Ancestor veneration in China

Chinese ancestor veneration, also called Chinese ancestor worship, is an aspect of the Chinese traditional religion which revolves around the ritual celebration of the deified ancestors and tutelary deities of people with the same surname organised into lineage societies in ancestral shrines. Ancestors, their ghosts, or spirits, and gods are considered part of "this world". They are neither supernatural (in the sense of being outside nature) nor transcendent in the sense of being beyond nature. The ancestors are humans who have become godly beings, beings who keep their individual identities. For this reason, Chinese religion is founded on veneration of ancestors. Ancestors are believed to be a means of connection to the supreme power of Tian as they are considered embodiments or reproducers of the creative order of Heaven. It is a major aspect of Han Chinese religion, but the custom has also spread to ethnic minority groups. Ancestor veneration is largely focused on male ancestors. Hence, it is also called Chinese patriarchal religion. It was believed that women did not pass down surnames because they were incapable of carrying down a bloodline. Chinese kinship traces ancestry through the male lineage that is recorded in genealogy books. They consider their ancestral home to be where their patriline ancestor was born (usually about five generations back) or the origin of their surname. Confucian philosophy calls for paying respect to one's ancestors, an aspect of filial piety; Zhuo Xinping (2011) views traditional patriarchal religion as the religious organisation complementing the ideology of Confucianism. As the "bedrock faith of the Chinese", traditional patriarchal religion influences the religious psychology of all Chinese and has influenced the other religions of China, as it is evident in the worship of founders of temples and schools of thought in Taoism and Chinese Buddhism.

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Tablette ancestrale

thumb|Une tablette ancestrale dédiée à la divinité de la Terre (Tudigong), à Hong Kong. Une tablette ancestrale, parfois également désignée sous l'appellation tablette mémorielle, tablette spirituelle ou tablette mortuaire, est un panneau utilisé pour marquer la présence d'une divinité ou de l'âme d'un ancêtre. Originaires de la culture chinoise, les tablettes ancestrales se retrouvent dans la plupart des cultures d'Asie de l'Est où se pratique le culte des ancêtres (notamment au Japon, en Corée et au Viêt Nam).

Sanctuaire des ancêtres

vignette|400px|La à Hong Kong. Un sanctuaire des ancêtres (祠堂 ou 宗祠, en vietnamien : Nhà thờ họ), aussi appelé salle des ancêtres, temple des ancêtres et temple de la lignée, est un édifice dédié à la et des fondateurs de lignées familiales dans la tradition chinoise. Ces sanctuaires sont étroitement liés à la philosophie et la culture confucianistes et l'accent qu'elles mettent sur la piété filiale. vignette|300px|Autel avec tablettes ancestrales au de Hong Kong.

Religious goods store

A religious goods store, also known as a religious bookstore, religious gifts store or religious supplies shop, is a store specializing in supplying materials used in the practice of a particular religious tradition, such as Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity and Islam among other religions. These shops are abundant across Iran and the Greater Chinese region as well as Overseas Chinese communities around the world. In Iran, religious goods stores are usually visited to buy the Quran, Al Mafatih-Al Jinan, goods like the tasbīḥ, and many other things.