Bullshit

i read with amused 2 days ago..on a Zaobao.

文明祭祀? - civilised worship of ancestor?

utter rubbish.

the paper said that the Chinese government , encourage this 'civilised worship' - using flowers instead of offering items, food etc.

using flower alone is NOT worship. and the chinese word - ji si 祭祀 means worship, prayer.
And worship involves the belief in spirits and offering items.

using flowers alone is rememberance.

for heaven sake, you do not use water to bath in the bathroom, you do not use offering items in worship. is that right?

And they still have the cheek to say - following Confucius teachings.

Firstly, the belief of ancestor spirits is Taoist, not Confucuism. Mr Confucius encouraged the rites, but he did not explain the spiritual part, which leave to the religion of Chinese - Taoism to do it.

Secondly, Confucius emphasized to worship and pay respect as though they(spirits/deities) are presence in front of you. The Chinese pay respect with tea/wine and food. Just like how you treat your guest, your elders.

Use flowerS only? thats NOT worship and certainly NOT Chinese culture. How can one uses another culture to critize another culture ? utter rubbhish and bullshit.

well, we can promote this
文明祭祀 - civilised worship, by encourage ppl not be greedy, we offer food and incense in moderate, not in excessive. Do not litter, keep your place tidy etc. We do not use another religious/cultural point of view to replace ours. This is bullshit.

This period is qingming, 90% of my personal family gone to another monothestic religion(amen), but i insist on following Chinese(Taoist) way of 'rememberance and respect. We went to Bishan Pek shan ting columbrium and Brighthill temple. we have mutual respect and understanding here. Although our spiritual belief is different. And i do not feel a tiny bit of 'inferior' in the presence of a monothestic believer. I stand firm. Do you?