What do you call a female Taoist priest?

When you meet a female Taoist in Taoist temple, you just need to call her a Taoist, a nun and a female crown.

For ordinary Taoists, it is enough to call them Taoists. In Taoism, it is distinguished by Gankun. Taoism has distinguished Yin and Yang by Gankun since ancient times. Dry represents the sky, and it is for the yang. Kun stands for earth, which means yin. In other words, the male Taoist is the avenue and the female Taoist is the Kundao, which is commensurate with the Taoist friends and brothers. In the Tang Dynasty, male Taoist priests were called Huang Guan and female Taoist priests were called female crowns. Yang Yuhuan in the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty was once the female crown.

Taoist priest is never called Taoist priest, but a folk title, which can be traced back to the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. Tao, a literary historian, created the idiom "three aunts and six women" in the Record of Dropping Farms, in which "three aunts" refers to Taoist priests and divinatory figures. Since then, Taoist priests have been known.

Related appellations of Taoist priests:

1. Shi Tian: a descendant of Zhang Daoling or his successor. But later some Taoists called them "Shi Tian", such as Kou Qianzhi, Sui Jiao Shunza and Tang Hu Huichao of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

2. Master: A Taoist who is proficient in precepts, presides over fasting ceremonies and teaches others to enter the Tao is called a master.

3. alchemist: at first, it refers to people who practice the clear liquid method, and later it refers to Taoist priests who practice the Dan method to a very advanced level.

4. Patriarch and master: Yue Zushi, founder of various factions; The leaders of various missionaries called them masters.

5, real people: usually dedicated to those who understand Dafa, profound way, immortal Taoist.

Huang Guan: Early Taoism advocated yellow, so the world called him Huang Guan according to the color of Taoist clothes.

7. Feather: Also known as "Feather" and "Feather Man". Compared with bird feathers, immortals can ascend to heaven, extend to immortal alchemists, and then specifically to Taoist priests. Later Taoist priests often took their own names.

8. Sir: A title of respect for a Taoist priest or posthumous title.