The Third Taoism Cultural Festival in Chengdu, Sichuan
province, 2010. [Photo/sara.gov.cn]
The Fourth Taoism Cultural Festival will kick off on Sept 19 at Qingcheng
Mountain in Dujiangyan city, Sichuan province.
Taoist masters and specialists from all over the world will gather at
Qingcheng Mountain, one of the birthplaces of Taoism, to deliver speeches at a
Taoism culture summit as well as to exchange ideas about the development of
Taoism in this new age, the harmony between man and nature, and health care
ideas in Taoism .
A grand ceremony will be held to pray for the prosperousness of China and a
peaceful life for the Chinese people at the festival.
Over 100 masterpieces of traditional Chinese calligraphy andpaintingon Taoism
and landscape paintings of Dujiangyan will be on display.
The event is being organized by the Chinese Taoist Association, Sichuan
Provincial Taoist Association and the Chengdu Taoist Association. It is the
third time Dujiangyan has hosted the festival.