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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Marriagein Ancient China,New words,principal wife 正妻,concubine 妾，庶出,constraint 约束,yoke 束缚，枷锁,Auspicious 桔祥的,Palanquin 轿子,Polygamy 一夫多妻制,there is a big difference between the institution of marriage in ancient China and modern China.Marriage in Ancient China,with the establishment of the feudal system,constantly maturing.And in turn,it became the tool of feudal rule.It is attached to the feudal system,and support the feudal system,but bound the men and women and impede the development of society.It became the feudal rulers tools to safeguard their interests.It not only destroyed a lot of innocent women and many men also suffered from it.It has some obvious features,especially polygamy.,polygamy,In Chinese feudal society,women do not have social status,all women can only be subject to and dependent on their husbands until their death.A man is usually only one wife and many concubines,and its not influenced by legal and moral constraints.It is mainly to continue the family line(传宗接代)，rather than the feelings of both man and woman.,There are also some differences between principal wife and concubine.A woman must go through the program of“liu li(六礼)before marrying,then she will gains the recognition of the wifes position.While,in some degree,concubinage is equal to buying and selling.Their status,is much lower than principal wife both in society and family,which is also existed in their children.The principal wifes children are called direct line of descent嫡系,and the concubines children are called concubine.It has resulted in inequality between people.,Everyone of us has the right to pursue our own love and happiness.But in ancient China,the right belongs to parents.They will decide who we will marry to.What we can only do is obeying them.Only in this way,can it be recognized legal and moral.Such a marriage without affection between men and women and family life is very detrimental to the harmony,also bringing too much tragedy.,Process,1:Propose marriage(提亲),2：engagement定亲,3：Marriage成亲,The process is evolved from“liu li(六礼：一纳采、二问名、三纳吉、四纳征、五请期、六迎亲).,Propose marriage(,提亲,),The mans family seek for a matchmaker to go to the womans family.She mainly talk about the mans role,status,ability and so on.She usually do what she can to make the woman satisfy the man and agree the propose marriage.Then co-bazi(,合八字,).At last,they will decide the days for engagement and marriage.,Note that the day should be auspicious.,When the mans family go to the womans family,they should take some round fruit and cake,engagement定亲,The mans family pay a visit to the womans family with their gifts.And the woman should serve tea for the mans parents.After this process,the two family will talk about the details about the marriage.,Marriage成亲,This process is the most complex in the three sections.It is made up of several parts.Its process is following:,Palanquin(花轿)shoot射箭 Baitang拜堂 Bridal chamber洞房,Palanquin(,花轿,),Baitang拜堂,Bow to heaven and earth,Bow to parents,Bow each other,To sum up,we can see that the institution of marriage in ancient Chinese feudal society,this system not only failed to bring both men and women to marry well,but became deprived of their pursuit of their own liberation and personal independence of the yoke.,NowAlthough it has gone,but we can still glimpse from this system of ancient customs,values and behavior patterns.Let us More treasure what we have,such as the equality between man and woman,free love and so on.,Thank You,Question,What does polygamy brings?,inequality between people,failed to bring both men and women to marry well,deprived of their pursuit of their own liberation and personal independence of the yoke.,
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