The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Fen Ling — Spirit Division in Chinese Temple Ritual 分灵

Fen Ling — Spirit Division in Chinese Temple Ri...

Paul Peng

Fen Ling (分灵) is the Chinese temple ritual of dividing a deity’s spiritual efficacy from a parent temple to consecrate a branch temple, establishing an unbroken lineage of sacred authority.

Fen Ling — Spirit Division in Chinese Temple Ri...

Paul Peng

Fen Ling (分灵) is the Chinese temple ritual of dividing a deity’s spiritual efficacy from a parent temple to consecrate a branch temple, establishing an unbroken lineage of sacred authority.

Ma Ji — Four-Season Horse Sacrifice in Ancient China 马祭

Ma Ji — Four-Season Horse Sacrifice in Ancient ...

Paul Peng

Ma Ji (马祭) is the comprehensive four-season horse sacrifice system of ancient China, prescribed in the Zhouli, honoring four distinct equine deities across spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Ma Ji — Four-Season Horse Sacrifice in Ancient ...

Paul Peng

Ma Ji (马祭) is the comprehensive four-season horse sacrifice system of ancient China, prescribed in the Zhouli, honoring four distinct equine deities across spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Ma Zu — Spring Horse Ancestor Ceremony in Ancient China 马祖

Ma Zu — Spring Horse Ancestor Ceremony in Ancie...

Paul Peng

Ma Zu (马祖) is the spring horse sacrifice of ancient China, honoring the Horse Ancestor identified as the Tian Si constellation, performed to promote equine fertility at the start of...

Ma Zu — Spring Horse Ancestor Ceremony in Ancie...

Paul Peng

Ma Zu (马祖) is the spring horse sacrifice of ancient China, honoring the Horse Ancestor identified as the Tian Si constellation, performed to promote equine fertility at the start of...

Ma Bu — Winter Horse Ceremony in Ancient Chinese Ritual 马步

Ma Bu — Winter Horse Ceremony in Ancient Chines...

Paul Peng

Ma Bu (马步) is the winter horse sacrifice of ancient China, honoring the horse-harming spirit to ward off equine disease, the final ceremony in the four-season horse sacrifice system of...

Ma Bu — Winter Horse Ceremony in Ancient Chines...

Paul Peng

Ma Bu (马步) is the winter horse sacrifice of ancient China, honoring the horse-harming spirit to ward off equine disease, the final ceremony in the four-season horse sacrifice system of...

Yin Ji — Square-Cut Dried Meat Offering in Zhou Temple Ritual 尹祭

Yin Ji — Square-Cut Dried Meat Offering in Zhou...

Paul Peng

Yin Ji (尹祭) is the ancient Chinese ritual offering of precisely square-cut dried meat in the ancestral temple, prescribed in the Liji and glossed by Zheng Xuan as embodying ritual...

Yin Ji — Square-Cut Dried Meat Offering in Zhou...

Paul Peng

Yin Ji (尹祭) is the ancient Chinese ritual offering of precisely square-cut dried meat in the ancestral temple, prescribed in the Liji and glossed by Zheng Xuan as embodying ritual...

Da Xia — Grand Combined Ancestral Sacrifice of Ancient China 大祫

Da Xia — Grand Combined Ancestral Sacrifice of ...

Paul Peng

Da Xia (大祫) is the triennial grand combined ancestral sacrifice of ancient China, uniting the spirit tablets of all lineage ancestors in the ancestral temple for a unified offering ceremony.

Da Xia — Grand Combined Ancestral Sacrifice of ...

Paul Peng

Da Xia (大祫) is the triennial grand combined ancestral sacrifice of ancient China, uniting the spirit tablets of all lineage ancestors in the ancestral temple for a unified offering ceremony.