At China’s "Hogwarts," Traditional Taoism Trumps Magic
Nestled
in the mountains of eastern China’s Zhejiang province, a Taoism college dubbed
“China’s Hogwarts” is drawing waves of young Chinese eager
to learn traditional arts, from fortunetelling
to spiritual
enlightenment
. But unlike the fictional
school of witchcraft
and wizardry
, they come not for spells and sorcery
, but for its classes in the I Ching, martial
arts, and rituals
aimed at bridging the gap between mortality
and the cosmos. Though the Zhejiang Taoist Academy has been around since 2013, this year marks a significant shift: The college received a record-breaking 1,300 applicants, nearly a thousand more than the previous year.
tips
trump 赢;打败
Taoism 道教
nest 巢;窝
nestle 安置
dub 授予称号;配音
eager 热心的;渴望的
fortune-telling 算命
enlighten 教育;启发
enlightenment 启迪
fiction 小说
fictional 虚拟的;编造的
witch 女巫;巫婆
wizard 男巫;术士
sorcery 巫术
martial 尚武的
ritual 宗教仪式
mortal 凡人的;总有一死的
mortality 死亡
immortal 神仙的;不死的;不朽的