本文通过对儒家尊崇的礼所经过的三个历史文化阶段——巫觋文化、祭祀文化和礼乐文化的探究,从而证实礼乐文化性质发生了重大转变,由自然性作用转而成为统治者工具的社会性作用。并从文化学的角度探讨礼的发展衍变,由此阐释礼文化——中国儒家文化思想体系中的这个重要组成部分。 Through the investigation of the three historical and cultural stages of the Confucian worship, the Wu Culture, the sacrificial culture and the ritual music culture, this paper proves that the nature of the ritual music and music has undergone a major transformation from the natural role to the ruler The social role of tools. From the perspective of culture, this paper explores the evolution of the courtesy of etiquette, and thus explains the etiquette culture - an important part of Confucian culture and ideology in China.