人类的家庭史与婚姻史是紧密联系在一起的。湘西土家族婚姻制度在历史上曾经历了原始杂居婚、族外群婚、对偶婚、单偶婚等形式,其家庭也经历了原始群大家庭、母系氏族制家庭、父系大家庭、个体小家庭等形式。从湘西土家族遗存的现代婚俗中,我们大致可以窥探湘西土家族特有的家庭衍变的历史形态,并思考如何顺应历史趋势建设幸福家庭。 Human family history and the history of marriage are closely linked. In the history, the Tujia marriage system in western Hunan has experienced such forms as primitive mixed marriage, extramarital marriage, dual marriage, single marriage, and the like. The family has also experienced the primitive group family, the matriarchal family, the patriarchal family, the individual small family Other forms. From the modern customs of the Tujia nationality survived in western Hunan, we can roughly glimpse the historical patterns of Tujia ethnic peculiar family evolution in Xiangxi and consider how to build a happy family in accordance with the historical trend.