Why should the living worship the Ming Dynasty when the culture is prosperous?

The civilization of Shang Dynasty was probably much higher than we thought. At that time, there was already a written language-Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which used laws to regulate behavior. Moreover, the metallurgical manufacturing industry was developed at that time, and bronzes were also made. Compared with the Xia Dynasty of the previous generation, the civilization of Shang Dynasty really improved a lot. Since Shang culture flourished, why should the living pay homage?

As we all know, Shang Dynasty was a superstitious dynasty, when "witch culture" was extremely popular. According to relevant data, there are more than 200 names of sacrifices made by Shang people, which is enough to prove the prosperity of living sacrifices. This makes us shudder. And the frequency of their sacrifice is very high. The aristocratic royal family reached almost once a day.

They sacrificed not only the gods in the sky, but also their ancestors, including the heroes of the former king and Shang Dynasty. Just the gods in the sky, the sun, the moon, the wind and rain, etc. , excluding other kinds of ghosts and gods. And bronzes are actually used to heat cook the meat to offer sacrifices to gods and ghosts. In their etiquette, people appear as the highest sacrifice. Therefore, a large number of slaves were killed as sacrifices. According to Shang people, after the war, the captured slaves were even more miserable.

They have no life value at all, and their ultimate fate is likely to be used for sacrifice. It is incredible that slaves are slaughtered like animals and cooked in containers. This is really unimaginable for us today. At that time, the royal family and nobles would kill a large number of people as funerals. In their view, slaves were slaves and their property before their death, and naturally they should accompany them and serve them after their death.