关于旧时梅县童婚盛行的初步思考

本文以梅县的添溪村、耕和村、大美村三个调查点的田野考察资料为主,同时结合前人对梅县其他地区的童养媳问题研究成果,并对照闽西、江浙、台湾地区的相关统计资料,认为梅县的童婚率要高于其他地区。并认为旧时梅县童婚盛行是家庭、经济、社会文化习性的复合产物。而童婚造就的融洽的婆媳感情、稳定的家庭结构是童婚在梅县流行的决定因素。

The Primary Thinking about the Prevalence of Child Brides in Mei County in the Old Times

We selected Tianxi, Genghe and Damei villages to do questionaries on child brides. On the basis of the fieldwork materials of the above three villages,combining the pre researches on child brides in the other areas of Mei county and comparing with the related materials in the west of Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and Taiwan., the article concludes 1.the rate of child brides in Mei County is higher than that of other areas. 2.the prevalence of child brides in Mei County is the mixed production of family , economy and social culture. 3.the decisional factor that child brides could be prevalent in Mei County is the coordinate relations between mother in law and daughter in law and the security family structure they had made.