Ancient and modern pronunciation of Taoist temple

Taoist temple is a place where Taoist priests practice. Taoist temple is to keep quiet, neat and solemn. There are many ways to cultivate Buddhism, that is, to seek "quietness" and "forgetting to leave the country" quietly and naturally. The reason why Taoist temple is called "temple" instead of "temple" or "temple" is probably most directly related to the tradition of Taoist night-time observation of celestial phenomena. The main reason why Taoism attaches importance to astronomy is that it is influenced by the legacy of Taoism in the pre-Qin period and extremely worships and fears celestial bodies; At the same time, Taoism, starting from the Taoist thinking mode of "harmony between man and nature" and "governing the country with the body", believes that understanding the celestial phenomena is helpful to seek truth from the Tao and achieve immortality. Therefore, it is called "view", which means watching the stars and the moon, so it is often built on the top of the mountain.

In short, due to the exploration of science, the religious and political demands of astrology and the need to prolong life, Taoism looks up to astronomy and geography, thus forming the tradition of watching stars at night.

The architectural principles and plane layout of Taoist temples are the same as those of palace-style buildings, but on a smaller scale, which has its own religious color in decoration and interior decoration. There are symmetrical bell towers and drum towers in the view.