明清时期澳门葡萄牙人的婚姻

The Research on marriage system of Portuguese in Macao during Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时期澳门葡萄牙人的婚姻主要遵循天主教的单偶制——一夫一妻且神圣不可分离,但也存在非婚生子等现象。他们广泛同外族通婚,血统混合的复杂性在世界范围内都很罕见。在特殊时期,男嫁女家、孤女的婚姻都是值得关注的特殊婚姻形态。其婚姻观念以婚姻自由为主,同时也为门第和财产所影响。婚礼形式主要是天主教的礼仪:婚礼在教堂由神父主持;也带有鲜明的东方文化烙印,如设席、"交印"、缠槟榔等。

In Macao,the Portuguese's marriage system was based on the Catholic principle——monogamy,sacred and inseparable.However,there was a great number of illegitimacy children.They were widely mixed with foreigners,and the complexity of bloodlines' fusion was rare worldwide.During the special era,both uxorilocal marriage and female orphan' marriage we should pay close attention.Their view of marriage was dominated by freedom,in addition,was influenced by the views of the property and social class.Wedding ceremony was mostly catholic,namely,the ceremony was held by priest in church.Moreover,they were affected by eastern culture,such as wedding banquet,'kawin',areca.