Before the Chinese Communists occupied the mainland, there were some 318,000 Taoist temples, and 55 million Taoist devotees of the orthodox sect, of whom 6 million priests were recluse.
在中國大陸淪陷前，道教廟、府、宮、觀大小總計三十一萬八千餘間，正式接受「傳度」及「受籙」的道教徒，已達五千五百餘萬人。