Taoism is one of the major religions in China. The Yijing was established for Fuxi, Duke Zhou and Confucius, Fuxi created the Eight Diagrams, Zhou Wenwang created the sixty-four hexagrams and Confucius wrote the Yijing, thus forming the general source of China culture and the beginning of a hundred schools of thought contending. Religion was formed in the Eastern Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Zhang Daoling, one of the founders of Taoism, is Shi Tian, so it is also called "Stone Heaven". Later it was divided into many factions. Taoism regards Laozi as the ancestor and respectfully calls him "the old gentleman on the throne".

Because "Tao" is the highest belief, it is thought that "Tao" is the source of all things in the metaplasia universe, hence the name. The "Five Mi Dou Daoism" founded by Zhang Daoling in the Eastern Han Dynasty is the beginning of Taoist stereotypes. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, religious forms gradually became complete. Lao Dan is regarded as an ancestor, and he is addressed as "grandfather". Tao Te Ching, Zheng Jing Ching and Taiping Cave Ching are the main classics. Worship Sanqing as the highest god. Important people are divorced from reality and become immortals.

The first national Taoist temple is located in the Shangqing Palace in Luoyang.