What was the ancient Chinese beliefs

“In the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC), the earliest period we know much about, people in China worshipped a lot of differentgods – weather gods and sky gods – and also a higher god who ruled over the other gods, called Shang-Ti. People who lived during the Shang Dynasty also believed that their ancestors – their parents and grandparents – became like gods when they died, and that their ancestors wanted to be worshipped too, like gods. Each family worshipped their own ancestors…”