What god does Taoism believe in?

Taoism is a polytheistic religion, and its followers are divided into two series: "God" and "Immortal", each of which is extremely huge.

(1) Taoist gods are common or representative, such as "Sanqing", "Yusi", "Sanyuan", Sun, Moon, Five Stars, Quartet Gods, etc. In addition, many popular gods are also worshipped by Taoism.

1, Sanqing: It is the general name of Yuqing, Shangqing and Taiqing, and it is the three highest gods believed by Taoism who live in Sanqing Tiansanqing. Jade Qing refers to Tianzun (also known as Tianbaojun) from the beginning, Shangqing refers to Lingbao Tianzun (also known as Taishang Laojun) and Taiqing refers to moral Tianzun (also known as Taishang Laojun). Some people think that "one gasification and three cleanses" is the embodiment of this deity. The statues of Sanqing are mostly enshrined side by side in the main hall of Taoist temple.

2. Four Imperial: "Imperial" refers to the emperor. Four Imperial is the collective name of the four heavenly emperors, ranking second only to Sanqing.

These four kinds of sovereignty are:

The supreme jade emperor, or the jade emperor as people often say, is the god who will always be in charge of heaven, occupying the highest position among the four emperors.

The Central Purple Arctic Emperor is said to be the god who helped the Jade Emperor to take charge of the celestial latitude, the sun, the moon, the stars and the four seasons.

Gouchen, the Emperor of Shanggong, assisted the Jade Emperor in charge of the three talents of the North and South poles, heaven and earth, and presided over the military revolution on earth.

Inheriting heaven to imitate the emperor, also known as the emperor, or the emperor, is the goddess in charge of the fertility of Yin and Yang and the beauty of everything on the earth.

There are also four emperors, namely, the Emperor Wei Zi in the Arctic, the Immortal Emperor in the Antarctic, the Taiji Emperor in the West and the Emperor Tsinghua in the East.

Four statues of emperors are enshrined side by side in the Taoist temple hall.

3. Three officials

Three views: also known as ternary. Refers to Shangyuan Tianguan, Zhongyuan local official and Xiayuan water official. Legend has it that God blesses the people, local officials forgive sins, and water officials help Eritrea.

4. Sun, Moon and Five Stars

Taoism worships the sun, moon and stars as gods. The sun is the god of Daming, a male image, decorated with golden sunshine. The moon is a luminous god, female image, dotted with white moonlight. The five stars plus the sun and the moon are collectively called obsidian. Besides Seven Obsidian, Twenty-eight Hostels and Beidou are also objects of Taoist worship.

5. God of the Quartet

The gods of the Quartet refer to Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu, which originated from the legend of two ancient and eight lodging houses in ancient times.

Qinglong: the God of the East. Among the twenty-eight lodgings, seven lodgings in the east are imagined as Jackie Chan, which belongs to wood and is blue in color, so it is called Qinglong.

White tiger: the god of the west. Twenty-eight nights, seven nights in the west and China, are imagined as tigers, which belong to gold and are white, so they are called white tigers.

Suzaku: God of the South. Seven of the twenty-eight lodgings in the south are imagined as birds, which belong to fire and are red in color, so they are called Suzaku.

Xuanwu: the God of the North. Seven of the twenty-eight lodges in the north are imagined as turtles, which belong to water and have mysterious colors, so they are called Xuanwu.

Taoism regards the above four gods as the patrons of the four directions, especially worshipping the northern Xuanwu. Xuanwu is Zhenwu, Zhenwu Emperor. Taoism regards Zhenwu as the ancestor of Raytheon and has always been in charge of the gods of wind, thunder and lightning. The worship of him has never weakened, and Zhenwu Temple has been built in many places.

6. Folk gods

Many Taoist gods come from the people, such as Leigong, Fengbo, Guandi, Wenchang, Door God, Kitchen God, Town God, Land, Mazu, God of Wealth, Medicine King and so on. There are temples dedicated to these gods everywhere.

(2) Immortals

Immortals or immortals refer to people who are omnipotent and immortal. Immortals in Taoism include real people and immortals. It is the ideal pursued by Taoism to become immortal through cultivation. There are many true immortals worshipped by Taoism, some from ancient mythological figures, some immortal by Taoist figures, and some immortal by other historical figures or folklore.

From ancient mythological figures, such as Pinus densiflora, Peng Zu, Guang, etc.

People from Taoism, such as Sanmao Zhenjun, Xu Zhenjun, Beiwuzu, Nanwuzu, Beiqizhen, etc.

Figures in history or folklore, such as four real people and the Eight Immortals.

The story about the Eight Immortals is very popular among the people of China. The Eight Immortals refers to, Zhang, Zhong, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu.