| Daoism, as the representative of the China's traditional religions, has become more and more fading after the Ming and Qing dynasties. Great changes have taken place in China since the opium war because of the impact of the western civilization and modern science and technology and the Chinese culture roots shaken, tottering feudal society. After the May 4th Movement, the social transformation intensified and western learning introduced into China, democracy and science ever be promoted. The intersection of various social conflicts continues to cause social unrest. At the time that the nation was be in trouble at home and abroad, warlord times of hardship as well as the challenges of China's traditional culture, the modern Taoism-loved people represented by Chen Yingning, Zhang Zhuming, Wang Boying and Chang Zunxian, through reform and innovation of Taoism, trying to carry forward the Chinese traditional culture by promoting the revitalization of the Taoism Carry, adding the root of Chinese culture. "Yangshan Fortnightly" and "Immortality monthly Report" has in succession become their main advocacy positions by "promoting good deeds" and "promoting the immortals", And playing an important role in the history of modern Daoism as the only publication promoting Taoism.Paper will conduct systematic research through the aspects of background, main contents, impact at the time and the influence at present of this two publications, digging out their roles of serving as a link between the past and the future, passing the flame, developing new from the old, and analyzing their roles in the development in the Taoism and their influence on Later publications of Taoism. In the time of freedom of religious belief, this has a certain referential significance on how to properly inherit and develop the Taoism and promote the Chinese traditional culture.The preface is the research summary of the two journals, and the chapter one is the background analyzing, mainly on the fading of the Taoism culture and the Taoist efforts to save it since the Ming and Qing dynasty, and analyzing the role of the rising of modern printing and publishing industry promoting the development of religious publications. The chapter two mainly focus on the "Yangshan Fortnightly", the first journal specialized in introduction of the Taoism, and it's establishment, summary and the reason of style changes, mainly introduced the content and substance of the Chen Yingning's "Immortals".the chapter three introduce the background and summary of the "Immortality monthly Report", it was the successor of the former. Chapter four, the last chapter is on the influence of the two kinds of publications, not only their affect at the time, but also after the year 1949, and even overseas. Then the conclusion is that the two kinds of publications not only succeeding Taoist context and being a bridge and a link for Taoist figures at the time, but also have endless influences at present and has already become a exotic flower in the Chinese Taoism history. |
