HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Leading religion in Ancient China
|
Hinduism
|
|
Buddhism
|
|
Ancestor Worship
|
|
Judaism
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The structure of Chinese society and its focus on rituals, familial respect and obligation, worship of ancestors, and self-discipline, remains greatly influenced by Confucius and his teachings. Taoism (also called Daoism) is a Chinese religion that developed a bit after Confucianism, around two thousand years ago.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sacrifices intended to pacify the spirits of the ancestors feature in Shang-dynasty oracle bone inscriptions, the oldest existing documents written in Chinese. These practices continued to flourish in early China, and the worship of imperial ancestors was eventually incorporated into the official state religion.
There is 1 question to complete.