从婚礼习俗看中西方婚姻观中的宗教影响

On Religious Influence on Chinese and Western Concept of Marriage from the Perspective of the Wedding Ceremony

婚姻是人类伦理的基础,也是社会世俗生活的重要组成部分。宗教作为人类生活整个体系中的一种文化要素对婚姻事务和观念有着重大的影响。透过作为婚姻缔结形式的婚礼习俗,我们可以看出各大宗教或通过神圣的宗教婚礼或经由源远流长的教义对社会群体的婚姻观念和家庭生活产生了不可磨灭的影响。虽然中西文化发展模式不同,宗教信仰内涵迥然相异,然而无论是基督教影响下的西方婚姻还是道佛教理念渗透下的中国传统婚姻,都选择用宗教话语权来彰显其神圣性和重要性。

The basis of human ethics is one of the major elements of social life.While religion,as a cultural factor of the whole social system,greatly influences the rituals and concept of marriage.Through the wedding ceremony,which is considered as the sign of making the commitment of marriage,we find that religion largely affects people＇s concept of marriage and their family life either by the divine religious wedding ceremony or by the doctrines.However,both Chinese and western marriages turn to religion＇s discourse power to display their divinity and importance though their cultural patterns and religions are different.