In the history of China, male superiority and inferiority of women have always been the mainstream of society, so the low status of women in ancient times has become a well-known thing.
Most of the women in ancient times had no freedom, and under normal circumstances, the ladies and ladies had to reduce the frequency of going out, and even they had no opportunity to read and write. In ancient times, many big ladies had to bring a dowry girl when they got married, do you know why?
I. Decline in the status of women
From here, you can see how low the status of women was in ancient times, so there are many outstanding women in history who can be passed down through the ages. Just like women like Empress Wu Zetian and Cixi, they can hold power and decide the fate of others, which is difficult for many women in history to do.
After all, under the feudal system at that time, men dominated power, and most women had to learn embroidery at home. If you can marry into a relatively wealthy family in the future, you will have to learn to manage the members of the inner house.
Therefore, women who can hold power can be remembered by history. Perhaps many people are envious of these women who can hold power, at least there is only one empress in Chinese history, and she has always been remembered by everyone.
Second, the relationship has been long
The matter of marrying a girl can also be seen in many film and television works, I believe many people are not unfamiliar with it, the origin of this system can be traced back to polygamy, so when did polygamy begin to rise, this still has to be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
At first, before the Warring States period, China had always been monogamous, but after the Warring States period, the system of polygamy gradually became the mainstream of society, and men could only have one wife, and all other women were concubines.
At that time, due to the emergence of this system, it slowly evolved into a dowry girl, if the ancient princess and relatives, then they would be a lot older when they got married. And if the princess chooses a concubine, she must let the dowry girl go first.
In case the personality of the person you marry is not good, and the ability in other aspects is not very good, then you have to let the dowry girl go to find out first, and see if this concubine is worthy of the princess.
If you are not satisfied, then it is very likely that the marriage will be broken, so the ancient folk also began to follow suit, if the daughter of the big family when she married, she will choose her own maid to marry, mainly similar to the emperor to test the horse, after all, the emperor is afraid that his daughter will be wronged, so there are some rich people who began to follow suit.
So if the ancient lady of the big family got married and brought a dowry maid, then the man was also happy in his heart, after all, the dowry maid brought over was equivalent to his own concubine, and he also had to bring his own dowry. However, the dowry girls of the young ladies are naturally part of these dowries, so they have become the accessories of men.
3. The meaning of the dowry girl
After speaking, everyone can remember the women who can make everyone admire, or go back to the dowry girl, so what is the meaning of the ancient dowry girl's marriage. Again, we have to talk about polygamy in ancient times.
After all, you can also see in many film and television works or literary works that in ancient times, in order to compete for more resources and dominance in the family, every woman must first make the male owner happy.
After all, power is in the hands of the head of the family, and if a woman can be favored, then she will also have more rights and more money. Therefore, at this time, if you bring some beautiful dowry girls, you will be able to unite with yourself.
Just like in the TV series, you can see a lot of high-ranking and powerful harem concubines, and they also have to form a gang and unite with themselves before they can hold their own power, so that they can unite and help each other and communicate with each other to ensure that they can control more power.
Therefore, the role of the dowry girl is still more, and they also have to take care of the young lady who marries in their own family. In addition, after these big ladies get married, it is inevitable that they will be uncomfortable, so the role of these dowry girls is reflected, and they can also serve their husbands.
Therefore, after the dowry girl marries, she must not only obey the command of her own lady, but also serve her own young lady's husband. There is also the fact that ancient society paid great attention to the continuation of incense, so giving birth to a child is a more important thing.
Therefore, many people in ancient times hoped that the more children in their family would be, and whoever could give birth to more children would receive more attention, and if they could not give birth to boys, they would be excluded.
Therefore, the children born to these dowry girls can also help the young lady maintain the status of her husband's family, so the maid's dowry is a very common thing in history. Then in ancient history, these things must have happened from time to time.
A little maid who marries in the past is a very sad character, whether they live or die, in the end, no one pays attention to them. They are a dispensable appendage, a plaything that is used by the daughter of a rich family and wants to become a strange man, and they have no human rights of their own at all.
Most of them have been taken advantage of all their lives, so most of them are not respected by others. If you have some ability, you may become a concubine, which is a little better than a maid, but most of them are not respected by people.
Among these dowry maids, not to mention all of them, but most of them are young ladies who want to serve their own families, and even if they give birth to children, they can't belong to themselves. Therefore, in the final analysis, it was because of the unfairness of the system at that time that these women did not have any human status of their own.
summary
These maids have to obey their own young lady, and after their own young lady gets married, they must abide by the three obedience and four virtues, and obey their husbands. Therefore, if the life of the young lady of your own family is relatively rich, then the maid can still have a good life, but if the life of the young lady of your own family is not so good as a maid, the life may be even more sad.
It is this kind of life that has no freedom at all, and they have no way to choose their own happiness. Therefore, we can know how pathetic women were in such a feudal dynasty in ancient times, and so many people envy some outstanding women in history.