民间神道是日本民族的固有信仰,是日本民族文化的重要组成部分,但目前中国学界对日本民间神道的研究并不多。祭祀是日本民间神道的直接表现形式,包含了禁忌和祭典两个阶段,内含祭日、神地、祭司、神事、神供五大要素,其本质是一种信仰,它维系着日本民族在历史维度和社会维度的一体感,在历史和现实中建构了日本民族的文化身份。 Folk Shinto is the inherent belief of Japanese nation and an important part of Japanese national culture. However, there is not much research on Japanese folk shinto in Chinese academia at present. Sacrifice is a direct manifestation of Japanese folk Shinto. It contains taboo and festival two stages, including the five elements of offering the sun, the earth, the priesthood, the divine thing and the God. Its essence is a kind of faith, which maintains the Japanese nation in the historical dimension And the social dimension of the sense of unity in history and reality to build the Japanese nation’s cultural identity.