On July 12th, the 2025 annual ceremony for the promotion of Taoist priests in the Zhengyi school on the Chinese mainland came to a successful conclusion. This event, approved by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, was hosted by the China Taoist Association, co-organized by the Jiangxi Provincial Taoist Association, and undertaken by the Sihan Tianshi Mansion. It lasted for five days, from July 8th to July 12th. A total of 193 students participating in the promotion ceremony came from 19 provinces (including autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country.

On the morning of the same day, a round-table discussion meeting was held at the Lutan Temple. Daoist Priest Zhang Jintao, Daoist Priest Yuan Zhihong, Daoist Priest Xie Rongzeng, Daoist Priest Ji Hongzhong, Vice Chairman Ding Changyun and Daoist Priest Lin Zhou of the Advisory Committee of the China Taoist Association, Deputy Secretary-General Guo Hanwen of the China Taoist Association, Executive Vice President Zeng Guangliang of the Jiangxi Provincial Taoist Association, Vice President Zhou Xinyin of the Hunan Provincial Taoist Association, Deputy Director Liao Min of the Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, Deputy Director Li Jingeng of the Jiangxi Provincial Religious Schools Service Center, and Li Mingliang, Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department of the Yingtan Municipal Committee and Director of the Municipal Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, attended the meeting. All the students attending the meeting were presided over by Jiang Xinhong, the head of the Education Department of the China Taoist Association.

The delegates of the Lusheng (a ceremony to confer Taoist titles) shared their thoughts and reflections on participating in the Lusheng event, expressing that the trip was fruitful and beneficial. The successful and orderly conduct of this Lusheng event was inseparable from the meticulous deployment of the China Taoist Association, Jiangxi Provincial Taoist Association, Longhu Mountain Taoist Association, and the Sihan Tianshi Mansion, as well as the hard work of all the staff. In the days to come, they will set an example in terms of pure Taoist style, take the lead in abiding by laws and regulations and internal norms, continuously improve their religious literacy, take the promotion of Taoist practices as their own responsibility, adhere to the precepts, and accumulate merit and virtue.

Master Zhang Jintao, the initiator of the Daoist tradition, gave a discourse to the initiates. He encouraged them, as contemporary orthodox Daoist priests, to inherit the traditions of their predecessors and continue the Daoist lineage into the future. They should delve deeply into the teachings without ceasing, hone their Daoist skills without neglecting them, and strive to improve their studies and practices, as well as do good deeds to benefit the world. With higher religious cultivation, they should deeply explore the path of sinicization of Taoism. They should not only take the ancestral home of Taoism on Longhu Mountain as their root and inherit the essence of the "Zhengyi Alliance" lineage, but also actively explore the path of adapting Taoism to socialist society in the context of the times, and effectively promote the healthy inheritance of Taoism.

会议结束后，箓坛举行传戒、颁箓、发愿仪式。传度大师张金涛道长为众箓生传《升箓九戒》，颁发职牒和《太上正一盟威经箓》。全体箓生在九大师带领下发十二宏愿。

In the afternoon of the same day, a ceremony to thank the deity for the successful completion of the rites was held.

During the event, the altar arranged nine sessions of lectures and teachings by masters. The recommending master, Daoist Priest Zeng Guangliang, explained the "Taishang Zhengyi Mengwei Jinglu" to the altar students. The protecting master, Daoist Priest Yuan Zhihong, analyzed the "Xuan Gang Lun" for the altar students. The supervising master, Daoist Priest Ding Changyun, elaborated on the "Zuo Wang Lun" for the altar students. The transmitting master, Daoist Priest Zhang Jintao, taught the "Zhengyi Zhenxiu Yujing" to the altar students. The protecting master, Daoist Priest Guo Hanwen, analyzed the "Moral Zun Jing Xiang Er Er Shi Qie" for the altar students. The protecting master, Daoist Priest Zhou Xinyin, taught the "Ten Rules of the Taoist Gate · Zhai Fa Xing Chi" to the altar students. The protecting master, Daoist Priest Ji Hongzhong, explained the "Ten Rules of the Taoist Gate · Taoist Gate Jinglu" to the altar students. The protecting master, Daoist Priest Xie Rongzeng, analyzed the "Ten Rules of the Taoist Gate · Dao Fa Chuan Xu" for the altar students. The protecting master, Daoist Priest Lin Zhou, elaborated on the "Ten Rules of the Taoist Gate · Li Guan Du Ren" for the altar students. The altar held opening ceremonies and other rituals for conferring the altar, and the altar students participated in activities such as performing rituals and chanting morning and evening lessons at the altar.

(Source: China Taoist Association)