Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era]].
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• The Stars of Luck, Wealth and Longevity
  ...to Wenchang, and the Star of Longevity refers to the Venerable Old Man of the South Pole. ...the South Pole, along with the Heavenly Official and Wenchang, were called the Three Stars of Luck, Wealth and Longevity.
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• Commandments of the Orthodox Oneness Sect
  ==Formation of the Commandments of the Orthodox Oneness Tradition== ...lations'' which set forth systematically the regulations for Daoists as to the various aspects of social and religious life.
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• Gaoguan Temple (Jiangyou, Sichuan)
  ...simple life and lofty virtue the respect of the local people. Till present the Gaoguan Temple still enjoys popularity among followers. Every temple fair p
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• Temple of the Highest Clarity (Dujiangyan, Sichuan)
  ...ren, which say, "All the grass and trees are bred by the mysterious Dao in the present time; this famous mountain has been waiting for saints since ancien ...and magnificent, grand and imposing. When one stands in the pavilion, both the front and back hills of Mt. Qingcheng, flatlands, and river courses all com
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• The Five Northern Patriarchs
  ==Origin of the Five Northern Patriarchs== ...e Five Northern Patriarchs, as there were five other Daoist patriarchs – [[the Five Southern Patriarchs]] ( 南五祖 Nan Wuzu ).
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• Daoism among the Qiang Ethnic Group
  ...in that it ends with the words, "act under orders of the Supreme Venerable Sovereign, take immediate action as laws and decrees."
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• Book of Rituals of the Orthodox Oneness
  ...section of [[the Daoist Canon of Zhengtong Era]] is valuable material for the study of Orthodox Oneness rituals.
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• Ge Xuan
  ...When both of his parents passed away during his teens, he keenly realized the variability of life, thus making up his mind to study Dao. Hence he lived i ...an, who was fond of Daoist techniques, and was valued by him. Quan founded the Temple of Dongxuan espacially for him. Ge Xuan's disciple Zheng Yin learned
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• Mt. Weibao Daoist Temple (Weishan, Yunnan)
  ...eminated doctrines there. Between the end of the Ming and the beginning of the Qing dynasty, a good many Daoists went to Mt. Weibao, being hermits there a ...est number of worshippers in history, and hundreds of Daoists entered into the religion for cultivation on this mountain, which became a Daoist sacred sit
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• Guangchengzi
  ==The Life of Guangchengzi== ...of Dao and its Virtue and the arts of regulating the body to His Majesty. The emperor pratised his teachings, and rose into Heaven in broad daylight".
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• The school of Esoteric Speculations
  ...s to the Confucian classics. For example, the ''Divine Prognostications of the Book of Filial Piety'' ( 孝經授神契 Xiaojing Yuanshenqi ) claimed that ...nipulate public opinion, win over the masses who believed in the notion of the Mandate from Heaven ( 天命 Tianming ), and legitimize their hold on power
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• Zhang Daoling (Patriarch of the Celestial Masters)
  ==The origin of Zhang Daoling == ...e Pecks of Rice Tradition ( 五斗米道 Wudoumi Dao ). Thenceforth, he was called the Ancestral Celestial Master.
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• Wuhou Daoist Shrine (Nanyang, Henan)
  ...overall arrangement of the Wuhou Daoist Shrine still retains the style of the late Ming and Early Qing. .... On the rockery in front of the tower there is a Knee-Embracing Rock that the Martial Marquis rested on, embracing his knee with his arms.
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• Two Kings Temple (Dujiangyan, Sichuan)
  ...to finish the reconstruction. After the founding of the Peoples’ Republic, the temple was listed as a national key protection unit of cultural relics and ...the Hall of the Holy Mother, the Pavilion of the Kui Star, and the Hall of the Dragon Deity.
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• Various Commandments of the Three Grottoes
  ...ection of the Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era, the book is important for the study of Daoist commandments.
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• The Main Meaning of the Concept of Dao
  ==The Meaning of Dao== ...ernally revolves without ever stopping. It is the Source of all beings. In the ''Laozi'' ( 老子 Laozi ) it is said:
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• The Book of the Supreme Venerable Sovereign’s Spontaneous Arising from the Root of Emptiness
  ...Wanli Era ( 《萬曆續道藏》 Wnali Xu Daozang ), the book is reference material for the study of Daoist cultivation.
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• Ceremonies to Celebrate the Birth of Spirits
  ...al religion, had early absorbed the deities worshipped by the court and by the common people into its pantheon, and thus has natural relations with Chines ...aoist deities. The following are the divine birthdays of deities listed in the book:
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• Li Daochun
  ...s gate. Therefore he was seen by people of later times as the proponent of the Middle Way sect of inner alchemy. Li was a productive writer and his major #''The Great Collection of Daoist Skills'' ( 《道德會元》 Daode Huiyuan )
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• Daoist Ci Poetry
  ...re that expresses the idea of Daoist idealism of immortality and manifests the Daoist spirit. ...the story of "conversion of the barbarians to Buddhism and Daoism". It has the basic characteristics of narrative poetry.
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• Black Sheep Temple (Qingyanggon), Chengdu
  ...es of the Ten Directions ( 十方叢林 Shifang Conglin ) and named "The Temple of the Two Immortals ( 二仙奄 erxian an )"). ...Temple has become a sacred site where Immortals converge and the Venerable Sovereign transmits Dao.
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• Mt. Qingcheng
  ...of [[The Ten Great Grotto Heavens]] ( 十大洞天 Shida Dongtian ), it is called the Nine-Room Grotto Heaven of Precious Immortality ( 寶仙九室洞天 Baoxia ...Highest Clarity ( 上清宮 Shangqing Gong ), and the Pavilion of the Venerable Sovereign ( 老君閣 Laojun Ge ), etc.
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• The Great Perfect Warrior Emperor
  ==Origin of the Great Perfect Warrior Emperor == ...soldiers, and promoted the worship of the Great Perfect Warrior Emperor to the highest peak.
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• Temple of Accumulated Blessings (Dujiangyan, Sichuan)
  ...engzi was honored as Perfect Sovereign Xiyi. In the third Yuanfeng year of the Northern Song dynasty (1080), he was granted by imperial order another titl ...n the inscribed board on the door were autographed by Lin Sen, chairman of the national administration in 1940.
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• Supreme Clarity Temple and Venerable Sovereign Platform (Luyi County, Henan)
  ...inggong ) and the Venerable Sovereign Platform ( 老君台 Laojun Tai ) survived the modern times. ...ong ). In the 2nd year of the Tianbao Era (743), the Emperor renamed it as the Supreme Clarity Temple.
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• Shang Sin Chun Tong (Xing Shan Zhen Tang), Hong Kong
  ...evealed by the planchette, and the cultivation of oneself in observance of the eight virtues. ..., and the Great Immortal Master [[Lu Chunyang]], in order to carry forward the doctrines and publicize Dao.
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• Mind, Spiritual Nature and Bodily Life
  ...pirit, whether in motion or at rest". The author argues that Mind controls the movements and functions of Spirit. In this sense, Mind is equal to substanc ...n popularly mentioned. In the later periods, Daoism borrowed concepts from the book in expounding Purifying Mind and other ideas about Inner Alchemy.
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• West Cloud Temple (Dunhuang, Gansu)
  ...alls, statues and frescoes. West Cloud Temple regained its prime as one of the scenes of interest in Dunhuang.
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• Scriptures for the Morning and Evening Rites of the Orthodox Oneness
  ...and deities, scripture recitation is the ladder leading the cultivators to the realm of transcendence. ...ous Conversion Ritual'' ( 志心皈命禮 Zhixin Guiming Li ), the ''Incantations of the Earth Spirits'', etc.
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• Tablets
  ...t ministers who held Tablets. They tie white writing brushes to the top of the hand Tablets and wrap them with purple bags. Other dukes and officials just ...olding Tablets in early Daoist rituals, and Tablets began to be used under the influence of imperial audiences. In Daoist rituals today, Tablets are still
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• Temple of Numinous Might (Rugao, Jiangsu)
  ...t, the Huawang Temple, the Fallow Place, and the Moral Cultivation Hall in the west. ...dian ), the Hall of the Spirit of Wealth, the Mars Hall, the entrance, and the pailou (decorated archway), still need funds.
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• Supreme Clarity Temple (Taiqinggong) , Shenyang
  ...le Inspector. With the perfection of its conditions, it has developed into the most influential Daoist temple in northeast China and a center for Daoist a ...nd has been renovated several times. The present sites were all rebuilt in the 1980s.
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• The Perfect Book of Master Dongling
  ...'Pervasive Divinity section'' ( 洞神部 Dongshen Bu ) in the ''Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era'' ( 正統道藏 Zhengtong Daozang ).
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• Mt. Lu
  ...as many times, and afterwards went even deeper into remote mountains. When the messenger managed to find his straw hut after searching for a long time, he ...d that people later refer to those with high medical skills as "reputed in the apricot forest".
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• Yi Xinying
  ...n. He kept in contact with [[Chen Yingning]], Chen Guofu, Meng Wentong and the like by letters to discuss academic problems. ...venerate Dao so as to secure Dao. Otherwise, one would transmigrate among the three evils.
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• Purple Air Coming from the East
  ...f Dao and its Virtue]]'' ( 道德經 Daode Jing ), which was handed down through the ages. ...Coming from the East", which shows that the story of Laozi passing through the Hangu Pass has always continued to be disseminated.
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• Daoist Temple of the Venerable Sovereign's Cave
  ...The total structure of the halls was based on the geographic characters of the mountain, creating an incomparable sense of subtlety. ..., Chunyang Cave, the Cave of Stone Monkey ( 石猴洞 Shihou Dong ), the Cave of the Three Sages ( 三聖洞 Sansheng Dong ) and Randen Cave, etc.
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• The Motherly Matriarch
  ==Origin of the Motherly Matriarch== ...Kangxi. During reign of the Qing emperor Jiaqing, the titles conferred on the Motherly Matriarch added up to 28 Chinese characters.
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• Kou Qianzhi
  ...ced Zhang Lu's Daoist arts during his teens, and when he later encountered the Immortal Cheng Gongxing, he followed him onto Mt. Hua, where he gathered an ==Accomplishments in the development of Daoism==
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• Jade Spring Temple (Tianshui, Gansu)
  ...Spring, whose water was considered highly efficacious in curing diseases. The temple was thus named after it. ...Perfection Tradition]] ( 全真教 Quanzhen Jiao ). It became the first hall of the Jade Spring Temple.
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• Mt. Kongtong Daoist Temple (Pingliang, Gansu)
  ...iang city, Gansu province. It is famous for its historical records about [[The Yellow Emperor]]’s consultation with [[Guangchengzi]], who was living in ...rity Temple, and at Mt. Lazhu, the Eight Immortals Hall, and at Mt. Qipan, the Three Saints Hall were respectively erected.
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• Temple of All-Embracing Heaven on Mt. Mian (Jiexiu, Shanxi)
  ...i of the Jin State and his mother were secluded and were cremated here, so the mountain is also called Jie Mountain. ...er 60 halls and 600 statues, ranked as the highest scale of restoration in the country.
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• Green Dragon Temple on Mt. Tiangui (Pingshan County, Hebei)
  ...r 100 priests and prospered as a Daoist holy site famous in the north with the title of "Northern Wudang". ...in ritual implements, solemn in practice, grand in form, and comparable to the famous Tianyi Zhenqing Palace on Wudang Mountain."
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• Mt. Heming Daoist Temple (Dayi County, Sichuan)
  ...er ( 斗姥殿 Doumu Dian ) Hall, the Temple of the Three Sages, and the Hall of the Celestial Master have been renovated or built. ...es are pictures depicting his birth and his cultivating the Dao, attaining the Dao, and ascending to immortality on a crane.
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• The Heavenly Lord of Supreme Oneness and Salvation from Misery
  ==Origin of the Heavenly Lord of Supreme Oneness and Salvation from Misery== ...d the Imperial Sovereign of the Pervasive Abyss ( 洞淵帝君 Dongyuan Dijun ) in the water realm."
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• Similarities and differences between religious and philosophical Daoism
  ...s between the two as well as the differences between them. We can say that the value orientations of religious and philosophical Daoism are fundamentally ...r Jin dynasties. We can thus say that after the Jin, religious Daoism took the place of Daoist philosophy in terms of social role and function.
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• Divine Incantations
  ...cultural function as they help man to keep a balance of mind, and give him the confidence to live in a world dominated by uncontrollable and alien forces. ...ntations are considered to be a mysterious language that can interact with the spirits and natural things==
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• The Sublime Book of the Supreme Venerable Sovereign's Teachings on Eternal Purity and Tranquility
  ...are attributed by scholars to Immortal Elder Ge, Perfect Man Zuo Xuan and the Perfect Man of Orthodox Oneness are considered by scholars to be attributed ...ure. Eternally responding to things with eternal tranquility, one achieves the realm of eternal purity and tranquility and thus enters Dao gradually till
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• Portal:Temples and Sacred Places
  *[[The Ten Continents and Three Islands]] *[[The Ten Great Grotto Heavens]]
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• Mt. Zhenwu Daoist Temple (Xiangfan, Hubei)
  ...t or got ill could just return. They also fulfilled the will of worshiping the Great Perfect Warrior Emperor, anyway. ...wind instruments up to this day, and the music they play includes that of the Tang dynasty.
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• The Four Numinous Animals and Twenty-Eight Constellations
  ==Origin of the The Four Numinous Animals and Twenty-Eight Constellations== ...surname is Bin and whose name is Yuansheng, wears a green and black shirt. The Stellar Spirit of Kang, whose surname is Fu and whose name is Sima, is hors
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• Daoist Astronomy
  ...ing Astronomical Phenomena'' ( 革象新書 Gexiang Xinshu ) were revolutionary in the history of world astronomy. ...scriptures are illustrated with the star chart of the Big Dipper. Many of the ancient Chinese astronomers and astrologists were Daoists or persons influe
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• Mt. Mao Daoist Temple (Gourong, Jiangsu)
  ...they obtained the Dao and attained immortality. In order to memorize them, the later generations renamed Mt. Gouqu as Mt. Three Mao Brothers, or Mt. Mao f ...iated funds to restore the Myriad Blessings Temple of the Nine Heavens and the Perfect Tranquility Temple of Original Correspondence, jointly called Mt. M
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• The Major Functions of Dao
  ==The Principal Functions of Dao == ...origin of the world and is the generator of all movement and evolution in the universe.
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• The Primeval Lord of Heaven
  ==Origin of the Primeval Lord of Heaven== ...ecomes Pangu; transforming into the patriarch who rules Heaven, he becomes the Primeval Lord of Heaven.
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• The Great Jade Emperor
  ==Origin of the Jade Emperor == ...ent" ( 自然覺皇 Ziran Jue Huang ). After another billion aeons, he ascended to the station of Jade Emperor.
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• Daoism during the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties (220-581)
  ==The Northern Celestial Masters Tradition== ...Apart from the above, he didn't add too much to Daoist theory. Since then, the Northern Celestial Masters tradition was never as prosperous as it had been
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• Morning and Evening Rites
  ==The Origin of Morning and Evening Rites== ...ate Ming dynasty. Until the end of the Ming Dynasty or early Qing Dynasty, the main temples of Daoism adopted Morning and Evening Rites as a form of pract
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• Pilgrimage Times and Temple Fairs
  ...activities such as offering sacrifices and celebrations, which are called the Temple Fair ( 廟會 Miaohui ). ...times. Hence the Temple Fair is a synthetic folk fair, but it is based on the belief in and worship of spirits.
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• Mt. Song
  ...aishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain. It is the sixth grotto heaven among [[The Thirty-six Lesser Grotto Heavens]]. ...g, Helan-xizhen and Qiao Zhigao entered the Mt.Song. Daoism declined after the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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• Mt. Lao
  ...id that the cloud over Mt. Tai was high but inferior to that of Mt. Lao of the eastern sea. ...Xuanqing of Ming Dynasty, becoming a Daoist on Mt. Lao as a child, founded the Jinshan Sect or Mt. Lao Sect.
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• Eternal Spring Temple (Changchunguan) , Wuhan
  ...d finally, he managed to rebuild the Eternal Spring Temple in the style of the Ming dynasty. ...the temple on a large scale under the support of the local government. Now the temple has taken on an entirely new look.
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• The Thirty-six Heavens
  ==The Skies are Divided into Ten Directions== ...re are also four other Heavens. All of these Heavens are distributed among the Eight Directions mentioned above, as well as above and below, for a total o
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• Peach Spring Grotto
  ...ntains and peach trees around, and about 20 acres of land, it is just like the "Unworldly Peach Spring" in Tao Yuanming's prose. That's why it is named Pe ...he Cultural Revolution, only an empty shell of the middle hall remained of the temple.
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• Formation of the Daoist Theory of Universal Evolution
  ...ween the Daoist Theory of Universal Evolution and the Christian Concept of the Creation by God== ...circumstances. On the other hand, Christianity considers that God created the world out of absolute nothingness.
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• Three Origins Temple (Sanyuangong) , Guangzhou
  ...君 Laojun ), the Hall of [[The Jade Emperor]] ( 玉皇 Yuhuang ), the Hall of [[The Big Dipper]] ( 斗姥 Doumu ) along with quite a few houses. ...t his statue belonged to the Yuanmiao Temple and that it should be hung in the Ancestral Shrine for commemoration.
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• Eternal Happiness Temple (Yonglegong) , Shanxi
  ...le (eternal happiness), it was named Eternal Happiness Temple by locals of the area. ...the country. The frescoes of the Hall of Dragon and Tiger and the Hall of the Three Purities are huge figure paintings, while those of Chunyang Hall and
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• Scriptures for Morning and Evening Rites of the Complete Perfection Tradition
  ...se scriptural confession diligently, and not forget the divine precepts of the founder of their sect, so as to produce results from their cultivation of m ...vening recitation at the evening altar. This routine is followed every day the year round.
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• Daoism during the Republican Era (1911-1949)
  ==Daoism during the Republican Era (1911-1949)== ...[[Mt. Longhu]] was confined to the tradition of the Orthodox Oneness Sect. The dignity and glory it had previously enjoyed never came back.
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• The Queen Mother of the West
  ==Origin of the Queen Mother of the West== ...and of the White Tiger spirit of the West, but was not the Queen Mother of the West herself.
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• The Eight Immortals
  ==Origin of the Eight Immortals== ...mortals Came From'' ( 八仙出處東遊記 Baxian Chuchu Dongyou Ji ), the depiction of the Eight Immortals was completed.
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• Purity, Tranquility and Non-interference
  ==Purity and Tranquility, the Basic Rule of the World== ...y the principle of Tranquility. That is to say, human beings are to follow the basic rule of heaven, earth and nature by pursuing a state of Tranquility,
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• Fung Ying Seen Koon (Pengying Xianguan), Hong Kong
  == The Founding and History of the Fung Ying Seen Koon == ...the Dragon Gate sect]] of [[the Complete Perfection Tradtion. The birth of the Fung Ying Seen Koon is as follows:
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• Daoism during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911)
  ==Daoism in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)== ...result, its social status began to decline. Daoism didn't react quickly to the new situation, and its organization and religious tought deteriorated.
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• Daoist Temples
  ...Tower Temple ( 樓觀 Louguan ) of Shanxi. Daoist temples then spread all over the country. ...ed "paying debt to the solitary spirits", are held to expiate the souls of the dead.
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• Talismans
  In the process of conducting magic skills, Daoists usually make use of the mysterious functions of Talismans and Registers. Usually in Daoism, only th ...gs ( 齋醮 Zhaijiao ) of various kinds. Therefore some Daoists have said that the secret of magic arts are merely talismans, vital breath and medicine. Talis
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• Daoism during the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (581-907)
  ==Flourishing of Daoism and Development of Religious Teachings during the Sui and Tang Dynasties ===Integration of Daoism in the Sui and Tang Dynasties===
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• Rituals of Purification and of Sacrifice to the Ancestral Souls
  ...Heaven Ritual for Feeding, Saving, and Refining the Ghosts'' had formed by the Song Dynasty, and that Hong Kong Daoism has preserved this ritual in its or
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• Daoist Studies in Germany
  ==Sinology in Germany Before the 18th Century== ...ing in Europe during the 17th century. In 1730 Bayer (1694-1738) published the ''Stories of Natural Sciences of China'' (Jottings of Rarities and Miscella
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• Understanding Dao and Establishing Virtue
  Daoism aims at studying Dao, conforming to it and obtaining it. The life expected by Daoism is one rich in morality. Therefore, life is basical ...subtle methods in cultivating Dao especially require instruction. However, the instructions cannot replace one's own study and practice. Only if a person
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