Thursday, June 10, 2010

tao and shinto

1. What is Shintoism?
2. What are kami?
3. What is STATE SHINTO, and how did it arrive?
4. What is the relationship between Shinto and the Imperial Family?
5. What is Shinto Concerned with?
6. What are Shinto Shrine?
7. Describe the actions performed before entering a Shinto Shrine.
8. What is a Torii?
9. What is matsuri?
10. What is the biggest matsuri?
11. Cherry Blossom Festival?

12. What is the Tao?
13. What is yin and yang?
14. How is the interaction of yin and yang seen?
15. What is the ‘three’?
16. What is Ch’i?
17. Compare shintoism and taoism’s views on deities?
18. Who is Lao Tzu?
19. What is the role of Taoist monks, nuns and priests?
20. What is the oldest surviving Chinese religious text?
21. What is Feng Shui?
22. Who is Lao Tzu?
23. Who is Kung Fu Tzu?
24. How do Taoists hope to achieve immortal?
25. Who are the 8 immortals?
26. What is the Dragon boat Festival?
27. What is the Hungry Ghost festival?
28. What is the Chinese new year?