礼是中国传统文化的核心,也是中国古代最基本的社会现象。礼渗透于古代中国的方方面面。礼从最初的祭祀宗教活动上升为国家意识形态,以礼为基础建构了中国古代社会政治制度、法律制度等,既是具有控制国家机器的有效力量,又是人们评判行为规范、是非的标准。 Ceremony is the core of Chinese traditional culture and the most basic social phenomenon in ancient China. Ceremony permeated all aspects of ancient China. Rituals rose from initial ritual religious activities to state ideology. Based on the ceremony, the ancient Chinese social and political systems and legal systems were constructed. They not only have the effective force of controlling state machines, but also the standards of people’s judging norms of behavior and right and wrong.