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A student practices Taoist kung fu in the Jade Void Palace at Wudang Mountain Adidas NMD R2 Australia , Hubei province. Wudang, long known as an important center of Taoism, has recently attracted a growing number of enthusiasts from all over the world. HE TONGQIANXINHUA A Taoist nun performs Taoist kung fu during a cultural exchange in Paris. Taoism is an ancient tradition of philosophy and religious beliefs based on Chinese customs that emphasize harmony between humanity and the natural world. CHEN XIAOWEIXINHUA Representatives from Taoist associations in Belgium and China share interpretations of Taoist culture during a visit to Belgium in 2013. YE PINGFANXINHUA
The ancient Chinese religious philosophy is attracting a growing number of adherents across the globe, as Xu Wei reports from Yingtan, Jiangxi province


After spending 19 years studying Taoist medical practices, Bernard Shannon opened his own temple in Palm Desert, California, in 2006. "There were only a handful of disciples and a few visitors. People came to me primarily for medical qigong or tai chi lessons Adidas NMD R1 Australia ," Shannon said, speaking at a Taoist forum in Yingtan, Jiangxi province.


Shannon, who has been ordained as a disciple of the 66th generation of the Celestial Master Sect of Taoism at Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi, found that the popularity of his teaching grew over time, and as his students dug deeper into exercises and medicine rooted in Taoist understanding of the body and the cosmology, they became increasingly interested in the sect's religious beliefs.


Taoism, also known as Daoism Adidas NMD CS2 Australia , is an ancient tradition of philosophy and religious beliefs based in Chinese customs that emphasizes harmony between humanity and the natural world.


Shannon's temple now has 50 disciples, and four of them have been authorized to establish temples across the United States. "There has been significant growth (in the number of disciples and visitors). People come tome to learn about philosophy, qigong or meditation exercises, but then something wakes within them. They want to learn more and more, and then pretty soon they want to seek ordination," he said.


He admitted that pushing forward the ritual, ceremonial, and various religious aspects of Taoism is difficult and challenging in a country such as the US Adidas NMD CS1 Australia , which has a predominantly Judeo-Christian population: "But the Taoist philosophy is becoming much more popular. The belief in harmony, yin and yang, and being good to one another fits very well with all sections of society in the United States."


According to Martin Palmer, secretary general of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, the global influence of Taoism as a formal religion is limited compared with other religions.


Palmer, who has worked with the China Taoist Association since the 1990s and has also translated a number of Taoist classics, said there are only a small number of Taoists in the United Kingdom, an estimate confirmed by the UK's 2011 census in which 4 Adidas Adilette Slides Australia ,144 people described themselves as Taoists.


However, Taoism is influencing people through practices such as tai chi, traditional Chinese medicine and qigong. Palmer estimated that about 300 million people outside China use TCMs, and millions practice tai chi and qigong, despite having limited knowledge of Taoism as a religion.