Making a seal during Jiazi and Gengshen days, facing southeast, at 2 o’clock in the morning, in a clean room, first burn incense and pray silently for its purpose and blow it into the wood
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Category: Culture
Explain Daoist Artifacts: Ling Pai 令牌
What is a Ling Pai 令牌? Ling Pai 令牌 is a kind of “Token” used as Taoist magic tool or weapon. It has the same name as the hand bell, bronze mirror, and seven-star sword,
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Di La Chen or Dragon-Boat Festival
According to “Yunji Seven Notes 云笈七笺”, the first day of the first lunar month (Spring Festival) is Tianla 天腊, and the five emperors will meet in the east on Jiuqingqingtian; on the fifth day of
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Wudang Taoism
Before the Northern Song Dynasty, Wudang Mountain Taoism had no obvious sectarian distinction. In terms of their religious behavior, they are roughly divided into Danding School and Fulu School.
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Daoist Netherworld – 18 Layers of Hell
The paintings of torture of the eighteen layers of hell. Do good deeds in the world and stay away from all evils.
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Dao De Jing – Audio-Book by Professor Lv Xichen
Dao De Jing 道德经 Professor Lv Xichen 吕锡琛 Lv Xichen, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Philosophy, Central South University, Executive Dean of the Institute of International Communication of Taoism, Central South
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Taoist Incense Culture – 道教香文化
It is often said “Taoist do not burn 檀香 sandalwood.” However, nowadays there are many Taoists that burn sandalwood in Taoist temples, but they do not use it in “Lǐ Dòu 礼斗” (Ceremony of the
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立春 Li Chun – Beginning of Spring
This year the first of 24 solarterms of the Chinese calendar falls on Feburary the 4th 2022. This day we call “Li Chun立春”.
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Bai Shi Yi Shi 拜师仪式 – Disciple Ceremony
Bai Shi拜师 is the ceremony when a student becomes a disciple, entering the door into the family or tradition of the master. For most students this is one of the most important rituals they look
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Zhong Yuan Jie 中元节
Zhong Yuan Jie is one of three festivals to honour the ancestor and on that day the Ghost-Gates are opening 鬼门开 Gui Men Kai. Although 7th Lunar month is called the Ghost-Month , in ancient
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