Fulu

Fulu for placement above the primary entrance of one's home, intended to protect against evil

Fulu (traditional Chinese: 符籙; simplified Chinese: 符箓; pinyin: fúlù) are Taoist magic symbols and incantations,[1][2] translatable into English as 'talismanic script',[a] which are written or painted on talismans by Taoist practitioners.[4][5][6]

These practitioners are called 符籙派; fúlù pài; 'the fulu sect', an informal group made up of priests from different schools of Taoism. Like most aspects of Taoist practice, use of these objects is not confined to Taoism: they have been incorporated into several forms of Chinese Buddhism, and have inspired the ofuda used in Japanese Buddhism and Shinto and the bujeok used in Korean shamanism.

  1. ^ "符籙". Ninchanese. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "符籙". ApproaChinese. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Daoist (Taoist) Charms - 道教品壓生錢 - Introduction and History of Daoist Charms". Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture). 16 November 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "灵符". Ninchanese. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  5. ^ "灵符". Ninchanese. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  6. ^ "灵符". ApproaChinese. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2019.


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