台灣傳統婚禮中襄禮人員講好話研究

我國自遠古以來，即十分重視婚姻禮儀。婚姻不僅在生命的繁衍上肩負著重要使命，更被賦予了擴展維繫社會國家的重任。因此，就在特有的自然與歷史條件下，發展出一套特殊的婚嫁禮俗，以成全、端正婚姻的關係。臺灣傳統婚禮的儀節多源自於中國古代，約可分為三個階段：婚前禮、正婚禮和婚後禮。一般而言，婚前禮和正婚禮為婚姻關係成立的兩個主要程序，其儀節多源於周代的「六禮」，即《禮記．昏義篇》上所載的「納采、問名、納吉、納徵、請期、親迎」等六禮程序依次進行。本文所指的臺灣地區傳統婚禮儀式，即指受到傳統「六禮」影響下，流行於臺灣地區的一種婚禮儀式。而所謂「講好話」，指的就是在這套傳統的禮俗中，為了襄助儀節的進行，渲染熱鬧氣氛，依照婚禮的次序，由贊禮人、媒人、好命婦人、抬妝奩者、賓客，加以稱引、誦說一連串的禁厭語、祝福語、吉祥語、喜句或四句聯。這套傳統的婚禮儀節與「講好話」，在時空的傳衍下，已孕育出獨特的民族性與地域性，形成豐富的文化資產，其所反映的社會文化意涵，值得吾人加以深究。

關鍵字

傳統婚俗；婚禮；講好話；貺辭；吉祥話；四句聯

並列摘要

Marriage rituals play an important role since ancient Chinese society. It is not only shoulder the important mission of the proliferation of life, more is given the order to be extended to maintain the important task of the society and the country. Therefore, in the unique natural and historical conditions, the development of a special marriage ritual is to fulfill the correct marriage relationship. The traditional weddings rites were derived from ancient China, about can be divided into three stages: rituals before, during and after the wedding ceremony. In general, the ”before and during” portion consists of the two key processes of forming the marital relationship and most of them are originated from Zhou Dynasty's ”Six Rituals”, as documented in ”Lee-Chih, Section of When-I”, ”Engage, name-checking, formal engagement, monetary engagement, date-selection, actual wedding rituals”.The Taiwanese traditional wedding rituals indicated in this research were under the influence of the said ”Six Rituals”. The ”Elegant speech” is part of process during the wedding ceremony, and delivered by many honored guests, to speak some special rhymes and poems, in order to give their best kind regards to the wedding couple. As time goes by, it has formed a unique cultural asset. The social cultural implications behind those ”good words” are worth further studying and understanding.

並列關鍵字

traditional wedding rituals ； wedding ceremony ； elegant speech ； wedding remarks ； elegant remarks ； four-sentence rhymes

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