One extremely important ritual in Daoist history was Zhai or "fast". Zhai is still preformed in areas where Daoism is popular. Zhai included dramatic preformances and A LOT of feasting, sounds like a good ritual to me! This ritual tended to last either 3, 5 or 7 days. Three other Daoist rituals are The Golden Register Ritual, the Jade Register Ritual and the Yellow Register Ritual. Rituals of course were considered an event not to miss, but hey, feasting and dramatic plays why would you miss that! The main attempt of most rituals was to harmonize and bless.
No comments:
Post a Comment