In April 2011, Zajia Art Lab, run by Italian sinologist and curator Ambra Corinti, opened in two rooms of the former Hong En Taoist temple. Located near the Bell Tower food market in the Gulou ...

Taoism arose from the writings of Laozi, a royal archivist thought to have lived in the 6th Century B.C. However, it did not become a religion until the 2nd Century A.D., and very little art that ...

TAOISM AND THE ARTS OF CHINA: Paintings, sculpture, textiles and ritual objects. Tomorrow through May 13. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

Yet curiously, tawny tigers have slinked through the silk scrolls of traditional Japanese art ... tiger common to some Chinese forests. Japanese Zen Buddhism shares some beliefs with Chinese Taoism.

One year later, he arrived at the Wudang Mountains, learning martial arts from elder Taoist monks and becoming one himself. He also traveled around China to visit other kungfu masters.