本文主要在探討古代婚禮中「廟見」的性質與意義，並對廟見數種不同的主張進行釐清及溯源。本文分成四個部分來進行，1.對廟見禮的性質及意義進行分析和探究；2.史書記載廟見禮的具體情況；3.從人類學的角度對廟見與祭祖的關係，及未廟見不能成婦，作出理解；4.對漢代以後形成「廟見成昏」說的倫理、政治、社會背景作出說明。 本文認為常見環繞廟見的三種說法：1.祭祖先；2.祭舅姑；3.夫婦始能同房的標幟。以祭祖先之說最為可信，不論落在文獻的訓解上，或從重視祖先的文化背景，以及與祖靈交通和連結的角度來看，都最為順當合理。至於祭舅姑之說，在文獻訓解上，會出現一些矛盾，同時無法彰顯和說明祭祖的重要性。夫婦在廟見後才同房之說的流傳，與漢代以後，夫妻尊卑關係絕對化，以及經生鼓吹貞潔的背景相關。

　　　　　This article examines the characteristics and definition of miao jian廟見 in ancient marrige ceremonies, while clarifying several different assertions about it and tracing their sources. Ancient Confucianists had three definitions for miao jian: 1. The worship of ancestors; 2. The worship of the husband's parents; 3. A prefatory ceremony of the newly married couple before sexual relations. The article leans towards seeing the first definition, i.e. worship of ancestors, as being more reasonable because Chinese society stresses ancestor worship as necessary for maintaining a link with ancestral souls. Research of the second definition has turned up contradiciory documentation and fails to explain the importance of ancestor worship. The third definition is basde on the assumption of the wife's chastity and unquestioning obedience of the husband's orders, an assumption that is not prevalent until the Han dynasty.