Shang Dynasty

Religion

They worshipped a figure called 'Shang Ti' or 'Lord on high'. This supreme god ruled over lesser gods of moon,rain,wind,sun and other natural forces and places. The Shang also believed that their ancestors dwelled in heaven after their death and continued to show an interest in their family and descendants. Failing in one's duties to the ancestors could bring all sorts of disaster on a family. All these divine and semi-divine figures, from Shang-Ti to a family's ancestors were sacrifices to. It is highly likely that Shang-Ti was the 'local god' of the Shang kings who was subsequently elevated in order to elevate the Shang themselves. Shang sacrifice involved humans, slaves, prisoners of war were sacrificed by the hundreds when a king died. Lesser numbers were sacrificed at the founding of a palace or temple.


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