Han Royal Ancestors Textual

In the Han Dynasties, people emphasized filial piety. Fete progenitor mixed by ancestral worship and worship their ancestors, which took an important position in the worship activity and the culture of filial piety. To be the reflecting of fete progenitor, temple system and tomb system are in a change period, which lead the sacrificial active was changed with them. Compared with ancestral temple system and mausoleum system of the Han Dynasty, this article tries to explain and analyze its sacrificial activities and developments.In the incipient stage of Western Han Dynasty, the ancestral temple was orderless and had no system. ancestral temple didn't distinguished identity Grade. Based on the social institutions reformation in later period of the Western Han Dynasty,The Eastern Han Dynasty formulated the "Seven Temples System"and "Tong Tang Yi Shi", which lead future generations to follow. On the mausoleum, the Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor empress had the same grave, which was different from the western Han Dynasty. The status of Eastern Han tomb worship raised, appeared new pattern which named "Ling Chong Miao Sha". The ancestor worship ancestor worship culture in the composition of the content dropped, respect their progenitor. This situation was connected with the kind of situation, historical background, social values, ideology and culture closely.