Sacrifice is a very important ceremony of the ancients. Why did the ancients attach so much importance to sacrifice?

Sacrifice is one of the most artistic and imaginative activities in human activities. Since the primitive society, sacrifice has become a symbol of human beings entering a civilized society, and several phenomena of "ancestor worship" and "nature worship" abound. Because of the low productivity of the ancients, they were helpless in the face of ignorance and unknown threats. Then you need a spiritual guide. I hope he can bring himself rules to deal with the world and the unknown, and make sacrifices to get spiritual satisfaction. This is the most important feature of human culture and civilization!

China people pay attention to sacrifice for a long time. Under the influence of Confucianism, our "sacrifice" is more important than our "sacrificed ancestors". If the ancients were due to demand, then modern people are cultural inheritance. As a traditional custom, sacrifice has profound spiritual and cultural connotation, so it is combined with experience and passed down from generation to generation.

The ancients believed that sacrifice was the peak of national war and death! In ancient times, only some families with status had the right to sacrifice. It was not until the Han Dynasty that civilians could offer sacrifices to ancestors and gods. There are three kinds of sacrifices made by ancient people: one is to worship the god of heaven and earth. Used to express reverence and piety for the gods in the sky and bless them. The place of worship is called the community.

Ancestor offering sacrifices to ancestral temples is used to inherit family culture and etiquette, strengthen family lineage, maintain cohesion, resist tribal effectiveness, and also means begging ancestors for blessing. The place where ancestors sacrificed themselves was called the ancestral temple. The third is to offer sacrifices to strangers who have contributed to the family, express gratitude to the deceased and encourage new immigrants, mainly as role models. A foreigner with outstanding achievements is called Tang Ming.

The Zhou Dynasty adopted the policy of "dividing the relatives and seizing the princes' week", and divided the ancestors into clans, and the vassal States played a role in the royal family. How can Zhou guarantee them? Through the ceremony, the concept of "we are all Zhou people and we are all human beings" was maintained, and the same customs were maintained, serving the central dynasty through ancestor worship and maintaining identity.