What does a crane mean?

Do cranes have any important significance in Taoism?

Do cranes have any important significance in Taoism? In Taoism, a local religion in China, cranes are a symbol of longevity, so many old immortals in China use cranes as a means of transportation.

Generally speaking, cranes are accompanied by immortals and are the mounts of immortals. There is a cloud in Xianghe Jing: "Gai Yu is also a teacher and a fairy." Therefore, they are called "Fairy Feather", "Xianke" and "Fairy Horse", and the legendary "Three Bridges Riding a Crane" and "Dinghua Crane" are all related to this theory, while the description of "Immortal Flying Dragon" in the Collection is more vivid.

This poem takes cinnabar as the crowning glory of the Asahi and white jade as the bright clothes, and describes the crane poem inscribed by Xie Jin, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, for his painting "The Picture of Pine Bamboo and White Crane". Crane has become one of the important traditional painting and decoration themes in China with its elegant posture, simple feathers and gentle temperament. In the long historical development, the image of cranes has been influenced by different backgrounds, beliefs and people's spiritual pursuits, and has evolved various auspicious meanings and image combinations with auspicious connotations. The famous inscription "Yi He Ming" dates from the Southern Dynasties. This was written by a calligrapher at that time to bury the dead crane, which attracted countless calligraphers from later generations to pay their respects and rubbings. It can be seen that people's worship of cranes began three generations ago.

For Taoism, cranes are regarded as the embodiment of immortals, so Taoist priests are also called feather scholars, and Taoist costumes are called "cranes". Even the Taoist priests walk in a similar way to the crane steps. Chen Haozi (crane) said, "Male and female cranes follow each other, just like fighting." "Every time the fairy family calls for cranes, they will come." Taoist walking is called "cloud walking and crane walking", and people praise Taoist as "fairy wind and crane bone" In Taoist temples, the curtains dedicated to immortals are embroidered with flying cranes, which are called "Yunlong Crane Flag". Red-crowned cranes are embroidered on the vestments worn by Gao Gongchang when he worships God and when he practices. Taoist immortals are called "feathering" and "driving cranes to the west" and so on.

Summary: Does the crane have any important significance in Taoism? In the local religious Taoism in China, cranes are a symbol of longevity, so many old immortals in China use cranes as a means of transportation.