WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The people believed that they had to keep the gods and spirits happy by making offerings of food and other goods. They believed that the gods and spirits would be angry if they were not treated well. Angry gods and spirits might cause farmers to have a poor harvest or armies to lose a battle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism were the three main philosophies and religions of ancient China, which have individually and collectively influenced ancient and modern Chinese society.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fu Shen, also spelled Fushen, a Chinese god of happiness, the deification of a 6th-century mandarin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Offerings were regularly made at the family cemetery, temple, or shrine. These took the form of food and drink, or the burning of incense, and were carried out on significant dates such as New Year’s Day.

Detailed explanation-5: -By Tim Lambert After 10, 000 BC people in China lived by hunting and gathering plants. Then, about 5, 000 BC, the Chinese began farming. From about 5, 000 BC rice was cultivated in southern China and millet was grown in the north. By 5, 000 BC dogs and pigs were domesticated.