英文摘要
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”House warming” rituals, though not found in classics of rites, appeared in popular literature and books. The rituals were found in the wedding and funeral customs. Two totally different behaviors were both termed ”house warming”. Therefore it seems to be absurd and rude.
When move into the new house, relatives and friends send presents of the feast and drink with the host, called the ”house warming”. Send food to the daughter who married three days ago, so called ”daughter warming”, also called ”house warming”. Set up bed at wedding eve called the ”house warming”. Husband and wife drink together, send wedding greeting and banter by friends and relatives during the bridal night also called the ”house warming”. To uphold the spirit ”treat dead as treat health, dead as living”, move dead to grave also called ”house warming”. People may argue that ”house warming” was improperly involved in wedding and funeral customs. However the rituals can be deduced from relative contexts and have their specific meaning.
”House warming” rituals, though appeared in wedding and funeral customs, have not been studied clearly. In this study, the documents related to the rituals were reviewed and analyzed thoroughly so that the evolution of ”house warming” rituals can be understand completely.
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