The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

拔亡醮 Ba Wang Jiao: Taoist Salvation of the Departed

拔亡醮 Ba Wang Jiao: Taoist Salvation of the Departed

Paul Peng

拔亡醮 (Ba Wang Jiao) is a Taoist salvation ritual for the departed, rooted in the Lingbao tradition and preserved in the Zhengyi school since the Song Dynasty.

拔亡醮 Ba Wang Jiao: Taoist Salvation of the Departed

Paul Peng

拔亡醮 (Ba Wang Jiao) is a Taoist salvation ritual for the departed, rooted in the Lingbao tradition and preserved in the Zhengyi school since the Song Dynasty.

升化醮 Sheng Hua Jiao: Taoist Priest Ascension Ritual

升化醮 Sheng Hua Jiao: Taoist Priest Ascension Ritual

Paul Peng

升化醮 (Shēng Huà Jiào) is a Taoist ritual for deceased priests, facilitating spiritual ascension. Documented in the Song Dynasty Dao Men Dingzhi.

升化醮 Sheng Hua Jiao: Taoist Priest Ascension Ritual

Paul Peng

升化醮 (Shēng Huà Jiào) is a Taoist ritual for deceased priests, facilitating spiritual ascension. Documented in the Song Dynasty Dao Men Dingzhi.

水醮 Shui Jiao: Taoist Water Offering Ritual

水醮 Shui Jiao: Taoist Water Offering Ritual

Paul Peng

水醮 (Shuǐ Jiào) is a Taoist community ritual invoking celestial water authorities to ensure timely rain, prevent floods, and restore harmony between Heaven, Earth, and Water. Rooted in the Song...

水醮 Shui Jiao: Taoist Water Offering Ritual

Paul Peng

水醮 (Shuǐ Jiào) is a Taoist community ritual invoking celestial water authorities to ensure timely rain, prevent floods, and restore harmony between Heaven, Earth, and Water. Rooted in the Song...

火醮 Huo Jiao: Taoist Fire Protection Ritual

火醮 Huo Jiao: Taoist Fire Protection Ritual

Paul Peng

火醮 (Huǒ Jiào) is a Taoist community ritual invoking celestial fire authorities to protect homes and villages from conflagration. Codified in the Song Dynasty Dao Men Dingzhi, it remains a...

火醮 Huo Jiao: Taoist Fire Protection Ritual

Paul Peng

火醮 (Huǒ Jiào) is a Taoist community ritual invoking celestial fire authorities to protect homes and villages from conflagration. Codified in the Song Dynasty Dao Men Dingzhi, it remains a...

三朝醮 San Zhao Jiao: The Three-Day Taoist Ritual

三朝醮 San Zhao Jiao: The Three-Day Taoist Ritual

Paul Peng

三朝醮 (Sān Zhāo Jiào) is the most prevalent large-scale Taoist ritual format, defined by its three-day structure of invocation, purification, and offering. Standardized in the 1374 CE Ming Dynasty compendium...

三朝醮 San Zhao Jiao: The Three-Day Taoist Ritual

Paul Peng

三朝醮 (Sān Zhāo Jiào) is the most prevalent large-scale Taoist ritual format, defined by its three-day structure of invocation, purification, and offering. Standardized in the 1374 CE Ming Dynasty compendium...

Qi'an Qing Jiao 祈安清醒 — The Taoist Community Peace Ritual

Qi'an Qing Jiao 祈安清醒 — The Taoist Community Pea...

Paul Peng

Qi'an Qing Jiao 祈安清醒 is the most common large-scale Taoist community ritual in coastal China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong — a three-to-five-day ceremony for communal peace and thanksgiving.

Qi'an Qing Jiao 祈安清醒 — The Taoist Community Pea...

Paul Peng

Qi'an Qing Jiao 祈安清醒 is the most common large-scale Taoist community ritual in coastal China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong — a three-to-five-day ceremony for communal peace and thanksgiving.