What do Taoist priests do?

Taoists are followers of Taoism, and their occupation is to engage in Taoist activities. Among them, the woman "Kundao", also known as the female crown, is commonly known as Taoist; Male Taoist priests are called "avenues", and they are also known as people, feather scholars, feather guests, Huang Guan and so on. They are also considered Taoist priests. 1997, there were more than 25,000 Taoist priests in Chinese mainland. At present, there are about 50,000 Taoist priests in Chinese mainland.

Taoist costume is called Taoist robe, which is an ancient Chinese costume in China. They also wear ancient scarves and shoes called cloud shoes. Places where Taoism conducts religious activities are called palaces, temples, Taoist temples or Taoist temples, and most of them live in these temples.

There are two kinds of modern Taoist priests: Quanzhen Taoist priests are monks, with their hair and beard all stored up and their heads tied in a bun. Mostly vegetarian, emphasizing self-cultivation; Zhenghe Taoist priests generally have no hair, and practice emphasizes Fuyong, so they can get married and eat meat. Most of them are monks who don't become monks, also known as fire monks, and a few are monks who mainly engage in Taoist sacrificial activities. Modern orthodox disciples should be taught to become qualified Taoist priests, while Quanzhen disciples should be taught precepts.

The word "Taoist" can also refer to ordinary people who study Taoism and serve it.