探究苗族《开亲歌》中媒人的作用及意义

Explore the role and significance of matchmaker in Miao nationality KaiqinGe

苗族《开亲歌》刻画了媒人的形象。通过对媒人的研究,我们发现苗族的婚姻经历从无媒人到有媒人的过程。一旦有了媒人,媒人的作用就变大了,因为媒人有通阴阳的本领。尽管如此,媒人的作用也是有限的,不能超越当时的婚姻习俗。

The miao ethnic group“the song of the song”depicts the image of the matchmaker.Through the study of the matchmaker,we found that the marriage of miao nationality has gone through the process of matchmaking.Once a matchmaker is in place,the matchmaker’s role becomes larger,because the matchmaker has the power of yin-yang.Even so,the matchmaker’s role was limited,not beyond the marriage etiquette of the time.