Tao. The Way and its power - ACE059.6

Taoist temple: fruit offerings; yoga exercises which stimulate the energy channels in the body. Temple buildings, the outlines of which follow "veins" of earth energy, or "sleeping dragons", according to feng shui principles. Buildings should respect the landscape, blending with its shapes and vegetation. Landscape painting showing "dragon vein" running through series of mountain peaks. Diagram of human body showing energy veins and acupuncture points. Doctor treating patients by means of acupuncture, thus correcting the body’s balance of yin and yang. Street scenes. Water buffalo resting in water. Fisherman. Fish. Calligrapher writing: tao currents flow through his hand to "create the characters through his brush". Fourteenth century graph script shows how "the art of writing could express that moment in time when the artist put his brush to paper", having "a meaning beyond the text". Examples of calligraphic painting, "the highest of the arts", which show both "the likeness of things and the threads, or currents, of tao giving them shape".