What was the ancient Chinese beliefs?

Answer 1

"In the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC), the earliest period we know much about, people in China worshipped a lot of differentgods - weather gods and sky gods - and also a higher god who ruled over the other gods, called Shang-Ti. People who lived during the Shang Dynasty also believed that their ancestors - their parents and grandparents - became like gods when they died, and that their ancestors wanted to be worshipped too, like gods. Each family worshipped their own ancestors..."