Religious art is a complex and complex system. The ones with outstanding achievements and great influence in art include Buddhist art, Christian art, Islamic art, followed by Shinto art, etc. Architecture, sculpture, painting, calligraphy and arts and crafts that express Taoist religious activities or philosophy were produced and developed in China. In the history of Chinese art, although Taoist art is not as successful as Buddhist art, Taoist concepts have penetrated into Chinese art pervasively. The origin of Taoist architecture can be traced back to the imperial city's reflection of the thoughts of gods in the Han Dynasty. After the Northern Wei Dynasty, the city where the emperor lived was called Zique, Jinque, Purple City, and Forbidden City, and the main hall was called Taiji Hall, which shows that the Taoist character is more prominent. Until the Qing Dynasty, in the Forbidden City (Forbidden City) in Beijing, buildings named after the basic concepts of Taoism were still arranged from south to north: Zhengyangmen, Tiananmen, Taihe Hall, Zhonghe Hall, Baohe Hall, Qianqingfu, Kun Ning Palace and Di'anmen. He is a representative work of Taoist architecture.
Taoist sculptures are mainly statues of deities, emperors, real people and various gods such as the Three Deities, the Five Patriarchs and the Seven True Beings. The statue of the Virgin and 42 maids in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province is a representative work of Taoist sculpture. The early works of Taoist paintings can be seen in the bronze mirrors of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the themes of the Yellow Emperor, Laozi, immortals riding beasts, sun, moon and stars, dragons and tigers, phoenixes, turtles and snakes, the East Prince and the West Queen Mother. Later, Wu Daozi and others became famous for being good at Taoist paintings. In the history of Chinese painting, Taoist paintings, including Taoist paintings, have almost become synonymous with Taoism. Most of the landscape painters of the Yuan Dynasty were related to Taoism. Typical Taoist calligraphy include: Wang Xizhi's "Huang Ting Jing", Yan Zhenqing's "Magu Immortal Altar", Yang Ningshi's "The Living Method of Immortals" and other excellent works. In arts and crafts, themes closely related to Taoist beliefs such as dragons, tigers, lions, cranes, phoenixes, sacred cows, and ganoderma are often used. The manufacture of bronze mirrors and swords was regarded as a required skill for Taoist heavenly masters after the Northern Wei Dynasty. Rockeries, which symbolize fairy landscapes, are widely seen in people's living environment.