In the Han dynasty ,people changed the place where they worshipped their ancestors from the ancestral temples to the tombs .They built memorial halls ,erected tombstones ,planted trees , and held periodical activities such as tomb sweeping and sacrifice ,which made tomb sacrifice the main form of worships . The tombs and sacrifices were well equipped , and the rites were complicated .It is a distinctive form of ancestor worship ,which is different from those of both the earlier and the later generations .On one hand ,it strengthens the clansman consciousness and the cohesion of ancestral kinship;on the other hand ,it leads to the emphasis on the form of worship in the Han Dynasty ,w hich makes the custom of lavish funeral in the Han dynasty distinctive in ancient China .%在汉代，人们对祖先的祭祀由宗庙移至坟墓之前，并修祠、立碑、植树，定期进行洒扫、祭拜等活动，使墓祀成为祭祖的主要方式。这是一种既有别于前代又不同于后代的独具特色的祭祖形式，它一方面强化了宗族意识，提高了宗法血缘关系的凝聚力；另一方面，它又导致汉代的祭礼十分注重外在形式，使汉代社会的厚葬之俗在古代中国独树一帜。
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