What are the main festivals of Taoism?

There are many different sects of Taoism, and due to the influence of regional secular beliefs, the number of festivals has increased accordingly. The main festivals are as follows:

1, three days. According to Lu Xiu Jing "Taoist Science and Technology" and other records, the three days for the first month of the lunar calendar on the seventh day, the seventh day of the seventh month, the fifth day of the tenth month. In these three days, the Taoist people must go to the division rule, declared the family register, listen to the Taoist official preaching precepts, accept the three officials to assess the merits and demerits, in order to determine the level of the talisman.

2, three yuan day. A festival called Sanyuan. Sanyuan refers to the sky, earth, water three officials, is the Wu Dou Mi Tao was founded when the belief in the main deities. It is believed that the three officials grasp the life and death of human life, they will be in a particular three days a year, respectively, descending to the earth, the examination of human merits and demerits, in order to determine the life expectancy of human beings.

3, five wax days. Taoism, according to the ancient "Lunar Day" sacrifice ancestors, the system of the hundred gods, the creation of five Lunar Day. In particular, the first day of the first month of the day of wax, is still an important festival for today's Taoism, when it is necessary to set up the traditional jiao festival to the sky, ancestor worship, in order to seek blessings and longevity.

4, three clear Christmas. Three Qing as the highest god of Taoism, in the early Tang Dynasty has been established. Among them, the beginning of the heavenly father, the spirit of the heavenly father for the "Tao" of the incarnation, is no beginning, there is no first, there is no birthday, but the later Taoism after the explanation, but still give them a birthday.

5, Jade Emperor Christmas. Jade Emperor faith in the Song Dynasty was very prosperous, "Gao on the Jade Emperor this set of scriptures" has been said that its "in the C wu year on the ninth day of the first month of the noon born in the Palace", the Ming Dynasty into the book of the "Gods Christmas Day Jade Box Records and other sets of directories - Christmas Day date of the Order Festival," also cloud Jade Emperor was born on the ninth day of the first month of the first day of the first month of the first day of the first month of the first day of the first month of the first day of the first month.

6, Queen Mother Christmas. Queen Mother of the West myth origin is very ancient, to the Ming "Search for God Book" and "three religions Search for God Book", began to say that it was born on July 18, "the date of the Christmas Festival" also cloud: "July 18, Queen Mother Christmas".

7, Dongyue Christmas. Originally from the Yuan and written in the Ming "So Shen Ji" volume 1, began to say that it was "born on March 28".

8, Wenchang Christmas. Early Ming Dynasty "Emperor to the Road to the Qing Yu book" is also said to be the third day of March, this day has become one of the important festivals of Taoism.

9, Zhang Tianshi birthday. Zhang Tianshi biography" said it "in the Eastern Han Guangwu Jianwu ten years of the first month of the first day (15th) born in Wu Tianmu mountain". That is one of the important festivals of the first way.

10, Sanmao Jun birthday. Sojourner's Journal, Volume II, began to say: "Sanmao Zhenjun, born on March 18th." Since then, it is one of the important festivals of the first way.

11, Xu Zhenjun birthday. On the 28th day of the first month, it is one of the important festivals of the Zheng Yi Dao.

12, Lu Zu birth anniversary. April 14, this day is designated as Lu Dongbin birthday, one of the important festivals for the Quanzhen Road.

13, Chongyang ancestor's birthday. December 22, from now on that is designated as Wang Yang's birthday, is one of the important festivals for the Quanzhen Road.

14, Qiu Zu's birthday. The 19th day of the first month, that is, as Qiu Qi Ji's birthday, and one of the important festivals of the Quanzhen Road.

Expanded Information:

Taoist Festival Characteristics

1, the early Taoism, the festival is still small, most of the festivals for the Yuan and Ming Dynasty (mainly Ming Dynasty). Due to the differences in beliefs among the various sects, the deities and ancestors worshipped were different from each other.

2, each faction **** respect for the supreme god of the Three Pristine Ones, the supreme god of heaven, the Jade Emperor, and a long history of the Three Officials, the social influence of the Queen Mother of the West, the Great Emperor of Dongyue, the emperor of Wenchang, Zhenwu, etc. of the "Birthday" day, is the faction **** worship of the festival.

3, the sects of the ancestor, such as the Zheng Yi school of Zhang Ling, Sanmao Zhenjun, Xu Zhenjun, the Quanzhen Road of Lu Dongbin, Wang Chongyang, Qiu Shiqi, etc. of the birth date, is the festival of the sub-bonus.

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