HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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filial piety
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respect
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ancestor worship
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diety
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ancestor worship refers to rituals designed to commemorate and venerate the spirits of one’s deceased forebears. While it is often associated with the Confucian notion of filial piety, ancestor worship crosses the boundaries of religious traditions, geographical regions, and socioeconomic groups.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some have used Leviticus 19:26b-32 to justify the veneration of ancestor spirits. It reads: “” Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD".” (NIV).
Detailed explanation-3: -Ancestor worship starts with the father and mother, and includes grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather. and great-grandmother back to as many generations as one can remember, with reverence paid to both paternal and maternal ancestors.