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    Renhuai Park

    China photo of the day: Dao in the park
    GBTIMES 2016/05/13


    An aerial shot from above Renhuai, Guizhou Province shows the stunning design of the city's 300-acre park. (Photo: China News Service)

    An aerial shot from above Renhuai shows the elaborate and stunning design of a 300-acre park in the Guizhou Province city.

    The park, planted with 81 species of plants and flowers including sorghum, rape seed, peach and plum, has been intricately laid out in the shape of the Chinese Daoist symbol.

    The hexagonal park is surrounded by water and has eight paths leading towards its Dao Yin Yang centre, a nod to the country's love for the number eight, which they consider to be lucky.
    This would be the place to practice for sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
    This would be the place to practice for sure.
    the longest Bagua workout ever!
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    reconnecting

    China reconnects with the religion of Daoism, under the watchful eye of the Communist Party
    BY CHINA CORRESPONDENT MATTHEW CARNEY
    UPDATED WED AT 11:38PM

    In China, amid a backlash against the increasing wealth and rampant consumerism of the past several decades, people are turning to religion to find deeper meaning.

    Key points:
    Daoism takes in elements of calligraphy, medicine and Feng Shui
    The faith is 2,000 years old
    Its revival is being tolerated by the Communist Party, for now
    Christians are said to number 100 million in China but the biggest growth has been in traditional religions like Daoism.

    One key Daoist temple, the Central Peak in Beijing, has been restored, with a parade of Chinese martial artists, bands of cymbal players and drummers celebrating the occasion.

    The 2,000-year-old Chinese faith of Daoism is a force once more. It's a celebration of harmony, a blending of opposites.

    The Communist Party tried to crush Daoism but now it's encouraged by the Government.

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    PHOTO Daoist elder Zhao Baoqi says "we have restored" Daoist culture.
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    Daoist elder Zhao Baoqi says Daoism is the first religion of China.

    "In civil society traditional Chinese culture is Daoism, the people are now back to Daoist culture, we have restored it," he said.

    Author and journalist Ian Johnson has been investigating the revival of Chinese folk religions like Daoism for the past two decades, and he says to understand Daoism is fundamental to understanding China.

    "It's the DNA of Chinese culture, it includes the ideas like calligraphy, Chinese medicine, things like Feng Shui — all of these things come out of Daoist ideas," he said.


    PHOTO Daoist worshipper Wang Qun making offerings at the Central Peak Temple.
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    Central Peak Temple is the home of the fertility goddess Guanyin, and hundreds of people like Wang Qun turned up for the opening to pray and make offerings.

    "When I was pregnant I came to pray for a healthy baby, so now it's open I've come to offer my gratitude," she said.

    The younger generation are rediscovering the faith.


    PHOTO Bus driver Lei Peng says he has found a deeper meaning through Daoism.
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    Lei Peng, a bus driver, has found no comfort in China's new wealth and rampant consumerism, but says he has found a deeper meaning in Daoism.

    "People are lacking in faith, they've lost their cultural base, lost it all," he said.

    "Daoism gives it back, we are reconnecting to our cultural inheritance."

    Government watching rise of Daoism carefully
    For the moment, the Government is supporting the rise of Daoism.

    They see it as a part of Chinese culture, and a much better alternative than the foreign religion of Christianity, which is also growing rapidly.


    PHOTO The younger generation is rediscovering Daoism.
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    Mr Johnson says there is much more suspicion of Western religions.

    "Religions can grow as long as they walk lock and step with the Government," he said.

    "You can provide values, an escape for people, or turn inward to piety, but you cannot challenge the Government. You can't be an alternative source of values or the Government will turn against you."

    The Government is watching the growth of Daoism carefully.

    It wants to ensure it does not turn into another Falun Gong type movement that could threaten the Government and lead to another brutal crackdown like that which happened two decades ago.

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    I've read some criticism that this is 'PRC Daoism'. I suppose no Daoism would be better? Total wuchi.
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    Still communist.

    But scientists? srsly?

    Two Chinese science institute employees sacked over Taoist ritual at building site
    PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 01 May, 2018, 6:42pm
    UPDATED : Tuesday, 01 May, 2018, 9:30pm
    Keegan Elmer



    Two employees from a government-backed scientific institute have been sacked and come under Communist Party investigation after a Taoist ritual was performed during a groundbreaking ceremony for a building in western China.

    The ritual took place at the construction site of the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics’ experimental thorium reactor in Wuwei, Gansu province, on Thursday.

    Beijing tightens grip on religion with ban on profit-making activities

    The institute is part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the country’s top state scientific research body.

    Photos and footage posted online showed a man – reportedly a farmer – dressed as a Taoist priest and “ridding the site of evil” at a table laden with sacrificial offerings.

    The institute was soon criticised for organising the religious ritual, prompting one apology on Saturday and another on Monday.


    The institute has come under criticism for a Taoist ritual at a building site. Photo: Handout

    In China, all religious activities come under the close scrutiny and control of the officially atheist party.

    In a statement on Monday, the institute said two of its employees had been fired and subjected to party disciplinary procedures. While neither had taken part in the ritual, they had failed to stop it, it said.

    “This activity has created a negative influence on society. We recognise our mistake, and hereby express our deep apologies to our colleagues in society,” the institute said.

    City and county officials called in the construction company for meetings after the incident. The deputy director of the management committee of the industrial district, and seven other public officials who attended the ceremony were subjected to government disciplinary action.
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