Yaochidao (瑤池道 "Way of the Mother-of-Pearl Lake"), also known by the name of its corporate form the Holy Church of the Mother-of-Pearl Lake, Taiwan Yauchi Holy Church (台灣瑤池聖教會) or by the older name of Cihuitang (慈惠堂 "Church of the Loving Favour"), is a Chinese folk religious sect related to the Xiantiandao lineage, with a strong following in Taiwan and active as an underground church in the People's Republic of China, where it is theoretically a proscribed sect.[1]
It existed before the 20th century and it is focused on the worship of Xiwangmu (the "Queen Mother of the West").[2]
Members of Yaochidao wear blue uniforms, and perform a variety of ritual and practices including divination of inspired scriptures, chanting of scriptures, exercises of body cultivation, gods' mediumship and other forms of charismatic religious praxis.
^Kristin Kupfer (16 October 2001). (PDF). Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Trier University, Germany. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
External linksedit
Yaochi Holy Church
Sung Shan Cihuitang
Sourcesedit
Munro, Robin; Mickey Spiegel (1994). Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners. Human Rights Watch. ISBN1564321053.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
January 01, 1970
yaochidao, 瑤池道, mother, pearl, lake, also, known, name, corporate, form, holy, church, mother, pearl, lake, taiwan, yauchi, holy, church, 台灣瑤池聖教會, older, name, cihuitang, 慈惠堂, church, loving, favour, chinese, folk, religious, sect, related, xiantiandao, lineag. Yaochidao 瑤池道 Way of the Mother of Pearl Lake also known by the name of its corporate form the Holy Church of the Mother of Pearl Lake Taiwan Yauchi Holy Church 台灣瑤池聖教會 or by the older name of Cihuitang 慈惠堂 Church of the Loving Favour is a Chinese folk religious sect related to the Xiantiandao lineage with a strong following in Taiwan and active as an underground church in the People s Republic of China where it is theoretically a proscribed sect 1 It existed before the 20th century and it is focused on the worship of Xiwangmu the Queen Mother of the West 2 Contents 1 Practices 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 5 SourcesPractices editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message Members of Yaochidao wear blue uniforms and perform a variety of ritual and practices including divination of inspired scriptures chanting of scriptures exercises of body cultivation gods mediumship and other forms of charismatic religious praxis See also editChinese salvationist religions Chinese folk religionReferences edit Munro 1994 p 271 Kristin Kupfer 16 October 2001 Geheimgesellschaften in der VR China Christlich inspirierte spirituell religiose Gruppierungen seit 1978 PDF Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies Trier University Germany Archived from the original PDF on 2013 10 12 Retrieved 2015 03 24 External links editYaochi Holy Church Sung Shan CihuitangSources editMunro Robin Mickey Spiegel 1994 Detained in China and Tibet A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners Human Rights Watch ISBN 1564321053 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yaochidao amp oldid 1116691519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
