湘阴民间婚俗探析

On the Folkloric Marriage Custom in Xiangyin Area

婚礼是男女双方确立婚姻关系时所举行的被社会承认的仪式。婚礼习俗与其他礼仪一样是传承的、变化的、发展的。作为地方民俗之一的湘阴婚俗,有它自己的内容和特色,也有它的过去和现在。了解它的发展变化,可以帮助我们了解洞庭湖区的民间民俗文化。

Wedding is a kind of rite promulgation to society when a female and male confirm the hymeneal relations between both of them. This best-known folkloric marriage custom is successive, variational and developmental. This paper studies the connotation and traits of hymeneal custom in the Xiangyin area as we call it Xiangyin Hymeneal Custom and what it was and it is like. The research on its evolution acquaints us with the developmental process of Yueyang convenance and also one of the ample and colorful folklores of China.