A Taoist is a Taoist in China. Among them, male Taoist priests are called "Avenue", also known as Feather, Reality, Immortal, Taoist, Feather Flow, Feather Clothes, Ziyang, alchemist, Huang Guan, Sir, Yi Xi and so on. , and is regarded as a Taoist. The woman is called "Kundao", also known as the female crown.

They follow the teachings, perform the initiation ceremony, accept all kinds of commandments, and live a religious life that is regarded as austere and lonely by secular people, but in fact has a high standard of abstinence.

As the main disseminator and image spokesman of the profound Taoist culture, Taoist priests should attract the congregation in some mysterious way, preach and teach to dispel doubts, devote themselves to their religion and complete their own practice at the same time. Taoist priests are more natural and unrestrained than monks. Therefore, it is also an extremely eye-catching role in daily social life.

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The two major schools of early Taoism were Taiping Taoism and Wudoumi Taoism in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wudou Mi Dao, also known as Shi Tiandao, was founded by Zhang Ling in Hemingshan, Xishu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his grandson Zhang Lu ruled Hanzhong for nearly 30 years. Taiping Road was founded in the opening angle of the Yellow Emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Yellow Scarf Uprising in the first year of Zhong Ping.

In the early days of Taoism, it was divided into Fu You School and Dante School. Fu You School takes praying for water to cure diseases and praying for disasters as its main religious activities. Dante School focuses on self-cultivation and cultivation, which is different from Inner Dan and Outer Dan. During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Taoism entered its heyday, and two sects, North and South, were formed throughout the country. Southern schools are unified by orthodox schools and taught by Zhang Tianshi's descendants. Their ancestral home is in Longhushan, Yingtan, Jiangxi, and their activities are mainly Fu.

In the north, there is Quanzhen religion founded by Wang Zhongyang in Jin Dynasty, which is self-cultivation and integrates Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Zuting is in the Chongyang Palace of Anzu, Huxian County, Shaanxi Province. Qiu Chuji, a disciple of Wang Zhongyang, was highly valued by Genghis Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, and was in charge of Taoism in the world, making Quanzhen School very popular. In Xi 'an's Taoist view, the Eight Immortals Palace is the Quanzhen School and the Chenghuang Temple is the Zhengyi School.

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