中国人对先人的祭祀是道德信仰,是表达情感的诗意之举,是发自个体情感的感恩与缅怀。冯友兰曾说:“行祭礼并不是因为鬼神真正存在,只是祭祖先的人出于孝敬祖先的感情,所以礼的意义是诗的,不是宗教的。”而对神灵的迎来送往,剔除其中迷信的成分,我们能体会到中国人在农耕文化背景下特有的心理和性格。 Chinese sacrifices to ancestors are moral beliefs, poetic acts to express emotions, and gratitude and memories from individual emotions. Feng Youlan once said: “The ritual sacrifice is not because the spirits really exist, but the ancestors who sacrificed their ancestors’ affections, so the meaning of ritual is poetic, not religious.” Excluding the elements of superstition, we can understand the unique psychology and personality of Chinese people in the context of farming culture.