Yaochidao
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Yaochidao (瑤池道 "Way of the Mother-of-Pearl Lake"), also known by the name of its corporate form the Holy Church of the Mother-of-Pearl Lake, Taiwan Yauchi Holy Church (台灣瑤池聖教會) or by the older name of Cihuitang (慈惠堂 "Church of the Loving Favour"), is a Chinese folk religious sect related to the Xiantiandao lineage, with a strong following in Taiwan and active as an underground church in the People's Republic of China, where it is theoretically a proscribed sect.[1]
It existed before the 20th century and it is focused on the worship of Xiwangmu (the "Queen Mother of the West").[2]
Practices
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Members of Yaochidao wear blue uniforms and perform a variety of rituals and practices, including the divination of inspired scriptures, chanting of scriptures, exercises of body cultivation, gods' mediumship, and other forms of charismatic religious praxis.
See also
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