The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Wu Zhao Jiao 五朝醮 — The Five-Session Taoist Ritual for the Dead

Wu Zhao Jiao 五朝醮 — The Five-Session Taoist Ritu...

Paul Peng

Wu Zhao Jiao 五朝醮 is a multi-session Zhengyi ritual spanning five liturgical sessions, combining scripture recitation, lamp-lighting rites, and offerings to spirit officials — one of the most elaborate funerary...

Wu Zhao Jiao 五朝醮 — The Five-Session Taoist Ritu...

Paul Peng

Wu Zhao Jiao 五朝醮 is a multi-session Zhengyi ritual spanning five liturgical sessions, combining scripture recitation, lamp-lighting rites, and offerings to spirit officials — one of the most elaborate funerary...

Zun Shan Zhai 遵善斋 — The Taoist Retreat at the Start of Winter

Zun Shan Zhai 遵善斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...

Paul Peng

Zun Shan Zhai 遵善斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed at the beginning of winter, rooted in the Zhengyi tradition of seasonal ritual practice and the classical principle of aligning...

Zun Shan Zhai 遵善斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...

Paul Peng

Zun Shan Zhai 遵善斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed at the beginning of winter, rooted in the Zhengyi tradition of seasonal ritual practice and the classical principle of aligning...

Zhou Tian Da Jiao — The Complete Heavenly Taoist Ritual

Zhou Tian Da Jiao 周天大醮 — The Complete Heavenly ...

Paul Peng

Zhou Tian Da Jiao 周天大醮 is the grandest Taoist ritual ceremony, invoking all heavenly deities across the full celestial cycle. Reserved for emperors and high officials in imperial China, it...

Zhou Tian Da Jiao 周天大醮 — The Complete Heavenly ...

Paul Peng

Zhou Tian Da Jiao 周天大醮 is the grandest Taoist ritual ceremony, invoking all heavenly deities across the full celestial cycle. Reserved for emperors and high officials in imperial China, it...

Wang Sheng Jiao 往生醐 — ritual elements of the Taoist Rite of Guided Rebirth

Wang Sheng Jiao 往生醮: The Taoist Rite of Guided ...

Paul Peng

Wang Sheng Jiao 往生醮 is a Taoist funerary offering rite in which the Ten-Direction Celestial Venerables guide the deceased to rebirth according to their own wishes and intentions.

Wang Sheng Jiao 往生醮: The Taoist Rite of Guided ...

Paul Peng

Wang Sheng Jiao 往生醮 is a Taoist funerary offering rite in which the Ten-Direction Celestial Venerables guide the deceased to rebirth according to their own wishes and intentions.

Yan Sheng Jiao 延生醐 — The Taoist Rite of Life Extension

Yan Sheng Jiao 延生醮: The Taoist Rite of Life Ext...

Paul Peng

Yan Sheng Jiao 延生醮 is a Taoist offering ceremony performed to extend the lifespan of the living, petitioning the stellar deities of the Northern and Southern Dippers who govern human...

Yan Sheng Jiao 延生醮: The Taoist Rite of Life Ext...

Paul Peng

Yan Sheng Jiao 延生醮 is a Taoist offering ceremony performed to extend the lifespan of the living, petitioning the stellar deities of the Northern and Southern Dippers who govern human...

Chuan Du Jiao 传度醐 — The Taoist Rite of Ordination and Talisman Transmission

Chuan Du Jiao 传度醮: The Taoist Rite of Ordinatio...

Paul Peng

Chuan Du Jiao 传度醮 is the Zhengyi ordination offering ceremony in which sacred talismans are formally transmitted to initiates, establishing their ritual authority and divine protection.

Chuan Du Jiao 传度醮: The Taoist Rite of Ordinatio...

Paul Peng

Chuan Du Jiao 传度醮 is the Zhengyi ordination offering ceremony in which sacred talismans are formally transmitted to initiates, establishing their ritual authority and divine protection.