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The Study Of The Wedding In Zhou Dynasty

Posted on:2007-08-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y N GuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360185958556Subject:Special History
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The marriage is a foundation of the family, and a major issue in life. As to the discussion of the marriage problem, been extremely concerned by domestic and international scholars all the time , it is a prolonged subject for research. But while studying this problem, the scholars mainly lay particular emphasis on marriage system and marriage custom, lack the in-depth analysis of the wedding ceremony. The ceremony is the carriers of the social culture, including the abundant content in respects about the era such as social life, ideology and culture ,etc. So the study on ceremony facilitates our further knowing people's social life at that time, understands family transformation of role under member, and asserts regulation , reformation of social relationships. This text analyzes the true colour, cultural meaning and social function of the wedding ceremony in Zhou dynasty, exploring the state of development, marriage culture , social morals of the marriage custom of Zhou dynasty.The thesis is divided into four parts:Part one is a preface. This chapter reviews the study on current situation of marriage problem, points out advantage and problems stored in that forefathers study, proposes the thinking of research herein. And this chapter proves "six ceremony" time, concluded that "six ceremony" has already stored in Zhou dynasty.Part two is a subject part of the article. It includes chapter two, chapter three , chapter four, chapter five, chapter six. This part mainly analyzes every cultural factor in the wedding of Zhou dynasty. Chapter two discusses the new and old marriage customs in the wedding in Zhou dynasty. It not only include the old marriage of old customs in the wedding ceremony, but also the characterized marriage system of Zhou dynasty, such as marriage by visit and parallel cousin marriage. Chapter three discusses the faith idea in the wedding of Zhou dynasty. In the wedding of Zhou dynasty, the ancestor worship idea and wizardry idea were merged each other. The ancestor worship idea has already become the main part of the people's cultural life. Though wizardry has not disappeared , but its historical position has already dropped greatly . Chapter four discusses the economic relation that the wedding of Zhou dynasty reflected . In different case, exchanging has different function. Among Zhou dynasty wedding, mutually beneficial to exchange , help grade split up with to keep interpersonal relationships, economy exchanges facilitates the establishment of the social relationships. In the...
Keywords/Search Tags:Zhou dynasty, Wedding, Social culture
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