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Daoism, China's native religion, is experiencing a revival today. Many different styles of vestments are worn for the rituals. The central yin-yang symbol (yang and yin is a dynamic, complementary conceptual system that governs everything) surrounded by the Eight Trigrams, as on this garment, continue to be favoured as decoration.","physicalDescription":"Daoist priest robe of dark blue satin-weave silk, with scarlet satin borders and sleeve bands; embroidered with coloured silks and gold thread. Probably worn when attending worship at a Daoist temple. \r\nOn the back is the <i>yin-yang</i> symbol, the creative monad, enveloped in rays. On other parts of the garment are the eight trigrams within medallions strewn with fruit, flowers, and Daoist symbols. The intervals are filled with flying cranes, bats and scrolled clouds. 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Such a coat would be appropriately worn when attending worship at a Daoist temple in olden time, and it may have figured as the costume of some Boxer chieftain, as they are described in narratives of the siege of the Legations at Beijing as clothed in cloaks of this nature. It was perhaps originally an imperial cloak. 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