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Shintoism and Taoism
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Shintoism and Taoism
By Lucia, Maddie, and Sahil
Holy Days
Beliefs
Origin of Religion
Practices
Values
Shinto
Shintoism
Shintoism
Taoism
There is no known founder of the Shinto religion, but it began in Japan. The religion has existed for between 1000 and 5000 years. It is now dominantly practiced in Japan, and has approximately 2.7 million followers today.
One service of the Shintos is that they have to visit a shrine and use purifing amulets and protective items. These are not weekly services
~Haru Matsuri
~Autumn or Harvest Festival
~Rei-sai
The Divine Procession
Shintos are polytheistic and they believe in multiple gods. One major god is Kami, a divine deity. Kami in English means god. It is said that humans and Kami exist together in the same world. Kannagra means "the way of the Kami."
Taoism
They perform wu wei and actions of meditation. They think of it as "an action without action." There are many techniques to wu wei.
Shintos value ethics, a firm code, peace , and purity.
Taoists value naturalness, vitality, peace, refinement, detachment, flexibility, and spontenaity.
Taoism
They believe in man's close relationship with nature and the universe. Life and death are merely two aspects of reality. The three purities are a group of deities who are powerful and control immortality. They are considered omnipresent and supreme. Followers mainly believe in immortality and living on after death.
~Chinese New Year
~Lantern Festival
~Tomb Sweeping Day
~Dragon Boat Festival
~Ghost Festival
~Mid-Autum Festival
~Double Ninth Day
The Tao religion was founded by Laozi, an ancient man who had a spiritual awakening and began to teach his values in ancient China. It is one of the oldest belief systems in China. It is a polytheistic religion that worships many deities. Taoism is now dominantly practiced in China.