Ancestor Worship In China

I would like to summarize what I've read about ancestor worship in China. The first point to understand about ancestor worship is that it is confined to the kinship group. Ancestor worship thereby played an indispensable role in reinforcing the cohension of family and lineage. It assumes continuance of personality in some form after death of the physical body. It further assumes the possibility of continued contact between dead and living family members. Finally least but not last I would like to end this up by saying that in the light of the family system and its hierarchical structure, it is assumed that original relationships remained in full force despite the death of a senior. The ancestors are thus deified. This conception of deification of the ancestors ultimately colors all of the Chinese religion.