一妻多夫制婚姻形态探析——兼谈我国藏族地区的一妻多夫制婚姻

An Analysis of Polyandric Marriages-Also on Tibetan polyandric marriages of China

一妻多夫制婚姻是一种古老婚姻家庭制度的遗存,即一个女子同时可与数个男子有合法婚姻关系,一妻多夫制婚姻中最重要的形式便是本家兄弟共妻。从古至今,一妻多夫制婚姻吸引了众多专家学者的关注与研究,对它有过较多的深刻论述。在我国西部地处偏远的一些少数民族地区,现今还存在一妻多夫的婚姻习俗。我国个别藏族地区的一妻多夫制婚姻形态是在特定的民族生境下形成的,除了与自然生态环境有直接关系外,与经济因素、历史制度、古代文化等也都有明显关联。

Polyandric marriages,the remains of an ancient system of marriage and family,refer to the practice of one woman marrying a number of men.It is an important form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more men who are one another＇s brothers.Since ancient times,polyandry marriages have attracted the attention of scholars and researchers,and have been discussed deeply.In some remote minority areas in Western China,polyandry still exists.The Tibetan polyandric marriages were formed in a specific national context,so they are directly related to Tibetan natural environment as well as its economy,history,ancient culture,etc.