Taoism. What is it?
on page 11 of "Handbook of Korean Art, Folk Paintings" by Yeol-su Yoon "Muneyoshi Yanagi classified fold paintings into Chinese characters, auspicious events, traditional subjects, still-life scenes, and the three major religions, namely, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism." Also referenced in "British Museum: Korean Art and Archeology" by Jane Portal published by Thames & Hudson. "The first group has Daoist origins, the rocks and pines being symbols of longevity, while the five peaks symbolize the five mountains of Korea. The mountains rise from the waves just as the mythical peaks of the Daoist immortals' island of Penglai (Korean: Pongae) arise from the eastern sea." So I didn't know what Taoism was and imagined it to be something of a shaman belief system with totems and spirit animals. To get me started on understanding what is Taoism, I downloaded "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu, read by Stephen Mitchell. I listened to it