Filial Piety Has Affected Chinese Culture And Tradition

Filial piety developed from Confucianism, it is an elements that affects Chinese culture and tradition. Filial piety also established a family system, which has influences on most Chinese families. Because from the cultural concept, most families has the social value for each family numbers, such as, man should be the center of the family, the children of the family should be always obey their parents. Women’s social status and family status was lower than men, because from the Confucianism ideology, women should stay in the family and support the families’ daily life.

Family is the oldest and most persistent human education places, a person's behavior that is nurtured most of the family, a harmonious family is the foundation of social harmony, but also a place to develop personal morality.
The concept of filial piety was formed in quite early period of the history of Chinese civilisation on the basis of the traditional tribal way of life which sanctioned the patriarchal and hierarchical relationships in the clan and family, according to which the elders and seniors kept a leading role in the society. The worship of ancestors was a necessary component of the cultivation of filial piety.
Filial piety from Confucianism emphasizes the affection and duty of the children in parent- child relationships. Children are obliged to obey, support, and honor their parents. Filial piety is both a recognized virtue and a cultural norm. In other words, it is both an inward virtue that children should follow with sincere hearts and an outward etiquette toward their