仪式除了具备影响社群的组织与运行的社会功能外,还与生态联系紧密,相互依存,在不同民族的仪式实践中,可以看出虽身处不同地域,具有不同的祭祀对象,但却普遍存在着对自然的崇拜以及为保护自然而需遵守的禁忌,展示了他们没有把自然视为异己的、需要征服的对象,而是将其作为与自己和平共处、甚至造福于己的神灵的生态智慧,如中国自古就有的社祭、彝族阿细人的密祭摩仪式、藏族的祭海仪式。不论是农耕民族、还是山地民族,或是草原民族,都会在仪式中展现其生态智慧,表达人们与生态的亲和关系。
Rituals have the functions of affecting the organization and operation of a community and are closely related to ecology. Dif- ferent ethnic groups live in different places and have different rituals. Though they have different sacrificial objects, they share a com- mon worship of nature and follow some taboos for protecting nature, which reveals that they do not want to conquer nature but worship nature as an ecological being that blesses them and a good partner for mutual survival. The age - old community sacrificial ritual in Chi- na, the Fire Worship of Axi branch of the Yi nationality, the Sea Sacrificial Ritual of the Tibetans as well as other rituals of different ethnic groups embody their eco -wisdom and harmony between man and nature.