中国古代的社会管理不仅依靠政治、法律,也注重发挥德礼教化的功能。乡饮酒礼作为对民众进行教化的重要方式,源于西周,此后世代相传、生生不息。清朝虽是少数民族政权,却继承发展了乡饮酒礼,并对其程序、作用等进行了明确规定。同时,清朝统治者极为重视官员在乡饮酒礼中发挥的作用,明确规定官员在此活动中的职责。乡饮酒礼不仅是一种礼仪活动,也是清政府对民众进行德礼教化、实现社会控制的重要方式,具有显著的政治法律功能。 Ancient Chinese social management not only rely on politics, law, but also pay attention to the function of moral education. Township drinking ceremony as an important way to teach civilizations from the Western Zhou Dynasty, from generation to generation, endless. Although the Qing Dynasty was a minority political power, it inherited and developed the rural drinking ceremony and clearly stipulated its procedures and functions. At the same time, the ruler of the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the role officials played in the drinking banquet in rural areas and clearly stipulated the officials’ responsibilities in this activity. Township drinking ceremony is not only a ceremonial activity, but also an important way for the Qing government to moralize and control the public to achieve social control. It has significant political and legal functions.