清明祭祖是广东地区活跃至今的宗族仪式活动，每到清明节有成千上万人从全国乃至世界各地回到家乡参与祭祖。广东省广州市番禺区潭山村是广州许氏的祖源地，也是许氏宗族文化的重要发祥地和传承地，其祭祖活动自宋代传承至今。本研究试图结合仪式理论，以广州地区的许氏分支为研究对象，讨论广州许氏家族清明祭祖活动得以持续进行的内在原因、情感内涵，以及祭祖仪式与宗族文化之间的互动关系。

The Qingming Ancestor Ceremony is an active clan ritual in Guangdong, and thousands of people from all over the country and the world return to their hometowns to participate in the ceremony every Qingming Festival. Tanshan Village, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, is the ancestral origin of the Xu Clan in Guangzhou, as well as an important birthplace and inheritance place of the Xu Clan culture, and its ancestor worship has been inherited from the Song Dynasty to the present day. This study attempts to combine ritual theory with the Guangzhou branch of the Xu Clan to discuss the internal reasons for the continuation of the Qingming ancestor worship activities of the Xu Clan in Guangzhou, the emotional connotations, and the interaction between the ancestor worship rituals and the clan culture.