Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Ancestor Worshipping Temple, Longmen Buddhist Caves dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Galleries of tao-taos interspersed with the doors to family crypts, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist ceremony at Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Buddhist ceremony at Ancestors' altar, Tu An Buddhist temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

At this burial cliff, condolence signs from past funerals and coffin carriers shaped like traditional Torajan houses are left below the crypts and tao-taos, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A gallery of tao-taos (statues of ancestors) at a cliff gravesite, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Jizo statues and graves at Okunoin of Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, East Asia

Statue of XuXun, the founding Taoist priest of Wanshou Temple from the Jin Dynasty at Wanshou Temple, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China

Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Bodhisattva and Guardian statues, Longmen Buddhist Caves, Ancestor Worshipping Temple dating from the Tang Dynasty, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luoyang, Henan Province, China, Asia

Ancestor statue in the Assembly Hall of the Fujian Chinese Congregation, Hoi An, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Thailand, Ayuthaya, Wat Yai Chai Monghon, Many Bodhisattva statues

Thailand, Ayuthaya, Wat Yai Chai Monghon bodhisattva statues