The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Zong Fang: Ancient Ancestral Temple Gate Sacrifice 宗枫

Zong Fang: Ancient Ancestral Temple Gate Sacrif...

Paul Peng

Zong Fang (宗枫, Zōng Fāng) is the ancient Chinese ritual term for the ancestral temple gate where a designated priest was sent to seek the spirit of the deceased ancestor...

Zong Fang: Ancient Ancestral Temple Gate Sacrif...

Paul Peng

Zong Fang (宗枫, Zōng Fāng) is the ancient Chinese ritual term for the ancestral temple gate where a designated priest was sent to seek the spirit of the deceased ancestor...

Jiao Si: Imperial Suburban Sacrifice in Ancient China 郊祀

Jiao Si: Imperial Suburban Sacrifice in Ancient...

Paul Peng

Jiao Si (郊祀, Jiāo Sì) is the ancient Chinese imperial rite of sacrificing to Heaven at the Southern Suburb on the winter solstice and to Earth at the Northern Suburb...

Jiao Si: Imperial Suburban Sacrifice in Ancient...

Paul Peng

Jiao Si (郊祀, Jiāo Sì) is the ancient Chinese imperial rite of sacrificing to Heaven at the Southern Suburb on the winter solstice and to Earth at the Northern Suburb...

Ying Hui — Taoist Deity Procession in Chinese Folk Festival 迎会

Ying Hui — Taoist Deity Procession in Chinese F...

Paul Peng

Ying Hui (迎会) is the ancient Chinese folk ritual of welcoming deities through community processions during spring temple festivals, integrating Zhengyi liturgy with territorial blessing rites.

Ying Hui — Taoist Deity Procession in Chinese F...

Paul Peng

Ying Hui (迎会) is the ancient Chinese folk ritual of welcoming deities through community processions during spring temple festivals, integrating Zhengyi liturgy with territorial blessing rites.

Xian Mu — Summer Horse Ceremony in Ancient Chinese Ritual 先牧

Xian Mu — Summer Horse Ceremony in Ancient Chin...

Paul Peng

Xian Mu (先牧) is the summer horse sacrifice of ancient China, honoring the mythic First Herdsman who first raised horses, combining ritual veneration with practical herd management in the Zhouli...

Xian Mu — Summer Horse Ceremony in Ancient Chin...

Paul Peng

Xian Mu (先牧) is the summer horse sacrifice of ancient China, honoring the mythic First Herdsman who first raised horses, combining ritual veneration with practical herd management in the Zhouli...

Sao Ji — Tomb Sweeping Ritual in Chinese Folk Religion 扫基

Sao Ji — Tomb Sweeping Ritual in Chinese Folk R...

Paul Peng

Sao Ji (扫基) is the Chinese folk ritual of grave sweeping and tomb maintenance, combining physical care of ancestral graves with offerings and Daoist liturgy during the Qingming Festival.

Sao Ji — Tomb Sweeping Ritual in Chinese Folk R...

Paul Peng

Sao Ji (扫基) is the Chinese folk ritual of grave sweeping and tomb maintenance, combining physical care of ancestral graves with offerings and Daoist liturgy during the Qingming Festival.

Jin Li — Complete Propriety in Ancient Chinese Ritual Ethics 尽礼

Jin Li — Complete Propriety in Ancient Chinese ...

Paul Peng

Jin Li (尽礼) is the Confucian ideal of complete ritual propriety — the exhaustion of sincerity, trust, reverence, and propriety in service to rulers and ancestors, from the Lunyu and...

Jin Li — Complete Propriety in Ancient Chinese ...

Paul Peng

Jin Li (尽礼) is the Confucian ideal of complete ritual propriety — the exhaustion of sincerity, trust, reverence, and propriety in service to rulers and ancestors, from the Lunyu and...