“无聘不成婚”:聘礼与唐代社会  

No Betrothal Presents,No Marriage:Betrothal Presents and Society of the Tang Dynasty

作　　者：李霞[1] LI Xia(School of History and Culture, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China)

机构地区：[1]陕西师范大学历史文化学院,西安710119

出　　处：《渭南师范学院学报》2020年第10期42-47,共6页Journal of Weinan Normal University

摘　　要：聘礼是一个时代社会文化的重要体现,与其所处社会的政治、经济状况以及风俗习惯息息相关。唐代社会的聘礼数量总体上有了大幅度的增长,从皇室到庶民,不同阶层聘礼的种类和数量也不尽相同。聘礼是唐代婚姻结成的必要条件,唐人讲究“无媒无聘不成婚”。唐代社会中聘礼的存在有着丰富的社会象征性意义,亦有着其独特的作用。在这种重视高额聘礼的风气之下,社会上适龄的男女得不到及时的婚配,从而扰乱了正常的婚姻秩序。Betrothal present is an important embodiment in the social culture of an era and it is closely related to the political,economic and customs of the society in which it is located.In Tang Dynasty,the number of betrothal presents increased greatly.From the royal family to the common people,the types and quantities of betrothal presents was different.Betrothal presents were indispensable in marriage in Tang Dynasty,which stressed No media,no betrothal presents,no marriage.The existence of betrothal presents in the society of Tang Dynasty had rich social symbolic significance and also had its unique function.Under this atmosphere of attaching importance to high betrothal presents,men and women of the right age in society couldn’t get timely marriage,thus disrupted the normal marriage order.

关 键 词：唐代 婚姻 聘礼 阶层 

分 类 号：K242[历史地理—历史学]