洞房、喜帐——唐人婚礼用“青庐”之再探讨

Bridal Chamber,Wedding Tent:A Reexamination of the Qilu in Wedding Ceremony of Tang Dynasty

青庐,又称"百子帐",源于北方少数民族生活习俗,因其名寓意多子多福,被唐人广泛应用于婚礼中。青庐在唐前期作为新人共度良宵的洞房,后期则演变为举行撒帐等婚礼仪式的喜帐。青庐在唐人婚礼中功能的变化说明了唐代社会的变迁。

Qilu,also named as the ＂hundred-sons-tent＂,originated from the habits and customs of northern minorities.Because of the propitious analogy-more sons means greater fortune,qilu was used widely in the wedding ceremonies in Tang dynasty.Earlier,qilu was considered as the bridal chamber,but it gradually turned into the wedding tent in later times,which housed some important facilities of newly married couples.The shifting functional changes of qilu serve to illustrate part of the vicissitudes of the Tang Dynasty social life.