Shang Dynasty
by: S Gillen
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Where was the Shang Dynasty?
Ruins of Shang Dynasty
Who was part of the Shang Dynasty?
There were 13 million people in the Shang Dynasty. The folk religion of Shang is polytheistic which means that they worshipped many different gods. According to the legend, the Shang dynasty was founded sometime around 1700 B.C. by Cheng Tang after he overthrew the evil king of the Legendary Xia. The Shang worshipped the “Shang Di,” who was the supreme god that ruled over the lesser gods of the sun, the moon, the wind, the rain, and other natural forces and places. They sacrificed animals to royal ancestors and to various nature gods. using sacrifices to ask the ancestors or gods for help and to feed the ancestors or gods to keep them strong. The kings communicated with their ancestors using oracle bones and made frequent sacrifices to them. The king or professional diviners hired by the king used oracle bones to make predictions about the future or to answer questions about the future.