There are a number of Taoist ritual writings on abide by the law of abstinence in Dunhuang Manuscripts.Those ritual writings were found under influences of Buddhist ritual writings and local customs. The literary style and content of those Taoist ritual writings differs completely from the ones found in the Chinese Central Plains.Those Taoist writing in the period of the Return to Allegiance Army in Dunhuang represented multi-cultural elements and connotation with the life care,ethnics and moral teaching,prayers and faith as its core and reveals vividly a special survival condition of Taoist culture in Dunhuang Society.Generally speaking,the development of the Taoist ritual writings in Dunhuang of this period had accustomed to the existing religions rituals and folk culture and had developed themselves a certain form too.
There are a number of Taoist ritual writings on abide by the law of abstinence in Dunhuang Manuscripts.Those ritual writings were found under influences of Buddhist ritual writings and local customs. The literary style and content of those Taoist ritual writings differs completely from the ones found in the Chinese Central Plains.Those Taoist writing in the period of the Return to Allegiance Army in Dunhuang represented multi-cultural elements and connotation with the life care,ethnics and moral teaching, prayers and faith as its core and reveals vividly a special survival condition of Taoist culture in Dunhusng Society. Generally speaking, the development of the Taoist ritual writings in Dunhuang of this period had accustomed to the existing religious rituals and folk culture and had developed themselves a certain form too.
