摘 要 “燕尾脊”独特的样式及装饰手法使得工匠往往在建造时十分讲究,通过精雕细琢的装饰技艺,赋予其丰富的人文内涵。目前以“燕尾脊”为主题的相关研究,主要将其作为一个整体,以 “燕尾脊”的构造、美学装饰、教育角度对其主要特征进行系统的剖析,但“燕尾脊”在闽南民居、官宅、宗祠等不同环境中应用的装饰形式各异,而学界对不同形式的“燕尾脊”应用研究较为薄弱。文章选择蔡氏家庙为研究闽南宗祠建筑“燕尾脊”装饰的切入点,通过实地走访研究与文献研究两种研究方式,从历史背景、地域特征等不同角度出发,以人文及美学角度研究“燕尾脊”,对其进行系统阐释,为日后相关研究抛砖引玉。关键词:燕尾脊;造型;装饰艺术IAbstractBecause of the unique style and decoration technique of "swallow tail ridge", craftsmen often pay attention to it when they build it, and endow it with rich humanistic connotation through elaborate decoration techniques. At present, "Yanwei ridge" as the theme of the relevant research, mainly as a whole, to "Yanwei ridge" structure, aesthetic decoration, education point of view of its main characteristics of a systematic analysis, but "Yanwei ridge" in Minnan residential, official residence, ancestral temple and other different environments in the application of different forms of "Yanwei ridge" application research is relatively weak. This paper chooses Cai's family temple as the starting point to study the decoration of "Yanwei ridge" of ancestral temple in South Fujian. Through two research methods of field visit and literature research, starting from different perspectives of historical background and regional characteristics, it studies "Yanwei ridge" from the perspective of Humanities and aesthetics, and makes a systematic interpretation of it, so as to provide valuable references for future research.Key words: dovetail ridge; modeling; decorative art目 录引 言...............................................