The Study On Marriage Custom Of Norther Song Dynasty

The Northern Song Dynasty is an important reform period in the history ofChina. The special social background of the relative affluent economics, loose politics,and the highly prosperous culture has a great influence on the marriage customs’development of the Northern Song Dynasty. In that dynasty, the marriage customshave achieved great development and gained a large number of special rules, such asregardless of the pedigree, attaching importance to wealth, improving the autonomyof women, focus on chastity in marriage and so on. These developments, which showthat the changes of marriage customs are consistent with the era characteristics andthe demands of the social development, are in line with the historical developinglaw by amalgamating the previous generations’ historical heritage with thecharacteristics of the times. These changes have far-reaching influences on latergenerations, and a lot of practices and attitudes even still affect today’s ways of living.From the marriage concept changes of Northern Song Dynasty, this articleanalyzes the inheritance and development of the marriage rituals and the reflections ofthese rituals change in different classes by upholding the basic viewpoint of historicalmaterialism, using historical analysis method, analytical induction method,comprehensive verification method, etc, and combining with the special socialeconomy background of the Northern Song Dynasty. At the same time, this thesisanalyzes the impacts of these Northern Song Dynasty’ marriage ritual changes.