What ornaments do Taoist priests bring? What do they all stand for?

As one of the three major religions, Taoism is a native religion in China. The Taoist priests in our impression are all from film and television dramas. Taoist priests wore black hats and robes, murmured, dipped their hands in water and scribbled symbols on yellow paper. Did the film and television drama truly restore the image of our ancient Taoist priest? What is the Taoist priest wearing? Generally speaking, there are rosary, gourd, dried Quan Kun circle, Taoist hairpin and wisdom sword, which are also necessary supplies for a Taoist.

What do these items represent? What's the meaning? Gourd is a common instrument in Taoist hands, which is homophonic and represents auspiciousness. In The Journey to the West, the object held by King Jinjiao and King Yinjiao is a gourd, which is the mount of the Taoist ancestor Taishang Laojun. Gourd can accommodate everything in the world, including monsters and even immortals. Today, we also regard gourd as a kind of food. Gankun circle, also known as Yin and Yang circle. It is two rings connected together, usually made of wood and metal. Yin and yang cycle, cycle after cycle? The meaning of. In the Journey to the West, Nezha used the Gankun Circle sent by Taiyi, which was extremely powerful. Beads are called beads, and beads are called rosaries. Usually, there are eighty-one rosaries in Taoism, which symbolizes the eighty-one transformation of the ancestor of Taoism, Tai Shang Lao Jun. Generally, Taoist priests meditate with prayer beads in their hands and incantations in their mouths. Taoist priests in ancient times all had long hair, and they all put a hairpin on their heads to fix it. Now men have short hair, and Taoist priests have no chance to use hairpins.

China culture has a long history, and Taoism is also integrated into it. Religion is the sustenance of ancient people for a better life and the last straw when they are helpless. The literary work A Dream of Red Mansions mainly uses Taoist thoughts. What? Psychic theory, fantasy? It can be seen that Taoism has a great influence on China culture.