As a unique form of human ritual activities,military rituals have rich ideological and educational connotations and definite value-oriented functions.Army ceremony is an effective carrier of ideological and political education in the army.Strict and standardized ceremony procedures and activities subtly educate and guide officers and soldiers’ behaviors,which plays an important role in enhancing officers and soldiers’ sense of honor and military professional identity,shaping the spirit of the army,and improving the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the army.The ideological and political education function of military ritual is the most important aspect of its function.The ideological and political education function of military rituals is mainly reflected in the following aspects:through military rituals,officers and soldiers can effectively stimulate their professional identity,cultivate their courage and determination,broaden their diversified thinking,and regulate their daily behaviors.The ideological and political education function of military ritual is realized through the driving mechanism of officers and men’s psychological needs,the catalytic mechanism of emotion and the mechanism of behavior realization.In order to give full play to the ideological and political education function of military rituals,we must optimize its realization path and set up scenarios for officers and soldiers to enter into ritual situations.To sublimate the officers and men’s inner conviction by the emotion person;Let officers and soldiers develop a strong character of faith to guide their daily behavior.Military service in the army in the ideological and political education work has played an important positive role,but also facing the military ceremony system itself is not perfect,there is lack of awareness of ideological and political education function of military ceremony,emphasize the form of ritual,ignore the essence of rites,military ceremony functions of evaluation system is not sound and so on.Therefore,it is necessary to strengthen the understanding and development of the function of ideological and political education of military ceremony,constantly improve the way to achieve the function of ideological and political education of military ceremony,and establish and improve the system and mechanism conducive to the function of ideological and political education of military ceremony. |