论清末民初广州地区婚俗的变化

在近代社会革新多元的冲击下,广州婚俗以西化为根本特征,在婚姻观念和行为上变化如下：媒家馆、相睇等趋于社会化公开化的媒介形式出现;主婚权力下移带来自主择偶和择偶形式多样化;离婚现象增多以及女性获得离婚权等。婚姻礼仪上,六礼向三礼、四礼的简化;“阻头”“验贞”“开叹情”等陋俗渐趋势微;婚礼服饰西化等。新式婚俗尚未成为当时婚姻生活的主流,但中西混杂、新旧并存恰恰寓示着广州婚俗正历经革新而逐步开启近代化的历程。

Some Changes of Marriage Customs in Guangzhou in Late Qing Dynasty and Early Times of Republic of China

With the multi-impacts of innovations of modern society,marriage customs of Guangzhou had some changes which is radically characterized by westernization in marriage idea,marriage behavior and marriage ceremony.In marriage idea and behavior,some new media come into being such as "Media House" and "Xiang Tai",the falling of marriage power brought choosing mates by themselves and multi-forms of that,divorce increased and woman got the right of divorce.In marriage ceremony,six-ceremony transformed to three-ceremony or four-ceremony,some undesirable customs as "ZuTou" "YanZhen" "KaiTanQing" kept declining,marriage clothing appeared westernization.New marriage hadn't been the mainstream of that time,but the mix of new and old,Chinese and west suggested that marriage customs of GuangZhou were just in the way of modernization with innovation.