论宗庙祭祀及其文化特征

本文在对宗庙的规制和宗庙祭礼进行考述的基础上，梳理出历代王朝宗庙祭祀活动的演进状况和变化轨迹，并着重讨论宗庙祭祀的文化本质及特征，指出其产生的依据是祖先崇拜的结果，而祖先崇拜的本质则又是人类生殖崇拜观念的必然反映。同时，文章还揭示了生殖崇拜和祖先崇拜这一中国式的表现形式——宗庙祭祀活动之区别于其他民族的若干文化特征。

Sacrificial Rites in the Ancesters' Temples and Their Cultural Features

Based on researches into the system of ancesters' temples and the sarificial rites,the article traces back to the evolutions and changes in the sacri ficial rites of the Dynasties in history,and discusses the cultural essence and features of sacrificial rites in the Ancesters' Temples.It is pointed iut that sacrificial rite was the result of ancestral worship,which in turn was the inevitable reflection of human reproduction worship.At the same revealed are the cultural features of the Chinese-style manifestation of reproduction worship and ancestral worship-sacrificial rites in the Ancesters' Temple,which were different from those of other nations.