Filial piety is a concept that has been passed down from generation to generation in China for thousands of years. Most Chinese people agree that children should show filial piety to parents and other ...

Her name is Hiem or Rare, which shows that her parents have only her. However, her name also speaks to another fact: it is rare to find someone as courageous as her. She cared for her mother, who ...

Devotion to ones parents was the core value of China’s ancient sage Confucius, although three decades of rapid growth have put families under great strain What makes a good son or daughter? At China’s ...

"I've noticed that Chinese children are very respectful to their parents," I said to my friend Mr. Yang. "That's because we have a strong cultural tradition supporting filial piety. One of the most ...

What makes a good son or daughter? At China’s first museum dedicated to the topic of filial piety, the answer seems to be: almost superhuman levels of devotion and sacrifice. Respect for family elders ...

For 600 years, Chinese children have learned how to respect their parents by reading a set of classic folktales, including one story about a 14-year-old who strangled a tiger to save his father. The ...

Ason warming the bed for his parents on cold winter nights and sleeping bare-chested on summer days to prevent mosquitoes from attacking his parents are examples of stories that extol filial piety in ...

“Of all virtues, filial piety is first.” As this ancient proverb suggests, caring for one’s parents is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Even the current Chinese Constitution states in ...

Filipinos and other Asians like to scoff at the western countries’ nursing homes for the aged, describing them as examples of “western materialism,” institutions where the young “dump” their parents ...