Why do China people bow down to their ancestors?

Hehe, first of all, bowing is a kind of etiquette. It's like bowing. In ancient China, bowing was a very important etiquette.

Equality for all is not the idea of China people. Equality for all is an idea that westerners came from God and later spread to China. Before that, China people never had the idea that everyone was equal. Before modern times, China was a hierarchical country-this society was a "Confucian patriarchal society". In this society, everyone's behavior follows etiquette-it is stipulated that everyone should follow the concept of inferiority and abide by the code of conduct derived from their own status. Moreover, this code of conduct also has very detailed provisions on the etiquette between people. Jugongli is a ceremony to respect the monarch, in addition to "Jugongli" (bowing or half bowing) and "Jugongli" (clenching fists or holding hands). Bowing means nodding to show complete obedience. There is a word here-the word "minister" is an abstract description of the bowing ceremony. So the bow ceremony is a very old etiquette. It is also the oppressive etiquette that best embodies the dignity and preciousness of rulers, and it is also the meaning of the word "man" in ancient China-man is standing, stretching and upright. Bowing your head makes people curl up and treat people with the most humble attitude.

Today's China, apparently cleansed by western civilization, still stubbornly retains traces of its inner rituals. This is contempt for people, dignity and humanity. So some people say that feudal society is not good. What's wrong with it? It's just not good to do this again. Besides, bowing, bowing and so on are common manners. It's nothing.

Tell a joke, a "civilized" person came to Africa to do business for the first time and shook hands as a gift after the agreement, but the African spat at his palm and shook hands with this person. What Africans mean is that our agreement is like spitting, and we can't take it back. And this civilized man is naturally creepy.