广西北部湾地区客家祖先崇拜探究

A Discussion on the Ancestor Worship of Hakkas in the Beibuwan Areas of Guangxi

广西北部湾地区是客家人的聚居地之一。北部湾地区客家人是传承中华民族崇祖、祭祖礼制的典范,具体通过祠堂、堂号、堂联、祭祖、族谱等方面来体现。北部湾地区客家祖先崇拜具有向心性、兼容性等特点。其现实价值包括:认祖归宗,增强民族凝聚力;耕读传家,形成社会公序良俗;弥补信仰缺失,使人具有精神追求。慎终追远、祖先崇拜,是客家乃至整个中华民族民间信仰的核心,是促使中华民族生生不息的精神源泉。

Beibuwan area in Guangxi is one of inhabited places of the Hakkas,and the Hakkas in the area still hold the Chinese tradition of ancestor worship which is revealed in such aspects of daily as ancestral temple,nomination of the house,couplets of the house,ancestor worship ceremony,family archives,etc. the ancestor worship in the area bears the characteristics of centrality and compatibility and its significance at presents can help people find their origin,strengthen nation cohesion,pass the family spiritual heritage to the next generation,form the harmonious social order,make up absence of belief,and find the spiritual target. Thinking carefully on their original intention before making decision and ancestor worship is not only the core of the folk belief in both Hakkas and Chinese people but also their spiritual resources from generation to generation.