地理學中有關空間的論述已面臨了困境。本文試圖將空間轉向時間的探索，並將 時間當作一種文化的建構來加以審視，並且在福佬人傳統大厝宅的祭儀活動脈絡中，描述過 日子╱世代生成時間經驗的類似性與差異性，及其社會政治中的含意。這意識著關注的焦點 在於時間如何在「公╱媽」祭儀活動脈絡文化中被建構，及其符徵化脈絡中的概念、含意， 及情感的內在世界理解，並闡明祭儀的活動脈絡中所包含著不同但相關的時間經驗。

　　　　　Due to spatial interpretation in geography is faced with various dilemmas, this paper attempt sets out to divert common geographical interpretation into a temporal one. Using time as a notion to reconstruct cultural/religious activities in daily life, this paper claims that socio-political connotations are inherent in these activities. Ancestral worship rituals carried out in traditional vernacular houses by Fu-lao pepole represent a way of connection the past and the present. The connection in turn manifests the similarities and differences of perceiving time among generations.