Video playback of ancient traditional marriage

In modern society, our legal age for marriage is 22 for boys and 20 for girls. In other words, the state stipulates that you can't get married before this. This is quite different from the ancient practice. In ancient times, some girls got married at the age of 12 or 15 at the latest, and even had children. So why did ancient women get married so early? The reasons are as follows: the average life expectancy of ancient people was not long, the idea that men were superior to women was troublesome, and there were many ancient wars, which was stipulated by the law at that time.

The ancient nature can't be compared with the present living standard. At that time, the quality of medical care and life was relatively poor, which led to the fact that ancient people generally did not live as long as they do now. Therefore, from the perspective of life length, it is most appropriate for women to get married at the age of 12 to 15. After this age, they are likely to get married later.

Secondly, in ancient times, it has always been the concept that men are superior to women. Except for the extended family, the daughters of ordinary families don't even get the chance to study. Under the premise of this foolish idea, the main task of women is to get married and have children. Having more children after marriage is their main task, so many girls become married women in their teens.

In addition, the ancient monarchs fought for each other's territory because of the separatist regime, so they needed a large number of soldiers, and there would be casualties in the war. If girls are not allowed to reproduce as soon as possible, they are likely to lose to other countries in strength. Therefore, girls at that time got married very early for this reason.

In addition to the above reasons, in ancient times, there were laws that stipulated how old a woman could get married, which was of course related to the previous content: in order to strengthen military strength. For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, women were required to get married before the age of fifteen, while in the Tang Dynasty, they were required to get married at the age of fourteen. However, during the Three Kingdoms period, girls were required to get married at the age of twelve, and those who got married before the prescribed age were punished. Therefore, under strict laws, ordinary people have to obey.