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Confucian ritual religion ( s 礼教, t 禮教 Lǐjiào, "rites' transmission", also called 名教 Míngjiào, the "names' transmission"), or the Confucian civil religion, [1] defines the civil religion of China. It consists of the state-endorsed ceremonies and sacrifices ( cults), held according to Confucian modalities, dedicated to the Gods which represent the theologico-political origin of the state itself and the Chinese civilisation. [2] These rituals have undergone a great revitalisation in post-Maoist China, creating a public space in which the Chinese state and popular Confucian movements jostle and negotiate with each other. [2]
Worship of cosmological gods and of Confucius, [3] [2] is carried out regularly at consecrated public spaces.