The Analysis Of Chinese Traditional Festivals And Ancestor Worship

The theme of traditional Chinese festivals is very rich.Ancestor worship is one of its major themes.The formation of this theme has something to do with sacrificial rites,myths and legends,historical figures and neighboring festivals.Ancestor worship in traditional festivals is mainly manifested in various festival ancestors,colorful sacrificial rituals,and varied belief concepts.As a common belief factor in traditional festivals,ancestor worship is an important internal motivation for promoting the inheritance of festivals.This article is divided into three parts: introduction,text and conclusion.The introduction of the contents of four points:(1)reasons for the title(1)research methods,meaning and innovation academic history review definit(3)(3)ion of concepts.The text is divided into five chapters,the chapters are as follows:The first chapter analyzes the formation of ancestor worship in traditional festivals.First,some festivals originated in ancestors,such as the Spring Festival and the wax festival,July and autumn festival,Chung Yeung Festival and the September festival.Second,the myths and legends of the embedding,such as the Lunar New Year animal legend,the Tomb Sweeping Festival Gao Lian legend,the Bon festival will save his mother's legend,the Chung Yeung Festival of the Yellow Emperor festival legend.Third,the attachment of historical figures,such as Zhuge Liang,the impact of meson on the Ching Ming Festival,Wu Zixu,Qu Yuan,etc.on the impact of the Dragon Boat Festival.Fourth,the merger with the neighboring festivals to Ching Ming Festival,for example,Ching Ming Festival ancestors is the result of the merger with the previous section of Soba,Cold Food Festival.The second chapter lists the objects of ancestor worship in the festivals of different ages.Can be divided into worship of ancestors and worship of ancestors,worship ancestors,including the ancestor of the earth,tribal ancestor,the ancestor of the nation;worship of ancestors,including the ancestor of the ancestor,the ancestor of the family,celebrities and other celebrities,showing both income and focus on coexistence Features.The third chapter discusses the concept of ancestor worship in traditional festivals.Soul immortality is the basic concept of ancestor worship,with the development of society,gradually extended the concept of farming,newspaper anti-concept,concept of patriarchal.Sense of immortality has two major characteristics: immortality and supernatural;newspaper anti-beginning not only reflect the idea of the future generations of children and ancestors happy mentality,but also the gratitude of ancestral blessing needs;,The deeper reason is because the ancestors are the inheritance of agricultural experience;the concept of clan is the product of patriarchal society.The forth chapter discusses the manifestations of ancestor worship in traditional festivals.According to the different sacrificial sites,it can be divided into five types: sacrificial offering,sacrificial offerings,sacrificial offerings for sacrificial offering,sacrificial offering for sacrificial offering,sacrificial offering for sacrificial offering,sacrificial offering for sacrificial offering,sacrificial offering for sacrificing.Home sacrifice to the ancestral portraits as a symbol of worship,offering sacrifices in addition to alcohol,are seasonal fruits and vegetables.The sacrificial offerings are exorcisms,the purpose of which is to exorcise spirits and evil spirits,which coincides with sacrificing ancestors and blessing them.The tomb offering is the most typical of the Tomb Sweeping Festival,and its content can be divided into three parts: repairing the grave and offering sacrifices Sacrificial offerings and hanging burning paper money;Temple Festival that is ancestral hall of sacrifice,in the patriarchal society,temple sacrifice than sacrifice,tomb festival more solemn,with strict hierarchy,complicated ceremony procedures,to the Ming and Qing Dynasties,However,after the Republic of China became diminished gradually,with the reconstruction of the ancestral temple,the sacrificial ceremonies began to rise and diversified in function.The custom of the remote sacrificial offering was not universal,nor was it an official memorial service,only as a supplement to the tomb offering.Sacrificial form as opposed to people's sacrifices.The main object of the public sacrifice is the ancestor of the nation and national hero.The fifth chapter mainly explores the functional significance of ancestor worship in traditional festivals.Strengthen national identity,promote social harmony and promote the festival heritage.Conclusion part summarizes the important point of view of the topic.First,there are many reasons for ancestor worship in festivals.Second,there are many sacrificial objects in traditional festivals,but ancestors is still the main sacrificial object of the festival.Third,the concept of ancestor worship is the inherent motivation to determine the vitality of the festival.Fourth,the festival worship ancestors ancestor worship as an important form of expression.Fifth,ancestor worship has an important functional significance to the tradition of traditional festivals.