On the Ceremony Etiquette of the Tang-Tubo's Political Marriage
Marriage alliance is one of the main ways of ethnic integration in the history of Chinese civilization.In the Tang Dynasty,the ceremony etiquette of the princesses'political marriages was included in the national eti-quette system.Due to the special political and cultural attributes of the royal wedding,the ceremony etiquette of the princesses'political marriage described in The Rites of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty is different from the ac-tual etiquette.The ceremony etiquette of the Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng is in line with the the rit-ual system then with complete etiquette procedure.The"grand ceremonies"reflect the affinity of the Tang and Tobo's royal families.The overall operation mode of the Tang and Tobo's political weddings exhibit the Chinese traditional ritual culture with Confucian etiquette culture as the principal one and incorporating the etiquette cul-ture of various ethnic groups.
the Tang and Tobo's political marriagethe princesses'wedding ceremonyetiquettecultural commu-nicationmutual learning of cultures