试论乐安流坑祠堂祭祖风俗中的宗法问题

Discussing the Problems of Clan Law in Folk Customs of Offering Sacrifices to Ancestors at Ancestral Temple in Liukeng Village of JiangXi Provi nce

祭祀祖先是中国古代社会的一种民间风俗。江西乐安流坑村是江南地区具有代表性的聚族而居的封建宗族组织,保存了较为完整的祠堂祭祀习俗和历史文化遗迹。流坑的祠堂祭祖分为季祭、节祭和生辰忌日祭等。这些祭祀活动体现了中国古代社会敬宗收族的宗法思想以及政权与族权相结合的宗法特征,对巩固家族组织和宗族制度起到了一定的促进作用。

Offering sacrifices t o an cestors is a folk custom in ancient China. Liukeng village in Jiangxi province i s a typical organization of feudal clan, where plenty of integrated customs of w orshiping ancestors in ancestral temple and relics of history and culture are re served. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to ancestors in Liukeng village can be held for season, festival and the anniversary of the birth and death. These a ctivities not only represent the thoughts of respecting ancestors and managing f amily members, but also embody the feature of combining political power with cla n power, which promoted the consolidation and development of clan organization a nd system.