Taoists hold a prayer ritual at the opening ceremony of the Third International Taoist Forum at the foot of Longhu Mountain, Yingtan, Jiangxi Province on Nov. 25, 2014. [Zhang Rui/China.org.cn] The ...

Zhang Jintao, vice president of the China Taoist Association, told China.org.cn yesterday that a lack of talent and misunderstandings are preventing the development of Taoism in China, though the ...

Last month, Shanghai’s City God Temple played host to a solemn congregation gathered in celebration of the birth of Laozi, an ancient philosopher widely known as the founder of Chinese Taoism. The ...

to evoke the subtle inner drift, pointless to resist, of everything from financial markets to a golf swing. The buzzword sounds only the faintest echo of the ancient Daode jing -- "The Classic of the ...

Palme d'Or winning director Chen Kaige's latest Kungfu film "Monk Comes Down the Mountain" has angered a senior Chinese Taoist, who said the film demonized his religion. The film has tainted the image ...

This year, the Chinese New Year begins on Feb. 10, less than two weeks from now. San Francisco writer and artist Deng Ming-Dao reminds us that, traditionally, the end of the old year is a very busy ...

This article looks at the distinction between 'religious' and 'philosophical' Taoism, which is the difference between the practices of the faith, and the theological ideas behind them. The word Taoism ...