Marriage, also known as "unconscious marriage" or "unconscious cause" in ancient times, what kind of marriage systems were there in different periods in ancient times?

Marriage was also called "faint marriage" or "faint cause" in ancient times. In ancient weddings in China, the man usually went to the woman's house to meet the bride at dusk, while the woman went out with the man. This custom of "men faint and women greet, women come because of men" is the origin of the word "faint cause" In other words, marriage refers to the process of a man marrying a woman.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was common for men to get married at the age of 30 and women at the age of 20 in China. The ancients believed that a 30-year-old man was strong and could be a father, while a 20-year-old woman was mature and could be a mother. This reflects the improvement of people's understanding of physiological knowledge at that time. Since then, the regulations on the age of marriage have gradually decreased. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Huangong stipulated that men should get married at the age of 30 and women should get married at the age of 15.

In the Han Dynasty, women who were unmarried 15 years or more were required to pay five times the tax, which forced people to marry early, so that many parents did not know how to raise and educate their children, which led to an increase in infant mortality. According to the Western Jin Dynasty, if a woman reaches the age of seventeen and her parents refuse to marry, it shall be selected by local officials and historians. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there were fifteen males and thirteen females. In the early Tang Dynasty, in order to alleviate social contradictions, the policy of recuperation was adopted and the marriage age was relaxed. It is stipulated that 20 men get married and 15 women get married. Since then, from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the legal age of marriage has been around 16 for men and 14 for women.

Due to the low productivity of ancient China society, the working people also needed labor to maintain their lives, so they gradually accepted the policy of early marriage under the pressure of rulers of past dynasties, forming the traditional psychological state of early marriage and early childbearing in ancient China society. Before the Western Zhou Dynasty in China, there was a very strict custom of not marrying the same surname. It conforms to the historical trend of human marriage from group marriage to monogamy and then to the elimination of consanguineous marriage, and is a turning point in China's marriage history.

In ancient times, the royal marriage was a very troublesome thing. First of all, it is necessary to "match the right family", but there is only one emperor, and there can be no two royal families, so we can only ask for a hero's home.

For example, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, princess royal wanted to get married, but it was difficult to find a partner. As a result, he chose Wei Qing, the general with the highest military power at that time, while Wei Qing was only a pawn for princess royal before he became famous. "In-laws" with the emperor, in the history of our country, there was a very famous person, and he was Du in the later Zhou Dynasty.

Their three daughters were married to three emperors. One married the Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty and was named Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty; One married Wendi and gave birth to Yang Di; The father who married Tang Gaozu gave birth to Tang Gaozu. At the same time, he has this honor, and it is the only one in history.