Please sum up the influence of Taoism on our cultural life.

: "China's roots are all in Taoism." Taoist culture is a religious culture born and bred in China, which has penetrated into the traditional culture, traditional life and traditional way of thinking of China people. Taoist culture has left a deep impression on all aspects of China folk customs. There are traces of Taoist culture in traditional festivals, in the daily life of home travel and in the post station of life.

Legends of the gods in one or two years old

There are all kinds of traditional festivals that have been around for a long time in China. These festivals and their related customs are inextricably linked with Taoist culture, and many of them are originated from Taoist legends and even pure Taoist festivals. Now the Japanese and China Taoist legends that still exist and still have certain influence among the people are listed as follows, from which it is not difficult to see the influence of Taoist culture on our lives.

The Spring Festival is the biggest, most lively and joyful festival among the traditional festivals in China, which is full of fairy tales and customs related to the birth of Taoist figures. The fifth day of the first month is said to be the birthday of the goddess rice. It is disrespectful to cook without washing rice. It is especially popular in rural Hubei. On this day, it is also the birthday of Zhao Gongming, the mysterious altar of the God of Wealth. Merchants and enterprises are rolling in financial resources; Those who eat well and wear well should get up early on this day and greet him with firecrackers, gongs and drums and three sacrificial banquets. On this night, the whole family will eat glutinous rice balls, because the shape of glutinous rice balls is like "gold ingot", also called "gold ingot", which is said to symbolize the treasure given by the god of wealth. The ninth day of the first month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. According to Taoist classics, after 3200 robberies, he "gradually entered the magical road of nothingness" and became the jade emperor after 100 million robberies. He also said that he was a descendant of the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty and was sent to earth by the old gentleman. Therefore, no one dares to ignore the birthday of the "master of the universe". On this day, temples all over the country will hold fairy fairs, and good men and women will go to the temples to kowtow and make pilgrimages. Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night after the New Year, so it is called "Shangyuan Festival". Taoism believes that heaven, earth and water are three elements, also known as three officials, which are in charge of the fate of mankind and the rise and fall of ghosts and gods. The fifteenth day of the first month, the fifteenth day of July and the fifteenth day of October are the birthdays of the three officials, and the fifteenth day of the first month is the birthday of the emperor Tianguan. On this day, Taoist temples often hold fasting meetings, and good men and women also go to Sanguan Hall to burn incense. On the 15th day of the first month, it is the memorial day of Zigu, Ce Shen. People put offerings to welcome Zi Gu, and divined for raising silkworms and farming, and for good or bad luck.

Second, the festival activities of Xianfeng Trail

Japanese and China fairy tales on New Year's Eve add magic, joy and celebration to this festival. Some rituals and celebrations of Taoism have evolved into a deep psychological consciousness, which is deposited in the people. Today, we can still see the customs and habits of setting off fireworks and firecrackers, hanging peach charms, sticking to the Spring Festival couplets, walking in green and wearing willows, hanging mugwort and hanging seals. In fact, they are all manifestations of Taoist spells such as eliminating disasters, exorcising ghosts and avoiding epidemics.

Setting off firecrackers is an indispensable ceremony in festivals or festive days. In the eyes of modern people, firecrackers can add joy, so they are welcomed by the general public. But its original intention comes from the exorcism ceremony. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu, "On the first day of the first month ... chickens crow and firecrackers are set off in front of the court to avoid mountain shame and evil spirits. Because the evil spirits in the mountains are afraid of light and firecrackers are afraid of red, people use noise to scare them away, but the explosion at this time is to put bamboo sticks in the fire and make a loud noise. Taoist priests who came to the furnace to make an alchemy accidentally invented gunpowder that could make a loud noise, and applied it to the magic of exorcism to make various firecrackers instead of the explosion of mangosteen, thus achieving the purpose of exorcising evil spirits and keeping peace.

Hanging peach symbols, sticking door gods and sticking couplets is one of the customs of the Spring Festival. On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month or the first day of the first lunar month, every family gets up early in the morning to hang peach symbols in front of the door, paste the door gods, and write Spring Festival couplets on red paper in order to ward off evil spirits and make the house peaceful and add festive atmosphere.

Third, the Taoist imprint of life customs The influence of Taoism on folk life customs is first manifested in the magic of trying to get rid of diseases and eliminate disasters.

When the ancients were sick, they often asked Taoist priests to use spells to drive away evil spirits. The ritual scenes of exorcism are generally large. In the first and second chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions, there are vivid descriptions, saying that after the Grand View Garden was raided, people in the garden became sick one after another, saying that there were white tigers in the Jia family. "Jia had no choice but to invite Taoist priests to the garden to do exorcism." The plot of Taoist exorcism and ghost catching described in the book has typical significance in ancient society, which shows that Taoist magic has a great influence on ancient social life customs.