台湾少数民族各族的社会发展程度不同,有的处于母系社会,有的已是父系制,有的已进入阶级社会。但不论处于那种社会阶段,就婚姻形态来说,都实行严格的一夫一妻制,即单偶婚。只有极个别的排湾贵族纳妾,可以说是极特殊的现象。按照他们的习惯,对于已婚夫妻是禁止与第三者发生性关系的。否则,一经发现,就要受到不同形式的惩处,甚至可能被杀死。在男女婚姻关系存续期间,必须严格实行一夫一妻的单偶婚,与民族学研究报告中所见的世界上的其他处于原始时代的民族实行群婚、对偶婚有很大的差别。我们不能笼统地认为,或按照一般的规律,只要说某族处于母系社会阶段,就认为那里一定是妇女掌权,一定实行的是群婚或对偶婚。先入为主、用通行的规则来看台湾少数民族的婚姻制度,是要出差错的。他们有他们自己的特点,有自己的行为规范与道德准则,既不同于进入文明社会的民族,也与民族学报告中的处于原始社会的民族有明显区别。他们婚姻制度可以概括为:严 The ethnic minorities in Taiwan have different degrees of social development, some in the matriarchal society, some in the patrilineal system, and some in the class society. However, no matter in that stage of society, strict monogamy, that is, single-handed marriage, is practiced in terms of the form of marriage. Only a very few Paiwan aristocrat concubine, can be said to be a very special phenomenon. In accordance with their habits, married couples are forbidden to have sexual relations with third parties. Otherwise, once discovered, they will be subject to different forms of punishment and may even be killed. During the marriage between men and women, the monogamous marriage of monogamy must be strictly enforced. When married with other primitive peoples in the world as seen in ethnographic reports, there is a great difference between the two. We can not generally think, or follow the general rule, that a certain ethnic group must be in the matriarchal stage and that there must be a woman in power and that certain group or dual marriage must be practiced. By preconceived principle, the rules governing the marriages of ethnic minorities in Taiwan are wrong to go wrong. They have their own characteristics, have their own code of conduct and moral norms, both different from the civilized into a civilized society, ethnology report also in the primitive society of people have significant differences. Their marriage system can be summarized as: strict