A Study of the Communal Chiao Ritual Documents of the School of Practicing Both Daoism and Exorcism in Taiwan: A Seven-day Chiao Ceremony Performed by the Keelung Guangyuan Altar for Songshan Cihui Temple in 2005. (Chinese).

in Daoism, Daoist ritual documents, LITURGIES, religion, RITES & ceremonies, RITUAL – Study & teaching, RITUALS (Liturgical books), TAIWAN, TAIWAN – Religious life & customs, TAOISM, TAOISM – Doctrines, TAOIST literature, the chiao ritual, the School of Practicing Both Daoism and Exorcism
TitleA Study of the Communal Chiao Ritual Documents of the School of Practicing Both Daoism and Exorcism in Taiwan: A Seven-day Chiao Ceremony Performed by the Keelung Guangyuan Altar for Songshan Cihui Temple in 2005. (Chinese).
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsTsung-hui, Hsieh
JournalTsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies
Volume39
Issue2
Pagination181 - 225
ISSN05779170
KeywordsDaoism, Daoist ritual documents, LITURGIES, Religion, RITES & ceremonies, RITUAL – Study & teaching, RITUALS (Liturgical books), Taiwan, TAIWAN – Religious life & customs, Taoism, TAOISM – Doctrines, TAOIST literature, the chiao ritual, the School of Practicing Both Daoism and Exorcism
Abstract

The School of Practicing Both Daoism and Exorcism includes the Zhengyi School and the Third Matriarch School of Lu-shan. Its practioners serve as liturgical specialists only for the Chiao sacrifice, not for the salvation of the dead. Although scholars have focused on its origins and liturgy, there have been no comprehensive studies of the documents used in the rituals. In this paper, I discuss relevant Daoist ritual documents and analyze the Keelung Guangyuan Altar's seven-day chiao ceremony which was performed at Songshan Cihui Temple in 2005. In that particalar year, they integrated a traditional five-day chiao ritual into the liturgy. I then compare the documents from the 2005 performance with those from the five-day Chiao of the Inauguration List in the "Zhuanglin Xudaozang." Furthermore, I investigate the new version of the ritual documents used by the head priest, Li You-kun, in light of actual needs. This paper is divided into five sections. The introduction focuses on clarifyi

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