Confucius once said,No one can be independent without knowing some rites. By interpreting Rite in Confucianism,the paper introduces the sources,development of Rite,underpinning the crucial status and significance of Rite of Confucianism in Chinese traditional culture,particularly in Confucianism.In form,Rite is the extal expression of a persons intal quality.In essence,Rite bears various features,like political function of differing social classes,spiritual values in promoting harmony in human society,moral quality in respect and polite declining,humane features of benevolence,and intal quality and extemal expressions of plainness and rhetoric.In value,rite contributes to both the construction of socialist core value system and every aspect of moral promotion in modem China.