Question

analyse major religious traditions in ancient china

Answer 1

China is one of the ancient civilizations on earth. China is a country with diverse religious beliefs. Three main religions formed part of ancient Chinese history.They are as follows:1. Taoism2. Confucianism3. BuddhismShang dynasty was one of the historical Chinese dynasties, where foretelling played a major role. It was in the Shang dynasty (about 2000 BC), where people followed different gods, such as the weather gods and sky gods. People greatly believed that above all gods was Shang Ti who ruled overthe lesser gods.Great emphasis was also given in worshipping earth’s composition, i.e. land, river, sea, star, wind, moon, sun as they believed that country’s prosperity comes from factors that are above and beyond. People living during this dynasty also believed that their parents and grandparents became gods when they died and they wanted to be worshipped as gods.