On The Evolution Of The Manchu Marriage Customs

The article refers to the following books: Memoir of Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, History of the Great Jing, Royal Records of the Great Qing, Fengtian History, etc. Part of the article refers to Manchu Marriage Custom, written by Mr. Zhang Jiasheng.This article focuses on the development of Manchu marriage custom.The marriage we talk about in modern time composes two parts, marriage pattern and marriage etiquette. During the development of the history, marriage system exists and continues not only in the form of concept, but passes down from one generation to another by words and language. It is a complex action, but shows a cultural style. This cultural style is part of human's civilization and human's culture as well. Manchu Marriage System formed, developed and evolved in certain historical condition. It shows the develop locus of Manchu culture and cultural affections. We will talk about all the above in this article.The article can be divided into four parts;The first part: characteristics and evolution of Manchu marriage style in the early Qing Dynasty(一)plural marriage exists commonly(二)succeeding marriage(三)special arranged marriage(四)customs of marrying early and marrying elder wifeBefore the Qing Dynasty entered into the Shanhaiguan Pass, the marriage system did not complete, so the custom related to it lacked consistency. After Huangtaiji succeeded to the throne, rulers began to limited women's first marriage age and divided wedding banquets according to officers'classes. These are the primary standard of Manchu marriage custom.Part Two: Marriage customs recorded in Royal Record of the Great Qing DynastyManchu royalty accepted system of the Ming Dynasty after entered into the middle plains. As the feudal rank system gradually completed, royal marriage system became more systematizing and formalizing.(一)Emperor's marriage ceremony(二)marriage ceremonies of princes and royal officersPart Three:The characteristic and finality form of the Man nationality marriage.From the beginning of the 19th century to the beginning of 20th century, it's the ending of Qing dynasty to the Republic of China .After the Man nationality enters Central Plains area, occupies China's dominant status take the Man nationality aristocrats as representative's feudal landlord social class. The Qing Dynasty takes the eight banners as the chief feature military defense system in the national implementation. And because of that, the Man distributed to the all nation round very quickly, and they also bring their convention to the other area. After hundreds years, various Man nationality person lived with other nationalities together in a long time. And deeply influenced by Han nationalities'civilization, and certainly also the marriage customs. But some characteristic of Man nationality was also kept, and has formed the unique Man nationality marriage etiquette, it's so steady in a long time.(1) the custom.(2) Man nationality traditional culture in the custom.Part Four, the investigation of the Man nationality marriage custom in the northeast area.The representative of the Man nationality marriage custom in northeast China.The new custom of Man nationality in new time after predigested.The change of the custom and the problem of its response By researching a few of Manchu autonomous countries, we know that Manchu marriage etiquettes and customs remain some inherent characteristics. With its long time development, and changes of economic and living condition, they make the new marriage etiquettes also become more thriving.Manchu marriage custom is the main part of Manchu folk culture. With the development of national culture, some customs were gradually dying out, and some a replaced bi the new customs. Researching this certain customs with long history and their affection to modern culture is the important project of Chinese ancient historical culture.