The Evolution And Enlightenment Of The Ancient Chinese Marriage System

Marriage has always been regarded as one of the most solemn and sacred part for Chinese life.Even though marriage tend to be considered as an individual behavior,it still has great influence on the maintenance of stability not only for individual family but also for the whole national society.Therefore,the standardization of marriage behavior has been paid great attention to throughout Chinese history,which resulted in the formation of marriage system with various characteristics.Generally speaking,the establishment of ancient Chinese marriage system was based on many factors mainly including policy,economy and marriage concepts.As a result,it showed a relatively stable characteristic of maintenance for ethics in ancient society,which was mainly embodied in three aspects,namely the form of marriage,marriage substantive elements and marriage form elements.With the development of social politics and economy as well as the change of people's marriage concept,the modern marriage system constructed by the marriage law of People's Republic of China and related judicial interpretations has largely reformed the ancient marriage system.However,traditional culture plays a essential role in the marriage etiquette and custom for modern Chinese.Some habits handed down from the ancient marriage system are still popular many areas.For the ancient marriage system,the dross part needs to be further analyzed and abandoned.At the same time,there are some useful inspirations from the ancient Chinese marriage system,so it is worth learning by today's society.It's very important for us to analyze and draw lessons from the rational elements of ancient Chinese marriage system.In addition,with the further development of social political and economic conditions,China's modern marriage law,the marriage system in many ways has reflected out of touch with the development of the times,we need to on the basis of the system of marriage in ancient China on its further improvement,so as to achieve the purpose of keeping pace with the times.This paper aims to analyze China ancient marriage system including marriage form,marriage substantive elements and marriage form elements for the purpose of the evolution on the characteristics,defects and reasonable parts of China ancient marriage system from.Hence,it is of great significance in the provision of inspiration for modern social practice so as to propose the feasible suggestions for the perfection of modern marriage system.It includes the abandonment of the ancient Chinese marriage system,as well as the construction of the marriage system and the development of the marriage system.The key part of the thesis is to feasible suggestions on the basis of relevant content of the ancient marriage system including the adjustment of the legal age of marriage;making the scope of marriage negative elements clearer,perfection of marriage procedure and construction of the marriage system so as to make the modern marriage system keep up with the timesWhat needs to be specifically explained is that from the perspective of marriage requirements,it seems unreasonable to evaluate the ancient marriage system by the concept of modern law.The reason lies in the fact that the elements of marriage were not only directly regulated by law,but also regulated by ritual and custom in ancient China.However,considering the characteristics of the ancient marriage system in China,it is of great importance to the perfection of modern marriage system through analyzing ancient marriage system in China from the perspective of marriage requirements.