Taoists are also called "Taoists". Notes of Laozi Sier contains the words "Taoist priests can't live long, but they can't walk the dead" and "Taoist sages respect religion" in Zhengyi Fa Tian Ji. Bai Yuchan, a Taoist in the Southern Song Dynasty, also called himself "Taoist in Qiongshan". However, when Buddhism first entered China, Taoist priests were also called monks: The Biography of Southern Qi and Gu Huan recorded that "Taoist priests fought Confucianism and Mohism, and Taoist priests imprisoned right and wrong", and this Taoist priest was a monk. It was not until the Sui and Tang Dynasties that Taoist priests and their corresponding appellations, such as Taoist priest, feather scholar, feather guest, feather man and Huang Guan, gradually became proper names of Taoist clergy. With the increase of women's contact with Taoism, they also have the title of "female crown".
In general, Taoists are called "Taoists". In Taoist classics, male Taoist priests are also called "avenues", while female Taoist priests are correspondingly called "Kundao". When Huang Guan refers to male Taoist priests, female Taoist priests are called female crowns. In addition, there are Taoists named Yu Yi, Yu Keer, Yu Ren and Yu Shi (Feather, which means Taoists like to say that they are immortal). Huang Guan, the birthplace of Taoist costumes in China, wears Huang Guan on the avenue. Because Taoist costumes inherit the costumes of Huangdi Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of China humanities, they are called "Huang Guan".
Quanzhen religion rose in the early Yuan Dynasty, and Taoism is generally divided into Quanzhen school and Zhengyi school. Quanzhen Taoist is a monk, unmarried, vegetarian, living in a Taoist temple; Tie your long hair in a bun and wear a crown.
Orthodox Taoists can get married and eat meat. Some people can get married and have children, which is commonly known as "living fire Taoist", while others are monks. They are not orthodox monks, some are active in temples, and some are scattered monks without temples. As a scholar, he doesn't have hair and beard, usually wears vulgar clothes and lives at home, just like custom. So you may meet a young man dressed in fashion in the street, who will call himself a Taoist.
Taoists praise each other as leaders, friends, brothers, etc. And their titles are unisex, so so can lay people and believers. In the Daomen, some Taoist priests enjoy special honorific titles, such as Zhang Daoling, Kou and descendants of Longhu Mountain Taoist, all of whom enjoy the title of "Shi Tian". Those outstanding, respected and knowledgeable Taoist priests are often regarded as "real people" inside and outside the church. Taoists who travel in the clouds are called "wandering Taoists".
Daily life of Taoism: eating Dan and cultivating immortality
The purpose of Taoist cultivation is to achieve immortality through magic, and immortality means immortality, which coincides with Taoist belief in immortal worship. In the eyes of Taoist priests, immortals not only live forever, but also transcend the restrictions that all people in the world must be subject to, wandering in fairyland and enjoying a leisurely and happy life.
It was once a great practice for Taoist priests to eat Dan medicine and live forever, so it is also an important content in their lives. If you are a fairy, you can take medicine to preserve your health and prolong your life with skills, so that internal diseases will not be born and foreign invasion will not enter. Although you won't die for a long time, you won't change your old body. You will find a way.
It is really difficult for Taoist priests to keep in good health by crossing the valley. Every morning, they have to collect their breath and practice guidance, which belong to the orthodox religion. There are also meditation, reading pure classics, reading Tao Te Ching, copying classics, and stressing etiquette, all of which are explained by Yijing and Tao Te Ching. Finally, after crossing the valley for seven days, it is doomed to send spells, such as lucky spells, which belong to orthodox religion. The level of these Taoist priests is extraordinary. For the rhythm of modern society, the pressure is so great that it is very useful, so few monks always close their doors, don't eat whole grains, don't drink water, and don't get fat, because although monks can eat meat, they are generally self-disciplined and don't eat meat! Health tea, fruit, nuts and other foods.