宗祠祭禮是傳統宗族深化血緣認同、維護生活秩序的重要儀式。從先秦《儀禮》的士人祭禮模式初創,到宋明宗族對《家禮》祭禮的繼承、變革實踐,女性在宗祠祭禮中的角色由居于核心地位的主婦逐步被邊緣化為專司祭品的廚娘。女性祭祀角色的歷史變遷表明歲時祠祭的舉行是對宗族生活中性別秩序與倫常關系的維護與強化。

Ancestor worship ritual in ancestral hall is an important ritual for traditional clan to deepen its blood identity and maintain living order.From the startup of the gentry’s worship ritual model of Yi Li(the Book of Etiquette and Ceremonials)in pre-Qin Dynasty to the inheritance and changing practice in Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty to Jia Li(Family Ritual),women’s role in the ancestor worship ritual is marginalized from housewives in a core position to kitchen maids for preparing the sacrifices.The historical changes of women’s sacrificial role indicate that the seasonal holding of ancestor worship ritual in ancestral hall is the maintenance and strengthening of the gender order and the feudal ethics in clan life.