民国时期河北婚姻变革探析——以方志为中心的考察

On the Marriage Reform in Hebei in the Period of the Republic of China——Taking the Local Chronicles as the Inspection Center

在民国社会变革的背景下,河北地区的婚姻受到严重冲击,开始了由传统向近代的转变。在河北各地的方志资料记载中,这种转变具体体现为:婚姻中早婚、重财现象虽得到一定改观但依旧严重;婚姻自由观萌芽;新式婚姻在一定空间范围内得到传播。然而,由于受新旧思想的双重作用,这种转变并不彻底。一方面形成了一种新旧杂糅与多元化的发展趋向;另一方面则表现出一种上下分层与分化的发展趋向。

Under the influence of social reform and revolution in the Republic of China,marriage customs in Hebei areas began to change from traditional to modern.In the local records,the changes were embodied as：the early marriage and marriage for wealth phenomenon,though with a certain improvement,were still serious.Freedom of marriage began to occur and modern marriage in a certain spatial extent disseminated.But,due to the dual role of traditional old ideas and the new thoughts,the change of marriage was not complete.On the one hand,it formed a mixture of the new and old features and a diversified development trend;on the other hand,it showed a developing trend with upper and lower classes demonstrated by the fact that views of marriage and finance held by middle-class and the above showed a great contrast to those of poor homes,which to some extent affected the transformation of traditional marriage.