Modern Marriage Customs in Yangzhou Modern people's marriage relationship is based on the Marriage Law. In traditional marriage, "parents' orders and matchmakers' words" are no longer the criteria that both men and women must follow. However, traditional marriage has been passed down for thousands of years and has a tenacious inheritance. Modern society is in a period of alternation between the old and the new. Therefore, traditional marriage customs still have great influence in modern society. As a famous historical and cultural city, Yangzhou has a profound accumulation of traditional culture, which makes many "ancient rituals and old family styles" continue and remain in the marriage customs of modern Yangzhou people. However, modern Yangzhou people are living in a new era of popularization of culture and education, advanced science and technology and affluent life. Especially since the 1980s, foreign cultures have violently impacted all aspects of Yangzhou people's lives, and great changes have taken place in terms of ideas, lifestyles and customs. Undoubtedly, with the progress and development of society, the marriage customs of Yangzhou people are also undergoing tremendous changes. Therefore, when we start the topic of modern marriage customs, we should also fully consider the profound influence brought by this change.