What is the standard dress of Taoist priests?

The prominent feature of Taoist priests is that they tie their hair into a bun, generally wearing a flat hat or a southern towel, and the top bun is pinned with a wooden hairpin or a jade hairpin.

The cassock is usually blue. Blue symbolizes the dragon, the main east is angry, and the five elements belong to wood. Cyan also means that Taoist priests are descendants of Donghua Emperor, the ancestor of Taoism. The cassock is not only blue.

There are yellow and purple ones. The abbot can wear yellow robes and purple robes, and Taoist priests can also wear yellow robes and purple robes on holidays and Christmas, but those who have not been disciplined cannot wear them.

According to the convention, there are certain rules for wearing headdress, crown and hairpin. Taoist crowns include the moon crown, the May crown, the lotus crown, and the triple crown. They are made of wood and jade, and their usage is very particular. Taoist priests must be children's Taoist priests, and they can only wear their hair and crowns, especially the moon crowns, after holding the "scarf ceremony". There are rules for wearing robes, and there are rules for what kind of robes must be matched with what kind of crowns and pins. Taoist priests wear bright robes, shiny crowns and headscarves, white socks and boat-shaped "cloud shoes" or "green shoes", which are far from the taste of modern people. Taoist costumes look really clean and refined, and they have a feeling of being on cloud nine.

Taoist artifacts also have many rules. "Xianbo" and "Gui" were officially awarded when they were ordained. The fairy bowl is made of iron, wood and paint. Those who use iron to collect herbs on the mountain can be used as pots; Use wood and paint in the jungle fasting hall. The gauge is a piece of red cloth, one and a half meters long and eighty centimeters wide, surrounded by a black border about ten centimeters wide. Rules can be used in three ways: 1. Fully unfolded to show the highest respect. 2. Fold in half to show respect for gods and immortals. 3. Fold it completely and hang it on your arm to show respect. The size of the measuring device is similar to the "tool" used in Buddhist ceremonies. The book "Ni Kun Daily Use" explains the usage of "ju".

The above is Quanzhen religion, not the costume of Shi Tian Taoist. Generally speaking, Quan Zhi Taoist priests pay attention to personal cultivation and go up the mountain to collect herbs, so their robes are light and simple; Taoist priests in Shi Tian pay attention to sacrificial ceremonies, and spend most of their time chanting Buddhist scriptures and paying attention to Christmas ceremonies, so Taoist robes are more elegant.