Sentence examples for ancestral rites from inspiring English sources
Ancestral rites (cherye) are performed to honour them on death anniversaries and on major holidays.
And it is this double-layered sense of ancestral rites and contemporary tension that is excitingly present.
Traditional family life is much involved with rituals marking life-cycle milestones and the observation of holidays and ancestral rites.
A decree of Dec. 8, 1939, authorized Christians to take part in ceremonies honouring Confucius and to observe the ancestral rites.
As Ms. Shin points out, the ancestral rites that used to hold families together are now neglected if they coincide with travel plans.
In those areas, lineages became a powerful tool for collective action and local dominance, using revenues from corporate property to support education, charity, and ancestral rites.
On occasion, the flags seemed like deities of an ancestral rite calling back citizenship from the world of the dead.
SEOUL — A feud at Samsung Group over the family fortune has spilled from the courts into an ancestral rite to commemorate the company's founder.
Girls are preferred over boys to avoid difficulty during ancestral family rites, which are traditionally carried out by sons.
It also provides the context of belief for various Zen rituals, such as funeral services performed by Zen priests and ancestral memorial rites for the families of laypeople who patronize the temples.
A majority of adopted babies are girls so as to avoid difficulties over inheritance and at ancestral family rites, which are normally carried out by bloodline sons.South Korea's government has long wanted to boost domestic adoption rates.
