The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Ying Xin Zhai 迎新斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed on the 28th of the Twelfth Month

Ying Xin Zhai 迎新斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...

Paul Peng

Ying Xin Zhai 迎新斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month — the ritual act of welcoming the new year with a...

Ying Xin Zhai 迎新斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...

Paul Peng

Ying Xin Zhai 迎新斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month — the ritual act of welcoming the new year with a...

Ying Qiu Zhai 迎秋斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month

Ying Qiu Zhai 迎秋斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...

Paul Peng

Ying Qiu Zhai 迎秋斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month — the same date as the Qixi Festival — marking the...

Ying Qiu Zhai 迎秋斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...

Paul Peng

Ying Qiu Zhai 迎秋斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month — the same date as the Qixi Festival — marking the...

Qi Xia Zhai 启夏斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed on the Eighth Day of the Fourth Month

Qi Xia Zhai 启夏斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed o...

Paul Peng

Qi Xia Zhai 启夏斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, marking the ritual opening of summer — a date that also...

Qi Xia Zhai 启夏斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed o...

Paul Peng

Qi Xia Zhai 启夏斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, marking the ritual opening of summer — a date that also...

An Fen Jiao 安坟醮 — The Zhengyi Ritual for Pacifying the Grave

An Fen Jiao 安坟醮 — The Zhengyi Ritual for Pacify...

Paul Peng

An Fen Jiao 安坟醮 is a Zhengyi Taoist ritual performed to pacify burial grounds, protect the tomb, and resolve spiritual disturbances affecting the deceased and the living family.

An Fen Jiao 安坟醮 — The Zhengyi Ritual for Pacify...

Paul Peng

An Fen Jiao 安坟醮 is a Zhengyi Taoist ritual performed to pacify burial grounds, protect the tomb, and resolve spiritual disturbances affecting the deceased and the living family.

Bei Yin Jiao 北阴醮 — The Zitin Ritual for Breaking Through Extreme Adversity

Bei Yin Jiao 北阴醮 — The Zitin Ritual for Breakin...

Paul Peng

Bei Yin Jiao 北阴醮 is a Zhengyi ritual of the Zitin tradition, performed when all paths are blocked — deep calamity, demonic disturbance, career stagnation, unresolved injustice. Three ceremonies, the...

Bei Yin Jiao 北阴醮 — The Zitin Ritual for Breakin...

Paul Peng

Bei Yin Jiao 北阴醮 is a Zhengyi ritual of the Zitin tradition, performed when all paths are blocked — deep calamity, demonic disturbance, career stagnation, unresolved injustice. Three ceremonies, the...

Ping An Jiao 平安醮 — The Zhengyi Ritual for Communal Peace and Protection

Ping An Jiao 平安醮 — The Zhengyi Ritual for Commu...

Paul Peng

Ping An Jiao 平安醮 is a Zhengyi Taoist ritual performed to invoke peace and protection for a community, household, or individual — one of the most widely practiced jiao ceremonies...

Ping An Jiao 平安醮 — The Zhengyi Ritual for Commu...

Paul Peng

Ping An Jiao 平安醮 is a Zhengyi Taoist ritual performed to invoke peace and protection for a community, household, or individual — one of the most widely practiced jiao ceremonies...