Pernikahan hantu (Tionghoa)

Halaman ini berisi artikel tentang praktik pernikahan Tionghoa terhadap orang-orang yang telah almarhum. Untuk praktik dalam budaya lain, lihat Ghost marriage (disambiguation).

Pernikahan hantu (Tionghoa)
Hanzi:	冥婚
Makna harfiah:	pernikahan dunia lain
Alih aksara Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: míng hūn Yue (Kantonis) - Romanisasi Yale: mìhng fān - Jyutping: ming4 fan1

Dalam tradisi Tionghoa, pernikahan hantu (Hanzi: 冥婚; Pinyin: mínghūn; harfiah: 'pernikahan roh') adalah sebuah pernikahan di mana salah satu atau kedua mempelai telah menjadi almarhum.^:99 Bentuk lainnya dari pernikahan hantu dipraktikkan di seluruh dunia, dari Sudan, sampai Prancis sejak 1959 (lihat pernikahan Levirate, Pernikahan hantu di Sudan dan Pernikahan anumerta). Awal muasal pernikahan hantu Tionghoa sebagian besar tidak diketahui, dan dilaporkan masih dipraktikkan semapai sekarang.

Referensi

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• Topley, Marjorie. "Ghost Marriages Among the Singapore Chinese: A Further Note." Man (Published by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland) Vol. 56 (May, 1956).
• Wolf, Arthur P. Studies in Chinese Society. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1978.
• Wolf, Arthur P., and Chieh-shan Huang. Marriage and Adoption in China, 1845-1945. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1980.

Bacaan tambahan

• Bachelors in Remote China Still Find Wives. 5 October 2006. The New York Times.
• Television Series NUMBERS (in USA on CBS Network) "Trouble in Chinatown" Diarsipkan 2009-05-05 di Wayback Machine.. 23 January 2009. Featured fictional plotline involving Ghost Brides in Los Angeles Chinatown.
• Brea, Jen. "'Ghost bride' returns to haunt Chinese trio." The Scotsman. 26 January 2007.
• "Asia: Wet and dry goods; China's corpse brides". The Economist Newspaper. 26 July 2007.
• Kramer, Michael. "A Day in The Life ...... Of China". Time Magazine Diarsipkan 2012-10-22 di Wayback Machine.. 2 October 1989.
• "Ghost Marriages." Singapore Paranormal Investigation Diarsipkan 2007-12-31 di Wayback Machine.. 23 May 2005.