- Source: Yaochidao
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.
It existed before the 20th century and it is focused on the worship of Xiwangmu (the "Queen Mother of the West").
Practices
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
Chinese salvationist religions
Chinese folk religion
References
External links
Yaochi Holy Church
Sung Shan Cihuitang
Sources
Munro, Robin; Mickey Spiegel (1994). Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1564321053.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)