Taoism in China asks why rebels often use the banner of "Taoism"

To correct it, the insurgents are all banners of Taoism and Buddhism. Liu Ying, the king of Chu, was the first to rebel under the banner of Buddhism. Needless to say, Fang La believes in Manichaeism. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, although the banners of the major uprisings were different and there were not many Taoist factors, if traced back to the source, most of them were Buddhism. Therefore, it is not the insurgents who are under the banner of Taoism, but the insurgents who are under the banner of religious belief.

For example, the famous Anbaili Uprising is like this: An Baili, a pure-land Buddhist Sect, revolted many times in An Baili during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is an obvious example under the banner of Buddhism. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is actually the banner of Catholicism, and the Boxer Rebellion is a hodgepodge of beliefs, which drove away the invaders and "came together for a common goal", but there are more folk Taoist beliefs, such as "chanting with symbols", "being possessed by gods" and "invulnerability".