Right: Taoist master Fong Hoi-yue. If a visit to his altar is not enough to dispel a haunting, he would visit the client's home with his Taoist tools. Left: Offerings at taoist altar.

All the josses, altars and sacrificial vessels are brass. In the center is enshrined the God Zhenwu, the Taoist god of Wudang Mountain. He is strong and tall with disheveled hair.

The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven, is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in southeastern Beijing. The Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties visited the complex annually ...

Zhang is one of the 40 or so Taoist hermits who live in Wangwu Mountain. It's a mystery when Taoism first spread to this mountain, but it has been often associated with legends and folktales.

In some subdivisions, a common sight is one yard with a red wooden Taoist altar box covered in gilded Mandarin characters, next to a yard with a stone Buddhist statue on a pedestal in a carefully ...

In 1963, 200 villagers raised a mountaintop altar and performed Taoist rituals to bring rain. The incident has long fascinated photo artist Law Yuk-mui Law is re-enacting the rituals with sound ...