Daoist Culture

Daoist (Taoist) culture (daotong wenhua 道統文化) consists of the diverse and profound dimensions of Daoist being, community, lineage, and tradition. It consists of the contours of the Daoist tradition considered as a whole. It includes the myriad forms of Daoist religious participation and expression. Boardly understood, Daoist culture encompasses architecture, astro-geomancy, calligraphy, community, cosmology, dietetics, ethics, history, language, lineages, literature and poetry, meditation, models of being, movement awareness, music, mythology, painting, philosophy, principles, psychology, ritual, sacred sites, scriptures, spiritual direction, statuary, stories, symboloy, teachers, theology, values, and so forth. Such are the dimensions of Daoist practice, community, and ways of being considered from a comprehensive and integrated perspective.

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The Daoist Foundation

Preserving and transmitting traditional Daoist culture