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Ancestor veneration in China is archaeologically attested from at least 3000 BCE, predating the earliest written evidence by ~1750 years
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The Shang oracle bone inscriptions are the earliest dated Chinese religious writing, attesting divination, ancestor petitions, and Di-worship from c. 1250 BCE
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Shang Religion
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Kami worship is textually attested only from 712–720 CE, centuries after its earliest dated archaeological evidence and a millennium after the practices the texts claim to record
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