20世纪50～80年代农村婚姻礼仪的社会功能

The Social Function of Rural Marriage Etiquette during 1950～1980

婚前的礼仪主要有提亲、相亲、订婚等;婚礼的程序主要有接新娘、婚宴等。婚礼存在需改进之处,因此要理性面对。在中国农村,社会认同是最重要的,而婚礼就是这种社会认同最重要的形式。婚姻当事人经由婚姻礼仪的举行,获得社会权威和公众的承认,从而实现了婚姻和家庭特定的社会功能。

Marriage etiquette before the marriage includes the proposal, the blind date, the engagement. The wedding procedure mainly involves meeting the bride, marriage wedding. There is something for improving in the marriage etiquette and we should face it rationally. In rural areas, social identity is the most important, and the wedding is the most important form of social identity. The marriage parties get the social authority and public recognition through marriage etiquette, then the specific social function of marriage and family got achieved.