The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

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...

Ji Li — Auspicious State Ritual in Ancient Chinese Religion 吉礼

Ji Li — Auspicious State Ritual in Ancient Chin...

Paul Peng

Ji Li (吉礼) is the Auspicious Ritual, first of the Five Rituals (Wu Li) of ancient China, comprising twelve categories of sacrifice to celestial, terrestrial, and ancestral deities prescribed in...

Ji Li — Auspicious State Ritual in Ancient Chin...

Paul Peng

Ji Li (吉礼) is the Auspicious Ritual, first of the Five Rituals (Wu Li) of ancient China, comprising twelve categories of sacrifice to celestial, terrestrial, and ancestral deities prescribed in...

Yan Ji — Offering Without a Living Representative 厌祭

Yan Ji — Offering Without a Living Representati...

Paul Peng

Yan Ji (厌祭) is the ancient Chinese sacrificial offering performed without a living representative, addressing spirits directly through yin yan and yang yan phases prescribed in the Liji.

Yan Ji — Offering Without a Living Representati...

Paul Peng

Yan Ji (厌祭) is the ancient Chinese sacrificial offering performed without a living representative, addressing spirits directly through yin yan and yang yan phases prescribed in the Liji.

Wu Si — Five Household Deities of Ancient Chinese Ritual 五祠

Wu Si — Five Household Deities of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Si (五祠) is the ancient Chinese system of five household deity sacrifices — door, gate, hearth, central room, and path — prescribed in the Liji to sacralize domestic space...

Wu Si — Five Household Deities of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Si (五祠) is the ancient Chinese system of five household deity sacrifices — door, gate, hearth, central room, and path — prescribed in the Liji to sacralize domestic space...

Wu Li — Five Ritual Categories of Ancient Chinese Ceremony 五礼

Wu Li — Five Ritual Categories of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Li (五礼) is the classical Chinese system of five ritual categories from the Zhouli: auspicious sacrifice, mourning, military, guest reception, and celebratory — the organizing framework of all imperial...

Wu Li — Five Ritual Categories of Ancient Chine...

Paul Peng

Wu Li (五礼) is the classical Chinese system of five ritual categories from the Zhouli: auspicious sacrifice, mourning, military, guest reception, and celebratory — the organizing framework of all imperial...