Why do ancestors call their ancestors ancestors?

Liezu has many meanings. Ancestors refer to more than one generation of ancestors, but the ancestors of a large family, which embodies the characteristics of ancestor worship and family relationship inheritance in traditional culture.

Ancestor: a title of respect for an ancestor. The ancestor of the Chinese nation was Emperor Yanhuang, so we are all descendants of the Chinese people. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the symbols+and = ancestor mean father of father. Major+indications = sects, and sects represent major indications.

Ancestor worship is a cultural custom and moral tradition. Ancestor worship is an important part of China's cultural genes. It is precisely because China people have a collective belief handed down from generation to generation since ancient times that they have maintained the universal introversion and self-confidence of this nation, which has lasted for thousands of years.

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Ancestor shrine

In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the northern region was plunged into war and famine, and Fuzhou became a well-known "famous city" under the governance of Wei Quanfeng as the secretariat of Fuzhou. For example, the migrating families are Lu's family in Luxi, Le 'an Dongshi, Yihuang Xerox, Nanfeng Wushi, Cheng Nan and Linchuan Huangshi.

When the ancestors of Fuzhou migrated from north to south, they all came with their spirits on their backs. Later, when I arrived in Fuzhou, my heart was settled, and my spiritual position gradually merged with the altar. But now many young people don't know their true meaning, and the concept of family care of Fuzhou people has become weak among the younger generation.

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