Taoist view in Taoist costumes

Taoist temple refers to the crown worn by Taoist priests. Most of them are made of wood, and recently there are also plastic products. According to their different uses, they can be divided into Huang Guan, Wuyue Crown, Guanxing, Lotus Crown and Five Old Crown.

Huang Guan: Also known as "Moon Tooth Crown" or "Weir Moon Crown", commonly known as "Guanzi". Crescent-shaped, with two opposite holes at the lower edge, passing through the hairpin and can be pinned to the bun. This is the Taoist crown commonly used by Quanzhen Taoist priests. You can wear this crown scarf after learning from the teacher. At both ends of the crown, each end is engraved with a nail pinch mark. Legend has it that when Qiu Chuji, the founder of Quanzhen Sect, was in charge of teaching, the Emperor of Yuan Dynasty gave him a piece of gold and a piece of jade to wear on his head. Qiu Chuji immediately used the internal strength of Taoism to mobilize the two flavors of true fire in the body, pinched gold into the crown of the palm of his hand, pinched jade into a hair clasp, and put it on his head with his nails. The emperor was dumbfounded, and Qiu Chuji became the ancestor of jade and jade. Later, Quanzhen disciple left these two marks in Huang Guan to commemorate Qiu Chuji.

Wu Yueguan: Also known as "Wu Yuezhen Guan" or "wuyue Turing Guan". The cover is bucket-shaped and engraved with "the true shape of five mountains". Taoist priests who have obtained the three precepts can wear them.

Star crown: also known as "five crowns". The cover is bucket-shaped, engraved with patterns of east, west, north and south. Taoist priests wear this crown when they worship the bucket.

Lotus crown: also called "supernatant crown". It looks like a lotus painting with a wishful head on the top. When doing Dojo, Gao Gong wears this crown.

Five-old crown: a crown worn on the head. It has no roof, lotus petals, and five lotus petals are painted with the gods of "five parties and five elders" There are two long swords hanging on both sides, with statues or the words "Taiyi saves the suffering Buddha" on them. Generally, this kind of crown is worn by the high arch when doing the esophageal field.

The above Taoist crowns can only be worn when attending religious activities, and they must be taken off in other informal occasions.