中国传统上是一个“礼俗”社会,法律不可能成为解决所有纠纷的规范依据。因此,人民法院在审判实践中不应忽视法律以外的规则(如蕴含着道德、情理的民俗习惯),这些规则有时会成为解决纠纷、化解矛盾并实现社会和谐的“一剂良药”。本文通过对案例以及审判经验做法的剖析,重点论述了民俗习惯对于当前司法实践的重要价值以及司法适用的可能性。 China is traditionally a “ritual” society, and the law can not be the norm for resolving all disputes. Therefore, people’s courts should not neglect rules other than law (such as moral and moral customs). These rules sometimes become “a good medicine” for settling disputes, resolving conflicts and achieving social harmony. Through the analysis of the case and trial experience, this article focuses on the important value of folk custom to current judicial practice and the possibility of judicial application.