The Study Of Marriage Custom Change In The Republic Of China Period

Family is basic cell of society and marriage is a necessary condition for the composition of the family.Marriage behavior and a series of related behavior habits and customs for marriage called marriage custom.Marriage in the individual family is a big event,marriage customs in society is also very important,it is a reflection of social customs.Marriage includes marriage concept,marriage ceremony and marriage system etc.In the period of The Republic of China,Chinese society changed from tradition to modern,the Chinese traditional customs and culture collide and merge with the western customs and culture.People no longer as in the past as foolish and ignorant.After many times movement of Ideological Emancipation Liberation,people no longer adhere to the traditional customs of etiquette,more and more people demanding equality between men and women,advocating the freedom of love and marriage,advocate simple and elegant new style of wedding ceremony.Nanjing national government has also developed a very progressive marriage law to ensure the implementation of modern systems like equality of gender,freedom of marriage and so on.Due to Nanjing is the capital of The Republic of China,the decree issued and implement first there and the culture reform also begin from there,it has a great effect on the surrounding place in culture reform,study of change of marriage custom in Nanjing has a very profound reference value for research about other cities and even to whole of China.First described in this paper is the traditional marriage customs and culture in Ming and Qing Dynasties,it represent the tradition of Chinese culture,it's the comparison and reference of the subsequent marriage culture transformation research.In the second chapter,it made a elaboration discussion about Nanjing marriage culture changes in The Republic of China period,from this point like the marriage concept,the morphology of the wedding ceremony,the wedding clothing and so on,then separated to be described.The third chapter is discuss the reason of the culture change and its influence to the marriage customs in Nanjing,mainly elaboration of four aspects from the marriage law promulgated and implemented,the promotion of female status,the national government's culture and ceremony refinement,upper progressives demonstration.Last is the thinking of characteristics and Enlightenment of marriage custom transformation process.We know that customs reform is a long-term and arduous process,if you want to short time to fully do refinement is almost impossible task.Throughout all the time of The Republic of China,The Nanjing National Government and ordinary people and social intellectuals are in efforts to advocate a civilized marriage.In this atmosphere,social learning and progress of the open atmosphere,the traditional marriage customs in unreasonable idea is natural elimination.Although there are some problems in this culture transformation such as incomplete reform,regional uneven development and so on,we can't overlook the efforts social have made and the achievements they have made.