古代“奢婚”的文化解读

Cultural Interpretation of “Extravagant Wedding” in Ancient China

“奢婚”这一文化现象滥觞于中国古代社会,对当时的文化环境、社会生活造成种种影响。“奢婚”现象得以滋生的文化因素,涉及婚姻中的逐利行为、婚礼用品的商品化倾向、婚礼精神的式微、政府对奢婚的管控力度等方面。随着奢婚现象的愈演愈烈,士大夫们曾提出“尚礼不尚饰”的观点予以回应。

“Extravagant Wedding” culture and high dowry are originated in ancient Chinese society, and have a negative impact on social values and social order. The cultural factors that breed the phenomenon of extravagant marriage involve the profit-seeking behavior in marriage, the commercialization tendency of wedding goods, the decline of wedding spirit, and the lacking of government policy on weddings. With the “Extravagant Wedding”phenomenon intensified, the ancient scholar-officials once proposed that “honoring the rites but not ornaments”