of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic
<adj.pert> Taoist temples
of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life
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Taoism \Ta"o*ism\, n. One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state. -- {Ta"o*ist}, a. & n.
In 1961, a group of local businessmen built a temple on the site, equipped with bronze dogs, sacrificial urns with canine engravings and statues of Taoist sages.
In Hong Kong, nineteen long-robed Taoist mystics prayed and thousands of people spent part of the Dragon Boat holiday Thursday, bowing three times before the makeshift memorial set up outside the Chinese government-run Xinhua News Agency.