In old-style Chinese families, in the central room of the house there would usually hang a long scroll inscribed: "Heaven, Earth, Monarch, Parents, Teacher," with incense smoldering in a burner in front of it. The reverence which this expressed needs no further explanation.
在舊式的中國家庭裡，廳堂正央往往高懸著「天地君親師」的長褂，褂前一爐香，恭奉之意不待言表。