Taoist priests can get married:
Monks and Taoists, although monks, do not shave, do not abstain from sex, and are not prohibited from getting married and having children. Taoism is a native religion in China. It was founded by Zhang Daoling at the end of Han Dynasty with the aim of saving all beings and keeping people away from diseases and disasters. Early Taoism also recruited believers, which made the sect grow and develop. Therefore, its original teachings did not deviate from secular rules, nor did it prohibit marriage and children.
It was not until the end of Song Dynasty and the beginning of Jin Dynasty that Wang Zhongyang founded Quanzhen Dao. He stipulated that Taoists should stay away from the secular world, practice in Taoist temples and start abstinence. Shouldn't they get married and have children and pursue them? Double major in life? .
Immortals cannot get married;
Taoist immortals basically have their own positions. They work for ordinary people, but they are also regarded as gods by ordinary people, right? A radish and a pit? You don't give birth to fairies for no reason. Taoism believes that mortals can cultivate or accumulate merits and thus become immortals. If a fairy gets married and has children, the children born will be immortals from the beginning. How will the Taoists feel?
In addition, the life span of immortals is hundreds of years, which can be extended by means of cultivation, Xiantao and elixir. If they continue to have children, then there is hope for heaven? Full of fairy tales? Management will be particularly troublesome and it will easily cause great confusion.
Regardless of the pure immortal offspring, even the legendary mortal immortal offspring are outrageous, such as the jade emperor's sister, Yang Jian, a child born every day. Although he is half man and half fairy, his strength is already the top level in the celestial world. If he is a pure fairy, it is estimated to be terrible.
Too many strong people can't control it, and too many immortals can't control it. There are too many living spaces and resources to accommodate such a big load. It is impossible for 1 mortal to worship 99 immortals, right?
In the long run, if the number of immortals is not controlled, then too many immortals will be counterproductive, and the celestial world and the world will be in chaos, so it is also a necessary strategy for immortals not to have children.