Shang Religion
- Shang religion centered around ancestor worship.
- Ancestor worship is honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead spirits.
- Treasures found in the burial tomb show that Shang people had a belief in the afterlife.
- They also believed that their ancestors could help or harm them with their power.
- Kings also used oracle bones, bones that are cracked by holy men and used to seek advice from the king's ancestors, to seek advice from their ancestors on important problems.
- To ask a question, they would put a needle on the back of the bone, crack the bone, and read the crack as a message.