The Song Dynasty Wedding Ritual Studies

The wedding system is one of the important system in the ancient Chinese social and political systems. The value of it is not only reflected in the political system, but also the true role and reflected in the daily lives of people. Studying the wedding ceremony of the system is very value to understand the cultural and political culture with Chinese characteristics of the ritual of great significance and the traditional ancient Chinese social life deeply.The contents of the Song Dynasty wedding ritual system is based on the traditional wedding ritual, traditional wedding "ancient ritual" as a fundamental, a slight change. The backbone of all walks of wedding etiquette is basically the same, but also with a certain class characteristics. The most note in the Song Dynasty wedding ritual is the Shi class married Miriam independent chapters, which is the first. The basic properties of the wedding is the political nature of the Confucian culture, color, and the Song Dynasty wedding ritual continues the tradition of the ancient ritual, which is the continuation of the ancient Chinese political system performance. The political connotation of the Song Dynasty wedding ritual system is mainly reflected in two aspects. One for the wedding ceremony system level, a concrete manifestation of the strict requirements of the Song Dynasty imperial clan marry and loosening of the marriage of Humble, social integration of the system for wedding ceremony function specifically reflected in the Confucian culture of respect Shun righteousness, stressed, recovery, and the mourning period of the Song Dynasty princess the things Jiugu ceremony the marriage of these three levels. These elements are reflected in the Song government resolutely safeguard the position of the major issues of the grade hierarchy, moral order and social morality.Investigated from an economic point of view of the Song Dynasty wedding ritual, the economic base is a prerequisite for the wedding ritual. Especially from the wedding etiquette gift seems, each class in accordance with their own economic conditions to organize wedding. Presented by the Song Dynasty Wedding Marriage on the fiscal wind had a major impact on the Song Dynasty wedding ritual system, on the one hand, the hierarchical order in the ritual of marriage to the economic conditions of the world wind shake, or financial plan to marry the royal clan, or buy a money dispute new son-in-law. The other hand, the wealth will choose women to the mate. Relationship of the Song Dynasty Marriage and ritual system conflicts and integration of the state, on the one hand, the impact of the Song Dynasty Wedding Customs extensive ritual system had to absorb the ritual system of its content view to be able to effective implementation of social reality. On the other hand, the Song Dynasty "illegal ceremony" the marriage customs phenomenon of serious, to maintain the Confucian wedding ceremony system officials had determined to defend the position of the traditional wedding. Thus the formation of the interaction between the Song Dynasty Wedding and Wedding Customs are mutually exclusive paradox.