Death and Dying: Ancestor Worship of East Asia

My original question at the beginning of the year was what are the practices of ancestor worship in East Asia? What are the similarities and...

My concluding post will probably come in the next couple of days, as there are some things I wish to tweak on my blog still. Similarly, I...

One of the most notable differences between the ancestor worship practices of Taiwan in comparison to the countries I have discussed so far ...

Like the other East Asian countries discussed before, Korea's practice of ancestor worship is largely based off of Confucian teachings. ...

There will be no post tonight, as I just received word that my dog has passed. Here are some videos of the Bon Festival, to go along with ...

Also known as the festival of Obon, this is a celebration which honors the dead in Japan. It is said that on the three days in which the fes...

Unlike the research I did for Chinese ancestor worship, finding sources regarding Japanese ancestor worship was slightly more difficult. Jap...