法社会学视野下的满族祭祖活动

Ancestor Worship Ceremony of Manchu People in the Perspective of Legal Sociology

满族素有龙虎年修谱祭祖之俗,这一民俗活动承载着重要的满族文化意涵。考察九台莽卡满族乡关氏、杨氏、佟氏等满族世家壬辰龙年祭祖修谱活动,体现出这一民俗活动具有的规范族人行为、凝聚家族关系、实现道德教化和增强民族认同的社会功能,其仪式的历史演化也具有一定启示意义。

The ceremony of revising pedigree and ancestor worshiping during the Spring Festival of the years of the dragon and the tiger is an important traditional custom of Manchu people. The Manchu families of Guan, Yang and Tong who lived in Mangka Manchu Village of Jiutai held the ceremony in 2012, the year of the dragon. The ceremony has social functions of defining behavior, promoting kinship, encouraging morality and strengthening the identity of Manchu people. The historical evolution of the ceremony is also of important enlightenments.