The Western Zhou Dynasty Ancestor Worship Ritual And Contemporary Significance

The western zhou dynasty ancestor worship is mature and very developed, the periodof the pre-qin period of many books have to offer a ritual related problems have detailedrecords, senior scholar of ancestor worship ritual and its very close the ancestor worshipdiscussed in depth the achievement of the research also more abundant. But the ancestorworship and gift for the combination of research is some scarce, this paper tries to bothand ancestor worship ritual of, in-depth studies of the western zhou dynasty to offer theritual features, forms, social function and realistic meaning for comprehensive research.In addition to the introduction of ancestor worship ceremony of the research presentsituation and content the paper describes outside, this article is divided into four parts.The first part, the ceremony for the root causes of the ancestor worship problems isanalyzed. Ancestor worship is different from the western zhou dynasty emphasizes thechanging characteristics of the shang dynasty, through discussing the zhou dynasty godworship for longevity, ancestors; the main content of the ferro, shows that the westernzhou dynasty of ancestor worship religious properties, and the western zhou dynastyand ancestor worship object and ancestor worship ritual deep purpose further discussesthe western zhou dynasty political function of ancestor worship and ethical function.The second part, combined with some of the classic about the title and offer the ritesof zhou, the ceremonies.from of ancient and contemporary scholars such as the researchresults of the western zhou dynasty ancestor-worship celebration of noble analysis, adetailed explanation of the western zhou dynasty, the types of noble ancestor-worshipcelebration ceremony for the preparation, to the ceremony of all the process afterdrinking. From multifarious ceremony it serves to show in the late zhou ancestors valuedegree, also showed the ancestor worship in the zhou dynasty has increased to a kind ofimportant etiquette.The third part, combined with the western zhou dynasty the ancestor-worshipcelebration ceremony for the process analysis in the western zhou dynasty reflected thepatriarchal thought and the idea behind the worship their ancestors and level filial pietyvirtue ideas. It will be clear to consolidate the western zhou dynasty to offer a ritualregime, strengthen the patriarchal hierarchy, maintenance aristocrat reality function. The fourth part is the modern significance of ancestor worship ceremony in thispaper. On the analysis of the yellow emperor ancestor worship in the ceremonies ofoffering today from the national cohesion, improve the function of the centripetal, forcethe social function of irreplaceable.This article from the western zhou dynasty to offer a ritual of other ancient literatureand reference predecessors’ achievements, miniature analyses of the western zhoudynasty to offer a week of ritual and religious thoughts, ideas and filial piety virtueideological level and the practical significance of ancestor worship ceremony, in hopesof western zhou ritual for the study of a deepening role.