Huidaomen is the collective name of "Huimen" and "Daomen". Due to the proliferation and mixed growth of various associations, Taoism, religions, and societies, multiple names, duplicate names, and name changes are common. After the founding of New China, they were collectively called Huidaomen.
Due to the proliferation and mixed growth of various associations, Taoism, religions, and societies, multiple names, duplicate names, and name changes are common.
After the founding of New China, they were collectively called Huidaomen.
Since China entered a new period of reform and opening up, great changes have taken place from rural areas to cities.
Opportunities and challenges are coming one after another, and the situation is changing rapidly.
Some people's beliefs are shaken, they lose their psychological balance and fall into panic. They turn their attention to mysterious forces. The trend of mysticism is quietly rising, meditating on Qigong, Feng Shui, Yi Gua divination, ghost culture..., giving feudalism The prevalence of superstition is an opportunity that can be exploited, and the Huidao Sect takes advantage of the opportunity to revive.
It was formed in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, active and developed in the Qing Dynasty, and flourished in the Beiyang Warlord Period and the early period of the Nanjing National Government.
Great differentiation occurred during the Anti-Japanese War, and it tended to decline after the founding of New China.
Huidaomen is different from religion. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the feudal emperors regarded all Taoist sects as cults. During the Republic of China, some of them were labeled as religious groups, public welfare groups or charity groups.
Huidaomen is a folk secret association with religious and feudal superstition colors. Its daily activities are a mixture of feudal superstition and martial arts practice.
As a superstitious organization, Huidaomen pursues utilitarianism, requires "divine power" to serve people's real interests, and cares about worldly things and self-well-being.
Religion, on the other hand, requires that human interests conform to "divine will" and cares about the meaning of life or the foundation of value beyond this life.