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Ancestor veneration in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ancestral veneration in Chinese culture (敬祖, jìngzǔ) is the practice of living family members who try to provide a deceased family member with continuous happiness and well-being in the afterlife. It...
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Veneration of the dead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ricci immersed himself in Chinese language and culture, and thus sought to reconcile Catholicism with Confucianism and traditional practices such as ancestor veneration. ... The sisters of Shanghai: a congregation of nuns flourishes in China by Minter, Adam / Commonweal...
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In China and Japan, ancestor worship (more accurately, ancestor reverence) has declined with the decline in the size and importance of kinship groups. ... Ricci immersed himself in Chinese language and culture, and thus sought to reconcile Catholicism with Confucianism and traditional practices such as ancestor veneration.
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Furthermore, in countries and cultures permeated by Confucianism, such as China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, ancestor veneration (or ancestor worship or the cult of ancestors) has been and continues to be a vexing and contentious issue, with immense ramifications for evangelization and Church life, as the so-called...
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The ruling class developed a taste for the finer things, including silk, which helped develop the trade route between Europe and China. Jews may have migrated along this route, especially after the collapse of the Jewish State and the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
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There were two universal aspects of ancestor veneration in traditional China: mortuary rites (sangli) and sacrificial rites (jili). Mortuary rites involved elaborate mourning practices that differed in particulars from region to region but shared certain major features.
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