先秦两汉时期的社祭活动,存在着官方和民间两个系统。在西周时期,社祭活动由官方主导,既是一种重要的国家宗教礼制,也是维护贵族统治的有力工具,民间的社祭活动要受到官方的制约。自春秋以后,社会结构发生了深刻的变革,官方对社祭的控制力减弱,而民间社祭活动却不断发展,社祭的政治性和宗教性逐渐淡化,社会性和娱乐性日益增强。到了汉代,社祭成为盛大的民间娱乐活动,实现了从国家礼制到民间节庆的演变。 Pre-Qin and Han dynasties community festival activities, there are two official and civil systems. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the festival was officially led by the government. It was both an important state ritual and a powerful tool for maintaining the rule of aristocracy. The activities of folk sacrifices were subject to official restrictions. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, profound changes have taken place in the social structure. The official control over the sacrificial ceremonies has weakened. However, the activities of the non-governmental sacrificial ceremonies have been constantly developed. The political and religious sacrifices of the ceremonial ceremonies have been gradually diminished and their sociality and entertainment have been increasingly enhanced. In the Han Dynasty, the community sacrifice became a grand folk entertainment activity and realized the evolution from the national ceremony to the folk festivals.