Marriage customs during the Qing Dynasty, marriage system in the Qing Dynasty

During the Qing Dynasty shed, people's marriage needed to have financial resources, and it was also the Ming media to transport jujube and quietly marry eight sedan chairs, and it was necessary to kneel three parents, step on the brazier, and go through the church.

The people of the Qing Dynasty paid attention to the three books and six ceremonies, including the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony, the letter of greeting, the letter of acceptance, the name of the question, the naji, the recruitment, the invitation, and the welcome.

The man needs to go to the woman's house to propose, ask the woman's birthday, Lu quietly ask the woman's name, send the dowry to the woman's house, give some gifts, calculate the wedding day, and the groom will go to Yingshan to pick up the bride.

The marriage and family system in the Western Zhou Dynasty was relatively complete, and the basic principles of marriage formed in the Western Zhou Dynasty had a profound impact on the marriage system of various dynasties in the feudal society for thousands of years. Later, through the Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, a unique marriage system influenced by Confucianism was formed.

The marriage system in ancient China had the following basic principles: monogamy, non-marriage with the same surname, the words of the matchmaker by the parents, and the regulation of the marriageable age.

The basic principles of the institution of marriage.

a) Monogamy.

Because the ancient marriage system in China was deeply influenced by the patriarchal system when it was formed, it was not like the idiom "three wives and four concubines" and the TV series, but strictly implemented monogamy, that is, a man could only have one wife, because the patriarchal system attaches great importance to the difference between the concubines and the concubines.

If there is no distinction between the descendants and the concubines, the principle of the eldest son inheriting the clan and the title cannot be maintained, which will inevitably lead to the chaos of the entire patriarchal law. However, in China's thousands of years of monogamy, polygamy was retained and developed in the form of wives and concubines of different titles, with the aim of establishing the supreme and inferior status of wives and concubines within the family and maintaining family order. Therefore, to be precise, monogamy should be monogamous and polygamous in ancient China.

2) Not married with the same surname.

In order to standardize the orderly inheritance of blood patriarchy, the principle of not marrying with the same surname is not to marry a woman with the same surname, in addition to strengthening the family power, there is also a very important reason for family ethics. At that time, people believed that a woman with the same surname was also passed on to the remains of their ancestors, and marrying a woman with the same surname as a wife was a blasphemy against their ancestors, so marrying a woman with the same surname as a wife was contrary to human ethics and the practice of being like a beast, and it was contrary to filial piety and patriarchal law, so it should be banned.

3) The order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.

Zhou Li stipulates that men do not kiss and women do not kiss, and generally the man takes the initiative to ask the matchmaker to propose. Mencius also pointed out: If you don't wait for your parents' orders, the words of the matchmaker, you can peep at each other through the gaps, and follow each other over the wall, then your parents and people are cheap.

Marriage without the orders of the parents and without matchmaking is not recognized by the society, and the woman's status can only be compared to that of a concubine. The order of parents and the words of the matchmaker are the prerequisites for the establishment of the marriage relationship, reflecting the values of the patriarchal system and arranged marriages in ancient society, and this concept still has a great influence in our country.

4) Provisions on the age of marriage.

Historical records. Pre-Qin Order: Men marry at thirty, and women marry at twenty;

Warring States Qi Huan Public Order: 30 males, 15 females;

Gou Jian Order, King of Yue in the Warring States Period: 20 males, 17 females;

Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty: Female fifteen;

Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty: Female seventeen.

Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty: fifteen males, thirteen females;

Tang Taizong's Zhenguan Order: 20 males, 15 females;

Tang Xuanzong's Kaiyuan Order: 15 males, 13 females;

Song Renzong's Heavenly Sacred Order: 15 males, thirteen females;

Song Ning Zongjia decreed: 16 males, 14 females;

Song Sima Guang's "Shuyi": 16 males, 14 females;

Ming Taizu Hongwu Ling: 16 males, 14 females;

Qing Dynasty "Great Qing Tongli": 16 males, 14 females.

During the Qing Dynasty, it was not monogamous like we have now, it was polygamy at that time.

The marriage system of the Qing Dynasty, the marriage system of the Qing Dynasty. Polygamous system.

The Qing Dynasty wedding process includes:

1.Opening. 2.Newcomers enter the flower hall.

3.Worship heaven and earth.

4.Parents enter the wedding hall.

5.Worship the high church.

6.Husbands and wives worship each other.

6.Remove the hijab.

7.Continue the incense.

7.Parents speak.

9.Wine.

10.Knotting.

11.Fruit of Happiness.

12.Exit.