Altan's Genos Analysis
In his analysis of Genos, Altan gives great importance on how the rules are linked with their specific ordinances, rituals, celebrations and festivities in honor of the dead. Traditionally in Taiwan death is not considered the terminal moment of a person life, but throughout specific rituals of passage, it is a way to get a different status, the status of ancestors (Lazzarotti 2014:108)1. As we already mentioned, ancestors – as well as ghosts – still share the same living space of their descends. This fact added to the series of Confucian precepts related to the concept of filial piety or 孝xiao leaded Chinese people to the creation of elaborated and important rituals. The goal of these rituals in fact ties together the idea of strengthening