The Ceremony of Clan Ancestor Worship by Yi Ethnic Group and Its Cultural Connotation

The grand ceremony of clan ancestor worship of Yi ethnic group is both the most worship activity of releasing the souls of the ancestors from purgatory and the grand ceremony of clan agora in the ancient Yi clan system.It embodied the ancient social life of Yi society and deeply influenced the social history and traditional culture of the Yi ethnic group.In the ceremony of the organizing form of the ancestor worship and other relative ceremony,rich cultural connotation was contained and had important academic value.