In today's society, thirteen or fourteen-year-old women are still in school, the body has not yet fully matured, at this time marrying or even having children, there will be great harm to the woman's body, but in ancient times, women generally thirteen or fourteen years old to marry, do you know why?
Ancient Girls
In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the marriage age of women was fifteen years old, while men were 20 years old, and in the Han Dynasty, the marriage age of women was even earlier, and if women reached the age of thirteen or fourteen, if they had not yet married, the family would face heavy tax punishment. So why use heavy taxes to force women to marry early?
The most important reason is that the country needs to increase the population, in ancient times, many people have great strength, but also to deal with wars and various disasters, everyone knows that the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty was an era of war and chaos, people prospered, the country can develop agriculture and economy, but also to deal with various wars, so it came to think of forcing women to marry early, have more children early, and even use taxes to regulate the country.
Another reason is the low level of ancient medical treatment, resulting in a high mortality rate of birth and a high mortality rate of diseases, which is also the cause of women's early marriage and early childbearing, early birth and multiple births, coupled with the low status of ancient women, no one will consider the physical harm caused to women.
In today's society, the status of women has improved, and the level of medical care has also increased significantly, and it is rare for such a thing to happen.