Taoism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Adherents=== The number of Taoists is difficult to estimate, due to a variety of factors, including defining Taoism. According to a survey of [[religion in China]] in 2010, the number of people practicing some form of [[Chinese folk religion]] is near to 950 million, which is 70% of Chinese.<ref name="CSLS2010">2010 Chinese Spiritual Life Survey, Purdue University's Center on Religion and Chinese Society. Data reported in {{harvp|Wenzel-Teuber|Strait|2012|p=29–54}}</ref> Among these, 173 million (13%) claim an affiliation with Taoist practices.<ref name="CSLS2010"/> 12 million people stated that they were "Taoists", a term traditionally used exclusively for initiates, priests, and experts of Taoist rituals and methods.<ref name="CSLS2010"/> Since the creation of the People's Republic of China, the government has encouraged a revival of Taoist traditions in codified settings. In 1956, the [[Chinese Taoist Association]] was formed to administer the activities of all registered Taoist orders, and received official approval in 1957.<ref name="Taoism: Modern Age">{{cite web |title=Taoism: Modern Age |website=Patheos |url=http://www.patheos.com/Library/Taoism/Historical-Development/Modern-Age.html|access-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115093751/http://www.patheos.com/Library/Taoism/Historical-Development/Modern-Age.html|archive-date=15 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It was disbanded during the [[Cultural Revolution]] under [[Mao Zedong]], but was reestablished in 1980. The headquarters of the association are at the ''Baiyunguan'', or [[White Cloud Temple]] of [[Beijing]], belonging to the [[Longmen Taoism|Longmen]] branch of the [[Quanzhen School|Quanzhen]] tradition.<ref name="Taoism: Modern Age"/> Since 1980, many Taoist monasteries and temples have been reopened or rebuilt, both belonging to the [[Zhengyi Dao|Zhengyi]] or Quanzhen schools, and clergy [[ordination]] has been resumed. Taoist literature and art has influenced the cultures of [[Taoism in Korea|Korea]], [[Taoism in Japan|Japan]], and [[Taoism in Vietnam|Vietnam]]. Organized Taoism seems not to have attracted a large non-Chinese following until modern times. In Taiwan, 7.5 million people, 33% of the population, identify themselves as Taoists.<ref name="moi">{{cite web|title=Taiwan Yearbook 2006|publisher=Taiwan Government Information Office, Department of Civil Affairs, Ministry of the Interior|year=2006 |url=http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/22Religion.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070708213510/http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/22Religion.htm |archive-date=8 July 2007}}</ref> Data collected in 2010 for religious demographics of [[Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Yearbook – Religion |publisher=Hong Kong Government |url=http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2010/en/pdf/E18.pdf|access-date=20 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630094849/http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2010/en/pdf/E18.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Singapore]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Census of population 2010: Statistical Release 1 on Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion |publisher=Singapore Department of Statistics |url=http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/popn/C2010sr1/cop2010sr1.pdf |date=12 January 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303155259/http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/popn/C2010sr1/cop2010sr1.pdf }}</ref> show that, respectively, 14% and 11% of the people of these cities identify as Taoists. Followers of Daoism are present in Chinese émigré communities outside Asia. It has attracted followers with no Chinese heritage. For example, in Brazil there are Daoist temples in [[São Paulo]] and Rio de Janeiro that are affiliated with the Taoist Society of China. Membership of these temples is entirely of non-Chinese ancestry.<ref>Murray, Daniel M. & Miller, James. "The Taoist Society of Brazil and the Globalization of Orthodox Unity Taoism." Journal of Taoist Studies, vol. 6, 2013, pp. 93–114. {{doi|10.1353/Tao.2013.0003}}; Murray, Daniel M., and James Miller. "TRADUÇAO: A Sociedade Taoísta do Brasil e a globalizaçao do Taoismo da Ortodoxia Unitária." Religare: Revista Do Programa De Pós Graduaç Ao Em Ciências Das Religi Oes Da Ufpb 12 (2016): 315–43.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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