My Memories

Taoism goes back a long way in China. The original Taoist doctrines can be traced back from as far as 4,000 years ago. The founder of Taoism is Laotze. He was searching for a way that would avoid the constant feudal warfare and other conflicts that disrupted society during his lifetime. But this philosophy slowly evolved into a religion and became one of the three great religions in China at one time. With the end of Ch’ing Dynasty in 1911 in China, state support for Taoism ended. Much of the Taoist heritage was destroyed during the next period.

After the communists took over in 1949, religious freedom was heavily restricted. During the cultural revolution in China from 1966 – 1976, many of the remaining Taoist heritage was destroyed until 1982 when Deng Xiao-Ping took over as the ruling party.

Today, the Taoist faith has close to 20 million followers worldwide and is centered primarily in Taiwan. Sadly, it has not been actively educating people on the religion and thus, sees a decline in followers especially in Asia. Similarly in Singapore, Taoism was once a major religion but the number have dwindled in recent years. Many youngsters are turning to other religions like Buddhism and Christianity largely because they viewed most Taoists as blind followers, practitioners of superstitions. Though the ultimate teachings of all faiths are the same, we do not wish to see the downfall of Taoism which was once known as the religion of all Chinese.

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