Ancient Chinese traditions of honoring ones ancestors with a tablet in a shrine, food offerings on holidays, and keeping their memory alive so they can bring wisdom and guidance to the living.

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Ancient Chinese traditions of honoring one’s ancestors with a tablet in a shrine, food offerings on holidays, and keeping their memory alive so they can bring wisdom and guidance to the living.

A	Ancestor Worship and Veneration
B	Coming of Age Ceremony
C	Death Ceremonies
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hungry Ghost Festival and New Year’s Eve, Qingming Festival, and Chongyang Festival (which will be introduced in detail later in this magazine) are the traditional festivals in which Chinese people pay tribute to their ancestors, each having their own characteristics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Filial piety is an important principle practiced in early Chinese culture that comes from Confucianism. It is the idea of putting the family’s needs above one’s own with deep respect for elders, ancestors, country, and leaders.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ancestor worship constitutes a strong foundation for Chinese religion and bears strong connection with funeral rituals up to this day. In addition to the ancestral spirits, there are two other higher forces in the Chinese religious worldview, the deities and the ghosts (evil spirits).

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