What do Taoist priests do?

Taoist priests, as Taoist religious personnel, mainly teach, preach, cultivate one's morality and educate people.

Ancient Taoist priests needed to be ordained before they could enter the church. They need to practice after they enter the church. In order to serve the royal family, ancient Taoist priests often went to the palace to make an alchemy, in order to achieve the so-called "immortality." Inner alchemy is to practice martial arts to strengthen the body, and also to carry out sacrificial ceremonies.

Modern Taoist priests don't make alchemy. What they need to do every day is to have classes in the morning and evening, recite scriptures and practice martial arts, and pray at Taoist temples. Taoist priests in Taoist temples often cancel their visas and preside over release activities.

In history, the teachings of Taoist priests have been handed down from master to apprentice. If the Tao does not follow the teacher, the Tao will not fall, and the preacher has to choose. To be a Taoist, a Taoist must accept precepts or symbols. After entering the Tao, take the Tao as the service, hold fast and worship, observe precepts and chant Buddhist scriptures, burn incense and light lamps, and do not involve in chores.

Taoist category

At the gate, there are all kinds of classifications. Sanyansi Mountain divided the Taoist priests into nine categories, namely, Taoist priests in the Cave God Department, Taoist priests in the Gao Xuan Department and Taoist priests in the Sheng Xuan Department, and divided the female Taoist priests into eight categories, namely, female officials in the orthodox school, female officials in the Cave God Department and female officials in the Gao Xuan Department.

There are six kinds of Taoist priests in the three caves: "1. Innocent Taoist priest, 2. Immortal Taoist, 3. Mountain Taoist, 4. Monks, 5. Taoism is at home, 6. Taoist priests offer wine. " This is divided according to the realm of practice.

Quanzhen Taoism rose after the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and a monk system was formulated, stipulating that Quanzhen Taoist priests could not get married and had to become monks and live in the palace. Since then, Taoists have been divided into monks and non-monks.

Quanzhen Taoist is a monk, unmarried, vegetarian and lives in a Taoist temple. Men are the avenue, and women are the kundao. They are all long hair, tied in a bun at the top of their heads and can be crowned. Orthodox Taoists can get married and eat meat. Orthodox disciples must go through missionary work, and Quanzhen disciples must accept headscarves and become real Taoist priests.