Indeed, the Four Idols Cult should have represented the orthodox path, and most people did have this understanding of it.0

However, while people worshiped the fictitious immortals and deities canonized by kings, hardly anyone worshiped or paid homage to the four idols.0

They were too abstract.0

Taiji gave birth to Yin and Yang, while the two polarities gave birth to the four idols, representing the evolution of the world from its inception to the understanding of the two polarities, and then to the cornerstone of the worldview of the four directions and four seasons… However, nobody worshiped Taiji or the two polarities, and similarly, nobody worshiped the four idols.0

In fact, the Four Idols Cult was even slightly better off. After all, there were at least manifestations of the four mythical beasts for people to worship, and some even regarded them as deities. Meanwhile, Taiji and the two polarities were left as nothing more than concepts.0

Even the Four Idols Cult itself did not regard the worship of the four idols as an original concept...0