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The Taoist Ritual Tradition of the Zhengyi School in the urban areas
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- A news clipping from the Wah Kiu Yat Po about the Taoist priests setting up an altar to pray for ...
A news clipping from the Wah Kiu Yat Po about the Taoist priests of the Chinese Taoism Hong Kong Taoist Mutual Help Association setting up an altar to pray for rain during the water rationing period of 1963 in Hong Kong.
- Zhengyi Taoist priests invoking blessings
A Zhengyi Taoist priest invoking blessings on the dragon’s head and dragon’s tail at the Man Mo Temple, Sheung Wan.
- "Nahm mouh" Taoist priests are performing the ritual "feeding water ghosts"
During the Mong Kok Kai Fong Yu Lan Festival, "nahm mouh" Taoist priests are performing the ritual "feeding water ghosts".
- Consecration ceremony of a deity's statue performed during the Aberdeen Tin Hau Jiao of Triangula...
Consecration ceremony of a deity's statue performed during the Aberdeen Tin Hau Jiao of Triangular Island.
- Dipper worship ritual performed at the Aberdeen Tin Hau Jiao of Triangular Island
During the dipper worship ritual performed at the Aberdeen Tin Hau Jiao of Triangular Island, "nahm mouh" Taoist priests are reading out the names of followers.
- Gaogong (high priest) is knocking over a sand bridge
During the Sai Wan Ho Kai Fong Yu Lan Festival, the gaogong (high priest) is knocking over a sand bridge, which symbolises purgatory, to rescue the dragon's tablet, which represent ancestral souls.
- The rite of confession in Sai Wan Ho Kai Fong Yu Lan Festival
The rite of confession of the Sai Wan Ho Kai Fong Yu Lan Festival.