Serene place of worship eases burden on body, mind LU PING/CHINA DAILY Young white-collar workers in Beijing can easily find themselves frazzled by the pressure of their day-to-day jobs and the fast pace of city life. A Taoist temple located in the Chinese capital's downtown Xicheng distri...
Serene place of worship eases burden on body, mind (From left) A woman competes during a baduanjin competition in Chongqing in August 2024. A foreign student learns baduanjin at a vocational school in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, in November 2023. A medical worker performs traditional baduanjin...
The mountain is the holiest place for the Taoist priests, since Li Er secluded himself at the mountain on the eighth day of a fourth lunar month in ancient times. Therefore, Taoist priests from around China come to pay their respects to their ancestor at the mountain every year. Hundreds of...
Mt. Wudang by the common people polite name is “the celestial mountain”, “the dwelling place of the immortals”."The Mt. Taihe Will" records “Wudang” the meaning source in “the non-god of the north works as insufficient it”, signifies Wudang is the Chinese Taoism worships piously ...
Baopu Taoist Temple is a building inHangzhou,Zhejiang. Baopu Taoist Temple is situated nearby to the place of worship抱朴道院, as well as near the peak葛岭. MapDirectionsSatellitePhoto Map Notable Places in the Area Zhejiang Provincial Museum ...
National Museum and one of China's most authoritative people on the Qin and Han dynasties, said at a press conference on Sunday that the Great Shangqing Palace was a place of worship for a line of emperors throughout Chinese history and was the primary location for the Zhengyi Sect of ...
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The temple, which is also called Lyuzu Temple, was first built during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) to worship Lyu Chunyang, or Lyu Dongbin, one of the prominent figures in the religion of Taoism. Massive renovations took place during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties,...
The Baiyun Temple was first built in the Tang Dynasty and is a sacred place for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang to worship Laozi. It is named Tianchang Temple and has a history of over 1200 years. The overall layout and main palace regulations of Baiyun Temple were formed during the Qing Dynasty...
At the bamboo theatre, volunteers were all over the place preparing for the festival: some were setting up the stage while others were making vegetarian meals. Before heading back out, we stopped by the paper crafted giant (a common feature that would be burnt at the end of the festival) ...