The Study of Royal Marriage of North Dynasty

• Main Authors: Tzu-pei Fang, 方慈珮
• Other Authors: Chung-Wen Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48999137753921875274

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 國語文學系碩士班 === 98 === This study undergoes a qualitative research and aims to investigate the history of royal wedding costumes by studying the history of North Dynasty, which includes four dynasties（Wei、North Chi、North Chou、Sui）around 386AD to 618 AD and by probing into the related research of modern famous researchers. This study includes five aspects: marriage system, marriage costumes, wedding etiquettes, change of marital status, and wedding taboos. The results of marriage system show that North Dynasty established by Hsien–pei had developed its unique royal Lyo-Gwon System, describing marriages between the nobles while marrying the minority peoples kept on. In the marriage costumes, there were The Six Etiquettes imitated from Han and it was found that the ceremony was influenced by Hsien–pei, for example, having music in the wedding, without saying congratulation but have to prepare feasts.The Wedding Etiquettes preserved its characteristics, such as marrying relatives and marriage between different generations, marital pillage and bestowed marriage, and teasing the son in-law. In the changes of marital status, there were devoice, remarriage, Shou-Chi (receiving Father’s concubine or older brother’s wife) and becoming a monk. Some were found in the wedding taboos: forbidding marriages between those with the same surname, forbidding marriage with bad divination, and prohibition of marriage during funeral affairs. According to the results, the royal marriages of North Dynasty had its significance of versatile and diverse cultures. This study is adjacent to some significant research and provides some implications for further study of North Dynasty. The author looked forward to inspire more people who might be interested in this field.