How did the Shang Dynasty worship ghosts and gods?

In Shang Dynasty, because of the low social productivity, people could not correctly understand nature and society, so they attributed the movement, development and change of everything in the world to the manipulation and domination of ghosts and gods. Therefore, they should always worship the gods and ancestors of mountains and rivers in order to pray for the protection and blessing of ghosts and gods. Especially the Shang royal family and the slave owners' ruling class, almost everything they do is repeated divination and seeking ghosts and gods. Therefore, sacrifice and divination became the most important political activities at that time.

There are many kinds of sacrifices in Shang dynasty, such as offering sacrifices to heaven, spring water and ancestors, as well as naming diseases and disasters, and offering sacrifices before going out to war. These numerous sacrificial activities are usually presided over by slave owners with higher status. Fu Hao often accepts orders from the king and presides over such sacrificial ceremonies.

Sacrifices are mostly held in the imperial ancestral halls surrounded by cigarettes. Slave owners, nobles and civilians who attended the worship ceremony all dressed neatly and looked solemn, and bowed down with orders. Fu Hao, the host, stood in a prominent position beside the altar, read aloud the eulogy and offered cows, wine, slaves and prisoners killed on the spot as sacrifices to the gods who enjoyed the sacrifice.