COMonCA2010003

COM.on C.A.4:e3/14-20 Online published on Apr.12, 2010.
doi:10.4236/coca.2010.41003

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Child Daughter-in-law Marriages in Northern China were different from those in Southern China

TONG Chunxia

School of Anthropology and Sociology, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China

ABSTRACT: “Child daughter-in-law” (CDL) marriage was prevalent throughout China before 1949. The majority of studies on CDL marriage in the past were carried out in southern China. In this study, we interviewed older women who had been a part of CDL marriage in Qingzhou, Shandong and Linyi, Shandong (northern China). After analyzing this data we found that CDL marriages in northern China differed greatly from those in the south; CDL marriages were less common in northern China, adoption ages were much older; CDL marriages were restricted to poor families; and CDL marriages usually resulted in stable families. These differences might have stemmed from contrasting attitudes towards CDL marriages, as well as the amount of work women could do at home. Herein, we demonstrate how mode of production influences cultural practices, specifically CDL marriage.

Key words: Child marriage; Shandong Province; Southern China; Northern China; Comparative study

中国北方童养媳特点及其成因

佟春霞

中央民族大学民族学与社会学学院, 北京 100081

摘要：童养媳是旧中国的一种婚姻形式。以往的童养媳习俗研究多着眼于华南，而华北的研究少见报道。本文根据山东青州和临沂两市的调查数据、对比南方童养媳的特点分析北方童养媳习俗的总体状况。北方童养媳习俗总体表现出童养媳不普遍、收养年龄偏大、童婚形式仅限于贫穷的家庭以及童婚的婚姻结果普遍偏好等特点。笔者认为，这些差异出现的本质原因是，南北方生产方式的不同导致了对待童婚的不同态度，进而形成了不同的童婚文化。同时，基于目前童养媳研究的案例多出于华南而北方较少的状况，期望本文可以有助于更全面地解读中国的童婚现象。

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致谢

This study was supported by the National Science Foundation (SPO35950) of USA to Hill Gates from Stanford University.

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