客家文化婚姻习俗.doc

The Hakka marriage custom
Hakka is an important member of the big Chinese family. It belongs to the Han nationality, which has its striking characteristics. For the Hakkas, the boundary triangle of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi province is the main habitation. According to the academic estimates, the population of Hakka is about 4,000 to 5,000 million. The Hakka culture was formed under specific historical conditions; it is a local culture represented by immigration. Why is it classified as regional culture? The reason is that the culture has very distinct territorial scope; it is only produced in triangle area of Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, but not in other places. The followings are some information about the Hakka marriage custom.
As it is often said that marriage is the most important event of one’s life, it is attached much attention to throughout all the regions and nationalities. The custom style and cultural connotation are also very beautiful and colorful. monest basic style of marriage custom presents a kind of entertainment properties with obvious hot style. Except from the basic style, the marriage customs in Hakka mingles with a lot of folk songs and a series of local rules, which make it livelier and plicated. With the raise of living standard and level of understanding, some of the old custom, too tedious details have been replaced by the more civilized and pra