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Chinese ancestor veneration, also called Chinese ancestor worship, [1] [a] is an aspect of the Chinese traditional religion which revolves around the ritual celebration of the deified ancestors and tutelary deities of people with the same surname organised into lineage societies in ancestral shrines. Ancestors, their ghosts, or spirits, and ...
After the ancestor worship at the grave site, the whole family or the whole clan feast on the food and drink they have brought for the worship. [9] Another ritual related to the festival is the cockfight, [21] as well as being available within that historic and cultural context at Kaifeng Millennium City Park (Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden).
A Taoist rite for ancestor worship at the Xiao ancestral temple of Chaoyang, Shantou, Guangdong. Adam Yuet Chau identifies five styles or modalities of "doing" Chinese religion: [216] Discursive-scriptural: involving the composition, preaching, and recitation of texts (classics, Taoist scriptures and morality books);
Yu the Great. In another example, it is claimed that the Xia king Zhong Kang presented great virtues of Yu the Great and his successors: "Ah! ye, all my men, there are the well−counselled instructions of the sage (founder of our dynasty [i.e. Yu the Great], clearly verified in their power to give stability and security.The former kings all were carefully attentive to the warnings of Heaven
Woman kindling the incense sticks for jingxiang at a temple in China.. Jìngxiāng (敬香 "offering incense with respect"), shàngxiāng (上香 "offering incense"), bàishén (拜神 "worshipping the Gods"), is a ritual of offering incense accompanied by tea and or fruits in Chinese traditional religion.
Chinese Tomb Guardian from around the time of the Northern Wei/Northern Qi dynasties. Used to protect the soul of the deceased from evil. [6] There has been extensive interaction between traditional Chinese beliefs and the more recent Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Ancestor worship is the original basic Chinese religion.
Tai folk religion originated in Yunnan province of China [4] and is primarily based on ancestor veneration. [5] This cult of ancestor worship was borrowed from Confucianism. [6] It is a syncretic mixture Buddhist and Tai folk practices with local traditional beliefs in mainland Southeast Asia.
Me dam me phi (Ahom:𑜉𑜦𑜧 𑜓𑜪 𑜉𑜦𑜧 𑜇𑜣) is a socio-traditional festival celebrated by the Tai-Ahom and people of Assam.The festival has its roots in the ancestral worship of Confucianism in ancient China, which later developed into the Dam-phi (Ancestor worship) tradition of the Tai people. [6]