Based on this idea, the descendants honor the achievements of the deceased, recall their virtues, and thereafter respectfully worship the soul of the deceased at soreisai (ancestral rites) such as anniversaries, Obon (Buddhist festival of the dead) and spring and autumn equinox.
こうした考え方により、故人の生前の功績を称え、威徳を偲び、その後祖霊祭（年祭やお盆・お彼岸）では、亡くなられた方の御霊（みたま）を子孫は丁重に祀る。