To be old in Chinese society is not looked down upon as they are in other countries. The age of 60 is when the Chinese man or woman is respected. The role of the younger members of the family is to support the elders, obey them, and bury them properly. An elderly person is always right. It is disgraceful and disrespectful to correct one s elders in the Chinese culture, even if the younger person is actually right.
Ancestor worship continues long after the elder has passed on.
These Chinese rituals are evident in the Taoist religion. Taoism has long since been seen as a religion without the religion. There are no doctrines or rituals that can be as clearly defined as those in Islam or Christianity. The name Taoism means the way. The earliest teachers of Taoism were not extremely theistic in their beliefs, however by the early Common Era, Taoism had become more of a religion by adopting gods, priests, temples, and sacrifices.