Chu (Taoism)

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Chu
Ancient Chinese seal script for chu 廚 "kitchen"
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	廚
Simplified Chinese	厨
Literal meaning	kitchen
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin chú Wade–Giles ch'u Middle Chinese Middle Chinese drju  Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) [d]ro
Korean name
Hangul	주
Hanja	廚
Transcriptions Revised Romanization ju McCune–Reischauer chu
Japanese name
Kanji	厨
Hiragana	ちゅう
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn chū

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Chu (廚, lit. 'kitchen') is a Daoist name used for various religious practices including communal chu (Kitchen) banquet rituals in Way of the Celestial Masters liturgy, the legendary xingchu (行廚, Mobile Kitchen) associated with Daoist xian ("transcendents; 'immortals'"), and wuchu (五廚, Five Kitchens) representing the wuzang (五臟, Five Viscera) in neidan meditation techniques.