The Golden Bride "rite" - Rethinking About The Wedding Custom Of "painting Makeup" In Fujian

In Chinese marriage tradition,most of the brides will decorated heavily with gold and jewelry on the wedding day.It especially happen in Fujian and causes a lot of attention.Therefore,"Gold Jewelry Trousseaux" worth even more studying and discussion.In this context,the writer combined with field investigation and historical documents and mainly discussed the historic meaning and the fomr evolution of this gold dowry and the history and development of this phenomenon and the custom inheritance.Trousseaux gift,as a medium to combine bride with parents and the society,has been endowed with blessings and meanings.From clothing,accessories,furniture and equipment narrowed down to the gold ornament only,"the Ritual of Gold Jewelry Trousseaux" in Fujian,in fact,is the inheritance of ancient political and cultural history."The ritual" is not only relative to the couple’s sincere blessing,is also the traditional marriage customs etiquette.By study of contemporary jewelry design,the author explore "Gold Jewelry Ritual"from different angles.It also enlightened the author in the jewelry’s creation.Trousseaux jewelry is regarded as a medium of communication between parents and the brides and remained the blessing meaning in the process of times and the development of industrialization.Though the status and importance of this ritual hasn’t changed,the form of gold jewelry became homogeneous and lack of diversity due to the scale-up manufacture.Therefore,by restudy and research the language meaning of gold jewelry trousseaux,the writer will trace back the traditional diverse form and explore the meaning behind the gold.The writer believes that we need to combine the traditional diversity which needs a lot of time with the modern efficiency which is lack of variety.This gold ritual cannot been gave away but can be reformed and diversified under modernized jewelry design.To find the balance between industrial production and traditional ritual,the modernized design will play an important role to optimize the gold jewelry into a brand-new image.