祭祀仪式活动中村落关系的构建与变迁——以湖北省仙桃市西流河镇罐子湾为例

The Construction and Change of Village Relationship in the Sacrificial Ceremony——A Case Study of Guanziwan Village in Xiantao of Hubei

祭祀仪式作为一种伴随着人们生产生活而产生的文化现象,是村民精神生活的重要组成部分,也是维系村落居民关系的重要纽带。湖北省仙桃市西流河镇罐子湾的祭祀仪式可分为祖先祭祀仪式和神灵祭祀仪式。这些祭祀仪式体现了罐子湾的村民关系通过集体祭祀、物品互赠、村落互助得以构建。时代变迁中祭祀仪式的转变对村民关系产生的影响,表明祭祀仪式依然是村落关系构建的重要方式之一。

As a cultural phenomenon accompanied by people’s production and life,the sacrificial ceremony is an important part of villagers’spiritual life and an important link to maintain the relationship between villagers.The sacrificial ceremonies of Guanziwan village in Xiantao city,Hubei Province can be divided into ancestor sacrificial ceremonies and spiritual sacrificial ceremonies.These ceremonies reflect the villagers’relationship in the village through the collective sacrificial rites,mutual gift of goods and mutual assistance of the villages.The change of sacrificial rites in the vicissitudes of the times has an impact on the relationship between villagers,which shows that the sacrificial rites are still one of the important ways to build the relationship between villages.