The Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition, also called the Luandao or Luanism or—from the name of its cell congregations—the phoenix halls or phoenix churches, is a Confucian congregati
The fenghuang as a detail of a 10th-century Chinese relief.
Fuji (planchette writing)
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Fuji, often referred to as "planchette writing" or "spirit writing," is a religious practice in Chinese religions where messages from deities, ancestors, or spirits, are conveyed through a wooden or m
Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition
…symbol of the phoenix represents spiritual renewal of the disciple and the social community. The tradition of the phoenix halls started in 1853 when a fuji-inspired cult was established in Magong, the capital of the Penghu archipelago between Fujian and Taiwan. Magong intellectuals sent a prominent tongji…
Lithography called Feiluan xin yu in the magazine Dianshizhai Pictorial (1884–1898). It represents the technique of fuji during the Qing dynasty, also called "descending of the phoenix" (feiluan), with the pencil being held by two mediums over a sand tray, in which characters allegedly directed by the spirits (in the cloud above) are written.
A model of fuji practitioners in front of a fuji altar
Fuji pen and table at Lanyang Museum, in Yilan County, Taiwan.