The Inheritance And Evolution Of The Zhou Dynasty Wedding In The Folk

Marriage is the foundation of a family,and family as the basic cell of the society,its stability is related to the stability of the social development and stability.So marriage custom as the most direct form of marriage in human social life plays an irreplaceable important role.The human marriage custom produced very early,by to the Zhou Dynasty been perfected gradually,formed the "six etiquettes" as the core of a series of wedding and marriage custom has important influence on later generations.Since modern times,with the development of the society,especially in the east of western culture,the traditional marriage custom has formed a huge impact.The main performance is: the Zhou Dynasty wedding although preserved part of the content and form,for example,betrothal gifts,wedding ceremony,eat the same thing,matchmaker and so on,but at the same time,there are many variations,such as by sharing not to close relatives don’t marriage,marriage by the appearance of the premarital men and women do not see dating,the mothering to recalls the ritual and so on.And many of the wedding ceremony is endowed with distinctive local features,such as Yanbei region in Shanxi with fast and more reflects the cultural Shanxi pasta.Yanbei region in Shanxi is located in Yanmenguan outside,in ancient times is the nomadic nationality and Han nationality populations areas,rulers in order to strengthen the rule of the region,execute and chariot,recuperat,people such as policy,making the region localization gradually.Although Yanbei marriage customs of ethnic minorities in the region features are very few,but,under this special historical factors,Yanbei area after thousands of years of marriage custom changes,gradually formed its own unique characteristic different from other parts of Shanxi,such as exuberant customs,recalls,lived for months,and diet culture and so on.Comparing the Zhou Dynasty wedding with the modern Yanbei region in Shanxi,we can not only prominent the historical influence of the Zhou Dynasty wedding,on how to carry forward the excellent traditional culture,including the ancient wedding can also provide a positive reference.