Mar 14, 2011

Honour fathers to respect

Honour fathers to respect respect is the legacy of the Han through the ages. Honour fathers that is, worship of ancestors. When the Shang ancestors believed in God and the unity of a soul, believe in God and the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty is the binary separation of god and the worship of ancestors god is more important traditions. Han Chinese ancestor worship is offering a major achievement of the ancestor and ancestral blood near close.

Ancestral worship practices until near the modern. Folk honour fathers  the festival is still very grand, and sometimes sacrifice, Church Festival, Festival Day, the Year Festival, the Housing sacrifice, ancestor worshiping and other holidays, some also visited the ancient ancestors mortal remains face image, the destination is did not forget our ancestors, and Happy to share with the ancestors or find ancestors bless. Han Chinese name of the place where the ancestral temple  is everywhere.

And honour fathers  practices related to the long-term in the feudal patriarchal clan system under the influence of the Han hi living together on a regular basis Compiling genealogy. Since living together, more than the ancient Han three under one roof, until five-generation, some together few hundreds of years, is "a large pool of young and old, the wind ceremony the smell. " The total wealth of the clan live together for generations, commonly known as "righteousness"or"meaning door. " Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province during the Ming Zheng even cohabiting nine generations, the first Ming Zheng  had edict special door construction to give Chile Commendation. Although the family forms are now becoming smaller, but three generations of the family is more common.

Respect for the elderly came from honour fathers  extended deeply rooted in the Han customs. "Book of Daya both drunk, "says: "filial piety is not deficient, never give this kind. " filial respect for the elderly means endless views of filial piety, is bound to always sway the whole family, and the whole nation. Han folk respect customs, down so far, is worthy of carry forward the fine tradition.

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