Are Buddhism and Taoism the same thing?

No, Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Tathagata, while Taoism was born and raised in China and is a polytheist. Taiping Road (Zhangjiao) and Wudoumi Road (Zhang Daoling), which were formed at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, began to develop greatly in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is a mixture of yin-yang theory, worship of ghosts and gods, immortal theory and alchemy. Buddhism was also introduced into China in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Buddhism was not recognized by the Han people. So in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism fabricated Lao Zi's nonsense. According to historical records, I went to the West and never knew it. At that time, Laozi had become the ancestor of Taoism. Middle-earth Buddhism said that Laozi traveled to India and founded Buddhism in order to close the relationship with China people. The difference between Buddhism and Taoism is obvious. For example, Buddhism is atheism and Taoism is polytheism. The most important thing is that Buddhism cultivates good relations and does good deeds, which is the purpose of practice. This is called joining the WTO, and Taoism pays attention to being born, that is, the purpose of practice is to become immortal. Although Taoism also stresses doing good, it is only a means to gain enlightenment.