二十世纪上半叶中国农村婚姻制度探微

Marriage Arranged by Parents Study on Chinese Marriage System in the Countryside in 20th Century

20世纪上半叶中国社会经历了剧烈的变迁。农村的婚姻制度并没有在择偶方式即“父母之命,媒妁之言”上发生根本的变化。“父母之命”依然代表着农村择偶方式的主流。而在一些交通便利、距离大城市较近的农村,尤其是沿海、沿江的农村地区出现了一些新变化。择偶方式要产生根本的变化将是一个长期的过程。

The tremendous change that happened in China in the first half of 20th century didn＇ t affect at all the deep- rooted manner of choosing the mates in the countryside--mosfly it was still arranged by their parents or matchmakers. The paper mainly probes into one of the manner--arranged by parents, which is the main manner to choose their mates in the rural areas in that time. Though it needs a long time to change this manner, new changes have appeared in the areas near to the big cities.