一、“祭祀圈”研究概述“祭祀圈”是日本和台湾学者研究台湾汉族乡村社会时常用的概念,专指一个以主祭神为中心,共同举行祭祀活动的居民所属的地域单位。最早使用这一概念来研究台湾乡村社会的是日人冈田谦,1938年他在11《台湾北部村落的祭祀圈》一文中指出,要了解台湾村落的地域团体或宗族团体,必须从祭祀圈问题入手①。他的另一篇文章《村落与宗族——台湾 I. Overview of “Sacrificial Circle” Research “Sacrificial Circle” is a concept commonly used by Japanese and Taiwanese scholars in studying the rural community in Taiwan Han. It refers specifically to a geographical unit to which residents of the festival who worship the main god are sacrificed. The earliest use of this concept to study Taiwanese rural society is Japan’s Okada. In 1938, he pointed out in his article “Ritual Circle in a Village in the North of Taiwan” that in order to understand the local groups or clan groups in Taiwan’s villages, The problem to start ①. His other article, "Villages and Clans - Taiwan