整理/劉昶榮 制圖/李晗

祭禮

　　祭祀之禮，是人倫生活中的一項重要禮儀。人們通過“祭禮”表達(dá)對受祭對象的敬重或畏懼，并希望受祭對象認(rèn)可自身的言行，從而獲得其護(hù)佑并享有其賜予的福祿?！凹蓝Y”對祭祀者及相應(yīng)儀節(jié)的規(guī)定，也彰顯著祭祀者在人倫生活中的身份與地位。當(dāng)代社會仍然保留著一些祭祀活動，但其儀式與意義都發(fā)生了顯著的變化。

Sacrificial Ceremony

　　The sacrificial ceremony is one of the major rituals in the life of the Chinese. By holding a sacrificial ceremony for such things or ancestors, people showed their respect and awe for them, which they hoped would protect and give blessings to themselves. The rites observed during the sacrificial ceremony reflected the social status of ceremony participants. Sacrificial ceremonies are still conducted today, but both the way they are conducted and their significance have greatly changed.

引例

　　夫祭者，非物自外至者也，自中出生于心也，心怵而奉之以禮。是故唯賢者能盡祭之義。（《禮記·祭統(tǒng)》）（祭禮，不是外在的事物使人如此行禮，而是自內(nèi)生發(fā)于心，心有敬畏而以禮祭祀。因此只有賢德的人才能充分把握祭禮的意義。）

　　Offering sacrifice is not something compelled by external factors; rather, it is driven by one's inner emotion. It is reverence that makes a person to offer sacrifice. Thus, only a man of virtue fully understands the significance of a sacrificial ceremony. (The Book of Rites)