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世界第九新地標在台中，由日本建築師伊東豊雄設計，台中國家歌劇院在2016年8月26日試營運開放了， 試營運第一次結合民俗儀式進行 !
The world's ninth new landmark in Taichung, by Japanese architect Toyo Ito design, National Taichung Theater on August 26, 2016 opened the trial operation, Trial operation for the first time combine folk ceremony ! （Google Translate）
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Caodaism (Đạo Cao Đài, 道高臺) is a new religion established by Phạm Công Tắc and Lê Văn Trung in 1926. Its headquarters is in Tây Ninh province located 90 km northwest of Saigon, which shares a border with Cambodia. A few to several million Cao Dai followers according to different sources are found mainly in southern Vietnam. It is a syncretism of many religions including Catholicism, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, plus Vietnamese folk beliefs. It is a monotheistic religion insisting that God is One but has different names by religion.
Aside from the above, the religion is noted for its unusually colourful temples. The Divine Eye, which looks similar to the Eye of Providence, installed in the centre of the façade is the symbol of the religion.
This is part of the well-preserved complex that was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It is regarded as a Taoist temple, although Chinese Heaven worship, especially by the reigning monarch of the day, pre-dates Taoism.
La Pagoda del Emperador de Jade, también llamada Pagoda Phuoc Hai Tu o Templo de Ngoc Hoang, se encuentra en la ciudad vietnamita de Ho Chi Min, en Vietnam. Es un impresionante templo repleto de estatuas en las que destacan sus posturas, los colores y los bellos ropajes que portan. Se edificó gracias a las limosnas de un monje llamado Liou Ming en el año 1909 y su construcción fue llevada a cabo por la comunidad canctonesa de la ciudad de Ho Chi Minh.
Aunque es principalmente seguida y venerada por budistas, en su interior encontraremos una mezcla de símbolos y elementos que proceden tanto del budismo como del taoísmo. Además, cabe destacar que la Pagoda ha sido reconocida como Reliquia Nacional Arquitectónica y Artística.
The Jade Emperor Pagoda, also called Phuoc Hai Tu Pagoda or Ngoc Hoang Temple, is located in the Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Min, in Vietnam. It is an impressive temple full of statues in which their postures, colors and beautiful clothes stand out. It was built thanks to the alms of a monk named Liou Ming in 1909 and its construction was carried out by the Canctonese community of Ho Chi Minh City.
Although it is mainly followed and venerated by Buddhists, inside we will find a mixture of symbols and elements that come from both Buddhism and Taoism. In addition, it should be noted that the Pagoda has been recognized as a National Architectural and Artistic Relic.
La Pagoda de l'Emperador de Jade, també anomenada Pagoda Phuoc Hai Tu o Temple de Ngoc Hoang, es troba a la ciutat vietnamita de Ho Chi Min, al Vietnam. És un impressionant temple ple d'estàtues en què destaquen les seves postures, els colors i les belles vestidures que porten. Es va edificar gràcies a les almoines d'un monjo anomenat Liou Ming l'any 1909 i la seva construcció va ser duta a terme per la comunitat canctonesa de la ciutat de Ho Chi Minh.
Tot i que és principalment seguida i venerada per budistes, al seu interior trobarem una barreja de símbols i elements que procedeixen tant del budisme com del taoisme. A més, cal destacar que la Pagoda ha estat reconeguda com a Relíquia Nacional Arquitectònica i Artística.
La grue du Japon (Grus japonensis), grue de Mandchourie ou encore grue à couronne rouge est un grand échassier de la famille des gruidae. C'est un des plus grands oiseaux du monde.
Elle est appelée grue au sommet vermillon en Chine en raison de sa tache rouge vermillon sur la tête. Elle est également surnommée grue des immortels , en référence à ses relations avec les immortels, divinités du Taoïsme, car elle porte souvent les immortels sur son dos dans la mythologie taoïste).
Population et conservation:
Il s'agit d'une espèce menacée qui comptait en 1999 environ 600 individus, soit 20 fois moins qu'en 1953.
La grue et l'homme dans la culture extrême-orientale:
Le bai he quan ou « boxe de la grue blanche » est un art martial chinois traditionnel. Les techniques de cet art martial sont inspirées des mouvements de la grue : des attaques en pique des doigts imitant les coups de bec, des postures sur une seule jambe, des techniques des bras rappelant les battements d'aile.
La grue blanche symbolise le calme (yin), la pureté et la loyauté.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
Temple suspendu de Datong, Shanxi, Chine.
Il y avait tellement de visiteurs que nous n'avons pas pu visiter à l'intérieur du temple. Quelle dommage :(.
Le monastère de Xuankongsi, dont le nom chinois signifie "monastère suspendu dans les airs", a été fondé durant la dynastie des Wei du Nord (386-534). Il est construit sur la paroi verticale du canyon Jinlong, près du mont Hengshan dans la province de Shanxi, à environ 65 km au nord-ouest de la ville de Datong.
Depuis sa fondation, ce monastère a été plusieurs fois rebâtis, restaurés, la dernière restauration datant de la dynastie Qing. Il paraît reposer sur des piliers rouges dressés à la verticale mais en réalité il repose sur des poutres plantées horizontalement dans la roche d’où la perception d’un bâtiment comme apposé sur le flanc de la montagne. Pour les chinois, c’est cette position particulière qui a permis la longévité de ce monastère car placé ainsi il se trouve protégé de la montée des eaux de la rivière située 50 mètres plus bas mais aussi des vents, des tempêtes et les montagnes environnantes le protège des fortes chaleurs. Quant au lieu de construction, il respecterait un principe fondamental du Taoïsme. Aucun bruit, ni chant du coq, ni aboiement.
Ce chef d’œuvre architectural, est composé de plus de 40 édifices creusés dans la falaise, reliés par d’étroites passerelles, couloirs et escaliers flottant dans le vide. A l’intérieur de ces édifices, sont nichées des statues en bronze , en terre cuite, en fer ou en pierre représentant Bouddha, Laozi et Confucius, assis côte à côte. Tel un synchrétisme religieux, ce monastère mêlent ici les religions taoïste, bouddhique et confucéenne, ce qui est totalement insolite dans un monastère. Vous ne serez pas déçu par ce charmant ensemble monastérial de 1400 ans, c’est une certitude.
El Templo del Cielo (en chino simplificado 天坛, pinyin Tian Tan) es el mayor templo de su clase en toda la República Popular de China. Fue construido en el año 1420 y tanto la dinastía Ming como la Qing lo utilizaron para adorar por las cosechas (en primavera) y dar las gracias al cielo por los frutos obtenidos (otoño). Desde el año 1998 está considerado como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco.
Está situado en el parque Tiantan Gongyuan, al sur de la ciudad de Pekín. El Templo del Cielo es en realidad un conjunto de edificios: al norte se sitúa el Salón de Oración por la Buena Cosecha; al sur, el Altar Circular y la Bóveda Imperial del Cielo.
El conjunto está rodeado de una muralla interior y otra exterior formadas por una base rectangular que significa la tierra y rematadas con formas redondeadas para simbolizar el cielo. Las murallas dividen el recinto en dos zonas: la interior y la exterior.
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The Temple of Heaven (Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán) is an imperial complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It has been regarded as a Taoist temple,[1] although Chinese heaven worship, especially by the reigning monarch of the day, predates Taoism.
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Para o taoísmo a suprema expressão da sabedoria é refrear-se da tentação defazer. Não faça. Só olhe de longe. A vida tem sua própria sabedoria. Quem tenta ajudar o broto a sair da semente o destrói. Há certas coisas que tem que acontecer de dentro pra fora.
(Rubem Alves)
After having just woken up from a vivid dream of fluttering around as a free butterfly, Zhuangzhou asked himself what is reality: "Am I a butterfly dreaming I'm a man or am I a man who dreamt I was a butterfly?"
— so wrote a playful Daoist sage Zhuangzi circa 300 BC
More than a couple of millennia later, Franz Kafka would write The Metamorphosis and Lewis Carroll would write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
This is a pair of earrings that symbolize the balance of life.
The Yin Yang is called Taijitsu in Taoism. Each side of the Yin and Yang must be the same to keep equilibrium in life.
I used the soft focus for a mystical effect.
Thanks for lookng. HMM
These stone statues are installed at a nunnery temple in Warabidaira (蕨平), Hakuba for a Kuyou (供養 religious devotion) to the deceased and ancestors.
The stelae with writings in the right is Batou Kannon (馬頭観音 Hayagrīva - avatar of Avalokitesvara with horse head), which is usually for deceased horse and other livestock. Other than the above, there are plenty of religious statues in Hakuba. Many are on the roadside.
Folk faith in Japan is an amalgam of Shintou, Buddhism, Taoism and other animistic traditions, and the one in the photo is not a genuine Buddhist practice.
Grande caos,
Duality:
Can set you free,
Olhar o que é mortal
E entender as coisas
Fudidas da vida
Liberty, stupidity:
Risadas sobre a ignorância
Incluso Eu e a minha.
Que não sei nada de Taoism,
Buddhism,
Confucious,
I don’t know anything Ism. Islamism,
O desaparecimento das abelhas
A ciência sua,
Minha.
Machism.
E os beijas flores me visitam
Com sol e chuva,
As vezes fazem chuvas,
As vezes fazem guerra,
Cinco mil anos de cultura
E filosofia,
Eram os Deuses astronautas?
Judaism, 5 thousand years.
Immortality,
Humility,
Tudo Zen,
Harmony,
Quando eu nascer de novo
Será que serei ovelha ou leão?
Sei não,
E assim vou
Vivendo minha vida nômade
Procurando me encontrar,
Em qualquer lugar
Que o sol brilhe.
Afinal ele brilha pra todos.
Max Noronha
Buckeye.
12/16/2020
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Hanoi is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of 3,359.82 km2 (1,297.2 sq mi). It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. It is located within the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam.
Hanoi can trace its history back to the third century BCE, when a portion of the modern-day city served as the capital of the historic Vietnamese nation of Âu Lạc.
Following the collapse of Âu Lạc, the city was part of Han China. In 1010, Vietnamese emperor Lý Thái Tổ established the capital of the imperial Vietnamese nation Đại Việt in modern-day central Hanoi, naming the city Thăng Long (literally 'Ascending Dragon').
Thăng Long remained Đại Việt's political centre until 1802, when the Nguyễn dynasty, the last imperial Vietnamese dynasty, moved the capital to Huế.
The city was renamed Hanoi in 1831, and served as the capital of French Indochina from 1902 to 1945. On 6 January 1946, the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam designated Hanoi as the capital of the newly independent country, which would last during the First Indochina War (1946–1954) and the Vietnam War (1955–1975). Hanoi has been the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since 1976.
A major tourist destination in Vietnam, Hanoi offers well-preserved French colonial architecture, religious sites dedicated to Buddhism, Catholicism, Confucianism and Taoism, several historical landmarks of Vietnamese imperial periods, and a large number of museums. The Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long in Ba Dinh District was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
Japanese rock gardens (枯山水) developed closely with Zen Buddhism in the Muromachi Period (室町時代 14th - 16th century) departing from the Chinese influence. Rock gardens were the places for meditation.
Originally, gardens were designed to symbolise Ho(u)raisan (蓬莱山), which is a mythical island mountain in the sea inhabited by immortals. It is like a Taoism version of paradise. The mountain was made by a stonework while the sea by a pond. It was a Japanese invention to substitute the expanse of white sand for the water. This kind of metaphoric technic is called Mitate (見立て), which is a key word not only for gardening but also for Japanese arts in general.
In the Azuchi Momoyama Period (安土桃山時代 16th century), gardens came to be built in castles, and in the Edo Period (江戸時代 17th to 19th century) in private residences as well. As the travel became easier, Mitate of famous landscapes such Mt. Fuji, Miyajima, Yoshinoyama, Wakanoura etc. became popular. Themes of gardens shifted from religious symbolism to secular symbolism.
The rock garden in Gyokudo Art Museum symbolises the flow of the Tamagawa according to the museum website. The rocks in the garden are apparently brought from the real Tamagawa just outside.
Our boat guide showing us the way through Mount Longhu, or "Dragon Tiger Mountain" in Jiangxi, China. One of the birthplaces of Taoism.
I’ve been quiet for the most part (at least publicly) regarding the upheavals I’ve experienced over the last few months. Well, the truth is I’m not feeling too great. As time goes on, it does get easier. But today I’m not feeling quite okay. And it’s okay to not be okay.
The holidays are coming soon. There are so many people hurting right now. We’re all told by well-meaning people “you’ll be fine.” Or “you just need to get over it.” We say those things to ourselves too. In our society, everyone is in a rush to move forward, to be okay, to stuff down emotions and get over things. Well, I propose we make a new social norm: let’s be transparent. If you’re sad, be sad. Don’t let weird social constructs make you hide and say “I’m fine, thank you” while your heart is bleeding. You and your feelings, no matter what they are, are worthwhile. And so are mine.
It’s okay to not be okay.
In Taoism, a belief system I’ve studied for many years with Winnie the Pooh, says “through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may perceive as negative into something positive.” In other words, feeling your feelings can be a positive thing. When someone has a broken heart, I often say to remember that pain is a part of life. It’s part of our own hero journey. And experiencing our emotions means you are living your life. There is always something to learn about yourself from a broken heart too. In the sage words of Daoshi Pooh, “How lucky am I to have had a friend that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
So, I say wallow, scream, cry, cuss, and embrace your sadness. Feel it. It’s important. And then — when you’re ready and not before — accept the lesson that comes with experience. Try not to lose faith in people. And if your emotions are overwhelming, please believe me that there is no shame in asking for help. If you feel weird about getting help, shoot me an IM. I can’t say I will know how to make you feel better, but we can compare heartbreak stories!
And, unless you want to be, don’t be alone this holiday season. There are literally millions and millions and millions of totally normal people just like you in the SAME situation as you who are having a lousy year. Someone may be hopefully waiting for someone like you to say hello to them. Again, quoting Winnie the Pooh, perhaps a “grand adventure is about to begin!’
And please remember, Life is worth living. We never know how the movie’s going to end. And if you turn off the TV too soon, you’ll never know if the butler did it!
:)
Qīngchéng Shān (Sichuan, China), it is considered one of the birthplaces of Taoism. It consists of 36 peaks and dozens of Taoist monasteries and temples were built on them, in past centuries. The main sites are Chaoyang Cave, at the foot of the main peak Laoxiao; Jianfu Palace located at the foot of Zhangren Peak, where the main figures of the Taoist school are worshipped and Shangqing Palace, located at the peak of Mount Qīngchéng with an altitude over 1500 m. In 2000, Qīngchéng Shān it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
Más alto que nosotros sólo el cielo -Bunbury
Too long in that condition, how soon it was too late. If we predict the next most likely thing... we change the crystal of the colour glasses. Higher than us, only the sky.
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“To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.”
“He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.”
"He who knows how to be content with what he has will always be happy."
“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
“Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.”
“Some lose yet gain, others gain and yet lose.”
“He whose desires are few gets them. He whose desires are many goes astray.”
“When you realise that what you do to others, you do to yourself, you will have understood a great truth.“
“Those who have knowledge do not predict. Those who predict have no knowledge.“
“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
Lao-Tse, Taoist philosopher (6th or 4th century BC.)
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PS:
If the world is big enough for you, don't go spoiling it for someone else
Karma is action, work or deed. It also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering. Karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in many schools of Asian religions. In these schools, karma in the present affects one's future in the current life, as well as the nature and quality of future lives - one's samsara. With origins in ancient India, karma is a key concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Taoism.
Temple market on the ground floor, taken from the belfry at the bell tower at the Golden Temple (Jindian - 金殿公园) Park, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.
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Yin yang es un principio filosófico y religioso que explica la existencia de dos fuerzas opuestas pero complementarias que son esenciales en el universo: el yin, asociado a lo femenino, la oscuridad, la pasividad y la tierra; y el yang, vinculado a lo masculino, la luz, lo activo y el cielo. Según esta filosofía, ambas energías son necesarias para mantener el equilibrio universal.
Este concepto proviene de la escuela del Yin yang, una de las llamadas "100 escuelas del pensamiento", una serie de corrientes filosóficas y espirituales que surgieron en China entre los años 770 y 221 a. C.
Posteriormente, el taoísmo, una doctrina filosófica y religiosa de origen chino que surgió en ese mismo período, absorbió los principios de la escuela del Yin yang para plantear que todo lo que existe tiene una contraparte que es necesaria para la existencia. No existe lo inmutable, lo estático, sino que todo está cambiando continuamente, en un fluir infinito, armónico y equilibrado por las fuerzas del yin y el yang.
Si bien no existe consenso sobre el origen de estos términos, los registros más antiguos que se han encontrado hasta ahora sugieren que ya en la dinastía Shang (1776 a.C- 1122 a.C) existía una representación gráfica de dos fuerzas opuestas y complementarias, lo que ha sido interpretado como un antecedente del concepto, que luego sería ampliado en el taoísmo.
Proverbios Chinos... sobre piezas de ajedrez.
Serie YoMeQuedoEnCasa.
249 M. Fangbang Rd., Shanghai
Wikipedia:
- Tai Sui is a Chinese term for the stars directly opposite the planet Jupiter (木星 Mùxīng) during its roughly 12-year orbital cycle. Personified as deities, they are important features of Chinese astrology, Feng Shui, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism to a lesser extent.
- The City God Temple or Temple of the City Gods (simplified Chinese: 上海城隍庙; traditional Chinese: 上海城隍廟; pinyin: Shànghǎi Chénghuángmiào; Shanghainese: Zånhae Zenwånmio), officially the City Temple of Shanghai,[1] is a folk temple located in the old city of Shanghai.
普忠庙 (Pu Zhong Miao - In the front part of the second storey普忠庙 (Pu Zhong Miao - In the front part of the second storey of 8 Nanking St was the altar of San Zhong Wang 三忠王 (Sam Tiong Ong in Hokkien). Exchanging culture with Taiwan
The window seen from the garden.
There was a long queue on the opposite side to take pictures of the window, but there were not many people on this side.
Zen is a major sect of Mahayana Buddhism that was heavily influenced by Chinese Taoism. It is different from the millenarian sects of Mahayana Buddhism in that it expects enlightenment of individuals through asceticism in contrast to the latter that intend to save ordinary folks by calling for their devotion to a new Buddha or Bodhisattva instead of asceticism.
In this sense, Zen is perceived as a religion for the elite.
El yin y el yang (en chino, 阴阳; pinyin, yīnyáng; literalmente, ‘oscuro-brillante’) son dos conceptos del taoísmo, que son usados para representar o referirse a las dos fuerzas fundamentales opuestas y complementarias, pero interconectadas, que se encuentran en todas las cosas; y que esta filosofía atribuye a todo lo existente en el universo. El yin es el principio femenino, la tierra, la oscuridad, la pasividad y la absorción. El yang es el principio masculino, el cielo, la luz, la actividad y la penetración.
Yin and yang (Chinese: 阴阳; pinyin: yīnyáng; literally: ‘dark-bright’) are two concepts from Taoism, which are used to represent or refer to the two fundamental opposing and complementary, but interconnected, forces that are found in all things; and which this philosophy attributes to everything existing in the universe. Yin is the feminine principle, the earth, darkness, passivity and absorption. Yang is the masculine principle, the sky, light, activity and penetration.
Caodaism (Đạo Cao Đài, 道高臺) is a new religion founded by Phạm Công Tắc and Lê Văn Trung in 1926. I already uploaded photos of the Cao Dai temple in Ca Mau, but this is their headquarters in the suburb of Tay Ninh City.
Caodaism is a monotheistic religion but also a syncretism of many religions integrating Catholicism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, plus Vietnamese folk beliefs under the slogan that "God is One but has many different names by religion".
Tay Ninh is said to have been chosen for the site of its headquarters due to its proximity to Nui Ba Den. The above mentioned founders came from other parts of the Mekong Delta.
As you see, Cao Dai temples are decorated with unique and colourful graphics.
Assemblage de quelques oeuvres monumentales : Esthétique Kawaii : "As the Interdimensional Waves Run Through Me, I Can Distinguish Between The Voices of Angel An Devil !" + "The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg" (2011+2017).
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"Vieillir est encore le seul moyen qu’on ait trouvé de vivre longtemps." 🌷💐 🌷
Sainte Beuve
Challenge sur Flickr : ººº : color explosion
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Cao Đài is a Vietnamese monotheistic syncretic religion that retains many elements from Vietnamese folk religion such as ancestor worship, as well as "ethical precepts from Confucianism, occult practices from Taoism, theories of karma and rebirth from Buddhism, and a hierarchical organization from Roman Catholicism". It was officially established in the city of Tây Ninh in Southern Vietnam in 1926.
The full name of the religion is Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ (chữ Hán: 大道三期普度 'The Great Faith [for the] Third Universal Redemption').
Adherents engage in practices such as prayer, veneration of ancestors, nonviolence, and vegetarianism with the goal of union with God and freedom from saṃsāra. Estimates of the number of Caodaists in Vietnam vary; government figures estimate 4.4 million Caodaists affiliated to the Cao Đài Tây Ninh Holy See, with numbers rising up to 6 million if other branches are added.
The United Nations found about 2.5 million Cao Dai followers in Vietnam as of January 2015. An additional number of adherents in the tens of thousands, primarily ethnic Vietnamese, live in North America, Cambodia, Europe and Australia as part of the Cao Dai diaspora. (Wikipedia)
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View of the temple from the river. We thought it was colourful when first seeing it from a distance, but the colours and details inside are incredible.
Tây Ninh, Vietnam. January 2025.
Emerald River Cruises.
The giant bonsai sculpture is made from the windows of demolished Chinese buildings. In large neon letters above the sculpture is written ‘Wu Wei’, a concept of Taoism that means ‘inaction’. This work expresses the tension between the unstoppable growth of megapolises and the treatment of heritage and nature.
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Cao Đài is a Vietnamese monotheistic syncretic religion that retains many elements from Vietnamese folk religion such as ancestor worship, as well as "ethical precepts from Confucianism, occult practices from Taoism, theories of karma and rebirth from Buddhism, and a hierarchical organization from Roman Catholicism". It was officially established in the city of Tây Ninh in Southern Vietnam in 1926.
The full name of the religion is Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ (chữ Hán: 大道三期普度 'The Great Faith [for the] Third Universal Redemption').
Adherents engage in practices such as prayer, veneration of ancestors, nonviolence, and vegetarianism with the goal of union with God and freedom from saṃsāra. Estimates of the number of Caodaists in Vietnam vary; government figures estimate 4.4 million Caodaists affiliated to the Cao Đài Tây Ninh Holy See, with numbers rising up to 6 million if other branches are added.
The United Nations found about 2.5 million Cao Dai followers in Vietnam as of January 2015. An additional number of adherents in the tens of thousands, primarily ethnic Vietnamese, live in North America, Cambodia, Europe and Australia as part of the Cao Dai diaspora. (Wikipedia)
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This temple is full of amazing colour, imagery and detail. This is a close up view of the alter.
Tây Ninh, Vietnam. January 2025.
Emerald River Cruises.
In accordance with the Shintou tradition, the main shrine is built behind the prayer hall half hidden from the outside. However, it is unusual in that the main shrine consists of two houses combined together; one is for Kotoshironushi (事代主) and the other is for his wife Mihotsuhime (美穂津姫). The one in the centre of the photo is Kotoshironushi's quarter.
Kotoshironushi is claimed to be another name of Ebisu who is depicted as a man with a fishing rod. I suspect it is a political arrangement to place folk beliefs under the umbrella of Shintoism.
Ebisu is the only Japanese member of the multinational team of Seven Gods of Fortune (七福神), namely,
Ebisu (恵比寿), Shintoism or a folk belief
Daikokuten (大黒天 Mahakala), Hinduism
Bishamonten (毘沙門天 Kubera or Vaisravana), Hinduism
Benzaiten (弁財天 Saraswati), Hinduism
Fukurokuju (福禄寿), Taoism
Juroujin (寿老人), Taoism
Hotei (布袋 Budai), Zen Buddhism
Hindu gods were introduced to Japan by way of Buddhism.
The members show clearly the syncretic nature of Japanese folk beliefs.
They are often depicted together on a boat.
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Cao Đài is a Vietnamese monotheistic syncretic religion that retains many elements from Vietnamese folk religion such as ancestor worship, as well as "ethical precepts from Confucianism, occult practices from Taoism, theories of karma and rebirth from Buddhism, and a hierarchical organization from Roman Catholicism". It was officially established in the city of Tây Ninh in Southern Vietnam in 1926.
The full name of the religion is Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ (chữ Hán: 大道三期普度 'The Great Faith [for the] Third Universal Redemption').
Adherents engage in practices such as prayer, veneration of ancestors, nonviolence, and vegetarianism with the goal of union with God and freedom from saṃsāra. Estimates of the number of Caodaists in Vietnam vary; government figures estimate 4.4 million Caodaists affiliated to the Cao Đài Tây Ninh Holy See, with numbers rising up to 6 million if other branches are added.
The United Nations found about 2.5 million Cao Dai followers in Vietnam as of January 2015. An additional number of adherents in the tens of thousands, primarily ethnic Vietnamese, live in North America, Cambodia, Europe and Australia as part of the Cao Dai diaspora. (Wikipedia)
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Interior of the temple. The monks and nuns wear white and pray in a similar manner to the buddhists. I was surprised as the neon LCD lighting around the arches. Above the blue lights, one can find carvings of the saints of Cao Dai, including Jesus, Buddha and more.
Tây Ninh, Vietnam. January 2025.
Emerald River Cruises.