《诗经》所反映的周代婚俗文化

On the Courtship and Marriage Customs in the Zhou Dynasty Reflected in The Book of Songs

《诗经》中反映彼时婚俗文化的诗歌有75篇之多,对其解读有助于了解当时婚俗文化的面貌。《诗经》中所反映的周代婚俗大致包括:春月相会;健硕为美的择偶标准;具有象征意义的婚恋隐语的使用;新妇教育;同姓不婚及门当户对的婚姻规制;"六礼"婚俗过程以及烝婚和媵婚习俗等。

There are 75 poems on the courtship and marriage customs in The Book of Songs. The interpretation of these poems is a good help to know the features of the courtship and marriage customs at that time. The courtship and marriage customs in the Zhou Dynasty reflected in The Book of Songs include meeting in the spring moonlit night, mate selection criteria of taking healthy and strong body as more beautiful,love metaphors with symbolic meanings, bride education, forbidding marriage between people bearing the same surname, marriage regulation of a marriage between families of equal social rank, the marriage process with ＂six rites＂, and the customs of concubinage and son＇s marrying father＇s concubine after father＇s death.