请家堂,是在鲁中南山区(蒙阴、新泰、莱芜、沂水、沂南等县为主)广大农村颇为风行的一种祭祀习俗。“家堂”是“家中高堂”的简称。“堂”本来特指内堂,因而常被作为母亲的代称,如萱堂、令堂、高堂等等;在这里,用来泛指各代祖宗,想必是由“高堂父母”的意义引申而来。每代祖宗,相对下一代来说,当然都是“高堂”,所以“家堂”也就成了各代高堂,泛指各代祖宗了。谓父母为高堂,在我国由来已久,初唐陈子昂曾有“委别高堂爱,窥覦明主恩”(《陈伯玉集·宿空舲峡青树浦》)之吟唱,李白也曾有“抱 Please Jiatang, Lu mountain in central and southern regions (Mengyin, Xintai, Laiwu, Yishui, Yinan counties mainly) vast rural areas quite popular as a sacrificial custom. “Jia Tang” is “short for Home High School”. “Church” originally refers to the inner hall and is therefore commonly referred to as the mother’s generation, such as Xuan Tang, Ling Tang, Gaotang, etc. It is here used to refer to the ancestors of all generations and must be derived from the meaning of “Gaotang parents” . Each generation of ancestors, of course, is the “high court” relative to the next generation. Therefore, “jiaotang” has also become the high court of every generation, referring to the ancestors of all generations. That parenthood is high Church, a long time in our country, early Tang Chen Zi had “chanting love, glimpse of the Ming grace” (“Chen Bo Yu Ji Suqian Qingshu Pu”) singing, Li Bai also had " hold