History A-Level
Destruction of ancestor worship and traditional practices
What Destruction of ancestor worship and traditional practices means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Ancestor worship was condemned as superstition, with ancestral tablets, graves and halls destroyed.
Topics that use Destruction of ancestor worship and traditional practices
- Social and cultural changes, 1949–76 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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