Taoism is a polytheistic worship, and worshipping immortals personifies Taoism's belief in "Tao".
The founder of Taoism is Zhang Daoling in Han Dynasty, so Zhang Daoling is also called "the ancestor of heaven". It is worth mentioning that although Taoism is based on Laozi's Taoist theory, Laozi is not the founder of Taoism.
/kloc-In the 20th century, a new Taoism appeared in the area of Shandong and Hebei: Quanzhen Taoism founded by Fu Di inherited the alchemy of Zhong and Lu, and was characterized by "the unity of three religions", "the perfect spirit, the complete concentration" and "suffering for others", and gradually incorporated the Taiyi Taoism and the true Taoism founded by Xiao Baozhen, thus opening a new chapter in Taoism.
Later, in order to compete with the Quanzhen religion that rose later, many schools of Taoism in the north and south formed the orthodox alliance Wei Dao, also known as the orthodox school. Since then, Zhengyi and Quanzhen have been competing with each other.
Confucianism originated in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, the feudal rulers used Confucianism to transform primitive Taoism, making it as important as Confucianism as a powerful tool to maintain feudal rule. So there was no clear founder of Confucianism at that time. The founder of Confucianism was Confucius, who was called the "most holy teacher".
Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of the Kapylovi Kingdom (present-day Nepal) in ancient India. It was born more than 2,500 years ago and originally originated in Nepal. Buddhism is also one of the three major religions in the world. Buddha means "awakening". Buddha is also known as Tathagata, repentance, enlightenment, clear behavior, good death, worldly solution, supreme teacher, mediator, teacher of heaven and man, and Buddha.