Aside from historical factors, industrialization and societal change have also left little room for traditional marriage rites. New social roles for women have altered the nature of marriage and position of the bride, making many of the old rites obsolete.
加上社會工業化，生活忙碌；教育普及之後，女性有了謀生能力，大家對婚姻的觀念產生了變化。在各種原因互相衝擊之下，現代的婚儀更進一步簡化了許多。