Editing Veneration of the dead (section)

===Korea===
[[Image:Korean culture-Jesa-02.jpg|thumb|A Korean ''[[jesa]]'' altar for ancestors]]
{{see also|Jesa}}
In [[Korea]], ancestor veneration is referred to by the generic term ''[[Jongmyo jerye|jerye]]'' ({{Korean|hangul=제례|hanja={{linktext|祭|禮}})}} or ''[[jesa]]'' ({{Korean|hangul=제사|hanja={{linktext|祭|祀}}|labels=no}}). Notable examples of ''jerye'' include ''[[Munmyo]] jerye'' and ''[[Jongmyo (Seoul)|Jongmyo]] jerye'', which are performed periodically each year for venerated [[Neo-Confucianism|Neo-Confucian]] scholars and kings of ancient times, respectively. The ceremony held on the [[Death anniversary|anniversary]] of a family member's death is called ''charye'' (차례). It is still practised today.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VDRAah_jogMC&q=ancestor+worship ''Ancestor Worship and Korean Society,''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506164517/https://books.google.com/books?id=VDRAah_jogMC&q=ancestor+worship |date=2023-05-06 }}  Roger Janelli, Dawnhee Janelli, [[Stanford University Press]], 1992. {{ISBN|0-8047-2158-0}}.</ref>

The majority of Catholics, Buddhists and nonbelievers practise ancestral rites, although Protestants do not.<ref name="park">{{cite book|last=Park|first=Chang-Won|title=Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year= 2010|pages=12–13|isbn=978-1-4411-1749-6}}</ref> The Catholic ban on ancestral rituals was lifted in 1939, when the [[Catholic Church]] formally recognised ancestral rites as a civil practice.<ref name="park"/>

Ancestral rites are typically divided into three categories:<ref>{{cite web |last=Bae|first=Choon Sup|date=August 2007|title=The Challenge of Ancestor Worship in Korea|publisher=University of Pretoria|url=http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05272008-141650/unrestricted/03chapter4.pdf|access-date=2012-02-24|archive-date=2012-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617080936/http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05272008-141650/unrestricted/03chapter4.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
# Charye (차례, 茶禮) – [[Korean tea|tea rites]] held four times a year on major holidays ([[Korean New Year]], [[Chuseok]])
# Kije (기제, 忌祭) – household rites held the night before an ancestor's death anniversary (기일, 忌日)
# Sije (시제, 時祭; also called 사시제 or 四時祭) – seasonal rites held for ancestors who are five or more generations removed (typically performed annually on the tenth lunar month)