傳統婚禮拜天公儀式的文化意涵

The Meaning in Traditional Wedding Ceremony of the Highest Gods of the Cultural

劉裕元(Yu-Yuan Liu)

《南亞學報》 30期 (2010/12) Pp. 401-424

https://doi.org/10.6989/JN.201012.0401

摘要

台灣傳統婚禮的儀節，多沿襲我國古代「六禮」所發展下來的儀式。然而，這套傳統的儀節，在台灣特有的環境下，經過幾百年的演變，已孕育出自已的特色。就以在婚禮進行中，人們透過對於「天公」的崇敬，表現出對婚禮敬慎鄭重的虔誠之心而言，即十分具有它的特色，值得我們加以重視。本文之論述，即是以當前的婚俗作為基準，必要時上溯日治與清代的史誌、資料，對於祭拜天公禮敬神明的儀文與禮器詳加探討，藉以說明其意涵。

關鍵字

傳統婚禮 ； 祭拜 ； 天公 ； 文化意涵 ； 六禮 ； 禮 ； 禮器

並列摘要

Taiwan's traditional wedding rites, ancient China more than follow the ”Six Man” developed down ritual. However, this traditional rites, in the unique environment of Taiwan, after centuries of evolution, has been bred out of features. Take the wedding, people by the ”God” in reverence, to show devotion to the solemn ceremony Jingshen the heart is concerned, that is with its features, worthy of our attention.Discussion of this paper, that is the current Marriage as the base, if necessary, traced the Japanese occupation and the Qing Dynasty Chronicles, information, homage to the gods for the worship of God and the ritual instrument paper discussed in detail, to illustrate their meaning.

並列關鍵字

Traditional Wedding ； Worship ； Only the highest God ； Cultural meaning ； Six ceremony ； Ceremony ； Ritual