Only know that Buddhism is vegetarian, is Taoism taboo?

Four don't eat: Taoist priests don't eat four kinds of meat-beef, mullet, swan goose and dog meat, because cattle, mullet, swan goose and dog represent loyalty, filial piety, chastity and righteousness respectively.

Since Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taoism has been divided into two sects, Quanzhen Sect and Zhengyi Sect. Both factions are disciples of Taoism and regard Taoism as their highest belief, but traditionally, the disciplines and practices of the two factions are quite different.

Quanzhen school pays attention to celibacy, full hair, living in a temple and being a vegetarian. They have lived in temples all their lives, and they are vegetarians. A vegetarian diet in Taoism is not a vegetarian diet in the secular understanding. In Taoist view, meat is fishy, and pungent spices such as mustard, onion, garlic and leek are not allowed to be eaten. Even some old practitioners have their own tableware and cookers, and they can't cook with cookers made of fishy meat.

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Taoist festivals

Christmas and the enlightenment day of the immortals in all caves are Taoist festivals. Taoist festivals not only inherit the ancient folk customs in China, but also are closely related to the traditional festivals in China. The main festivals are: Sanqing Festival: winter solstice, Yuanshi Tianzun Christmas, summer solstice, Lingbao Tianzun Christmas, February 15 Moral Tianzun Christmas.

Sanyuan Festival: Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, Ghost Festival on the fifteenth day of July and Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of October. Five La Worship: the first day of the first month (Spring Festival), the fifth day of May (Dragon Boat Festival), the seventh day of July (Tanabata), the first day of October and the eighth day of December.

Fairy Christmas: Jade Emperor Christmas on the ninth day of the first month, Wenchang Emperor Christmas on the third day of February, Quanzhen Daozu Donghua Emperor Christmas on the sixth day of February, Cixi Zhenren (Guanyin) Christmas on the 19th of February, Dongyue Emperor Christmas on the 28th of March, Empress Dowager Christmas on the third day of March, Emperor Zhenwu Christmas and Xuanyuan Huangdi Christmas.

March 15, God of Wealth's birthday, March 23rd, Mazu Niangniang's birthday, April 14, Chunyang Zu's birthday, April 18, birthday, June 24th, Guan's birthday, September 9th, Chongyang Zu's birthday./kl

Other festivals: on the fifth day of the first month, the god of wealth is collected and the ancestor Tomb-Sweeping Day is worshipped; On June 19th, Guanyin became a monk; August 15th, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon (Mid-Autumn Festival); And the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the hearth festival (off-year).

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