Research On The Function Of Ancestor Worship In Rural Culture Construction

Located in the border of Yunnan and Guizhou,FengJia village is under the jurisdiction of LeFeng township in XuanWei city.The population of the village is mainly "Feng".Under the dual influence of UZA rear-guard suo city and JunTun system,the long ethnic integration in XuanWei region was triggered,and the ancestor worship culture of FengJia village was characterized by "multi-source,complexity and variability".As a popular folk belief in FengJia village,ancestor worship is rooted in the soil of animism and permeates the spiritual life of villagers.It continues to ferment in the inheritance field of folk culture,takes the clan as the unit,forms a huge belief system,constructs the framework of the whole village life,and is an important carrier of inheriting and carrying forward the clan spirit.The seventh half of the lunar month is a typical ancestor worship festival in the village.The selected objects of sacrifice are not only the ancestors,but also the people who have made contributions to the village.Under the call of socialist new rural cultural construction,the villagers actively participate in the rural cultural construction and become the advocates and enjoyers of rural cultural construction.On the basis of ancestor worship,they formed "clan membership identity" and "clan cultural identity",which strengthened the cohesion of clan.Under the efforts of both the villagers and the government,the village culture is constructed from the "inner source",so that the villagers can form the concept of "cultural identity" in the "clan culture".Ancestor worship also mobilizes the masses to participate in political life and promotes the construction of rural culture.It also plays an important role in cultivating cultural farmers,and is an important spiritual foundation for realizing the "cultural identity" of villagers and creating village public life space.