60 000 dower as much red line hard stripes can hold poor attention

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Each year during the Spring Festival in many rural areas married "peak". "Xinhua viewpoint" reporters recently in Shandong, Henan, Anhui and other rural survey found that marriage dowry in some places, a hundred thousand of Yuan, generally requires buying property in town, far exceeding the generally rural families can afford. Although in some places introduced "bride price guidelines", but "hard stripes" difficult to manage "poor attention", "high bride price" still exists.

City of more than 100,000, buying a House, high bride prices result in farmers ' debts "for years turned down"

Qianshan County, Anhui Province, is a State-level poverty-stricken counties. Wang he buried people in order to get married, patchwork in the County bought a House at home. But last year, when engaged, the woman asked to 120,000 yuan Wang Hejia dower. "His home, buying property has spent their savings, and a hundred thousand of dower, will have to borrow. "He's a relative of Wang told reporters that now is engagement, followed by the wedding expenses, add up to more than 200,000 yuan for a rural family burdens.

"Buried some of the popular rural three-gold hardware, gold rings, gold bracelets, gold necklaces and the like, this is the rules. "Li Shuijun says just married last year, of course, dower is not static, consult both families sometimes, but overall, is still too high.

According to investigative journalism, is not the case in Anhui. In the Southwest and the East more counties remain "motionless" ("moving" is more than 100,000 cars a car, "don't move" is in the urban areas have a house), "a riot of green" (10,000 5, 1000 100 and some 50 works out to more than 150,000 yuan), dower said. Individual counties in Shandong heze, liaocheng, sanmenxia in Henan province, Xinxiang and many, in the county or city to buy a House, has become a rural woman's marriage of common requirements.

Village cadres Wang Xiyi said Shandong Cao County for 36 years, now the village young people of migrant, married basic requirements in the County have apartment or covered with 2-story house in the village. "Cao County they have to House more than 200,000, his building have to pay 660,000, coupled with the bride, married for more than 200,000 in the countryside is ' starting '. "

Said Wang Xiyi, rural per capita annual net income was million dollars, three did not eat or drink seven or eight years to save enough, so rural married hardly "famine", "days finally have improved in these two years, marrying a wife all night returning". Chongqing 13 year old girl s playground death

"A lot of people managed to save a bit of money, a little capital can be used in the development of industry on the rich, but high bride prices broke this way, causing some farmers deeply in debt, life difficulties, can be frozen for many years. "Cao said one of cadres at township level.

"High bride prices" draw a red line in some places still not control

On January 19, the rear after the Xiang village, taiqian, Henan province, 22 year old villager Zhang Peng Xu Shixiu and bride's wedding day. To promote the marriage jianban the new rules of the village moved to emotion, Daniel, men and women ultimately have a bride price of 60,000 yuan, marriage in the form jianban.

Zhang Peng's father Zhang Xiyuan, saying: "sons marry, also want to big like others before, not now! Wedding cars wedding 10 6, table wine, 30 dollars, 10 dollars for cigarettes, were reduced by half, formerly 200,000 dollars, my bride price in total only 60,000 dollars. "

Zhang Peng dower savings comes from the local launch of a guidance document. On December 27 last year, taiqian, Henan province rural ceremonial occasions in taiqian County issued the standards reference guidance (draft for soliciting opinions) and other documents, required bride price control and extort money and goods prohibited by marriage. Total number of bride price at 60,000 yuan.

In fact, the introduction of rural ceremonial occasions the guidance document and, in particular, "high bride price", taiqian County is not alone. The last two years, Sichuan jinyang, Juye, Shandong, Henan Qing feng, also designated the "bride price guidelines."

Reporters found, and where the relevant provisions are generally "bride price guidelines" delineation of 60,000 yuan. Sichuan jinyang in December 2015, the jinyang County people's Government on curbing death large gifts and extravagance of the detailed rules for the implementation of the wind (for trial implementation), clear wedding gift not exceeding a total of 60,000 yuan; in early February last year, Shandong Juye civilization Office, issued the guidelines on better customs, also advocated marriage gift cannot be more than 60,000 yuan.

Juye County culture Office Director Li bing said, advocating marriage gift is 60,000 yuan according to the income level of farmers, and full discussion of the people confirmed after investigation. "Takes into account the traditional practices and capacity, also wants to let people develop a conscious action to curb ' sky-high bride '. "

"Bride price guidelines" would really hold "high bride prices"? Reporters some parts of Shandong, Henan provincial civilization Office, said that the introduction of "bride price guidelines" is just a guide, not coercive measures in some areas did not achieve the desired results.

Juye Feng Lou, President of the Council of the village of red and White Sun Zihai told reporters that the ceremonial occasions and customs well, the most difficult is the bride price. Although the introduction of the "bride price guidelines", but no bride, how much dowry are ordinary people who sent their own thing, "people are willing to give high bride prices, we painstakingly persuaded there is no rigid way."

Specification for dowry money the Government needed "hard stripes" "flexible administration" a two-pronged approach

Academy Director of the folklore Institute of Beijing Normal University Wan Jianzhong said dower's history is long, regardless of the conclusion of the North-South marriage since ancient times in China, there are men in the marriage contract the initial agreement to the woman giving money and gifts custom.

Experts said the bride there for historical reasons, but if modern society requires the bride price is too high and there is even "sky-high bride price" is definitely a bad habit, but the practice has only a ban by the Government are hard to change.

Qianshan County, Anhui Province, 68 years old Rachel Liu often gives a matchmaker. "If both families talk about good, the man some dowry, the woman to accompany the dowry, is basically a kind of reciprocity. "Rachel Liu said that the bride price has always been there, especially in rural areas, if you want to cancel the unrealistic if one or two days.

Southwest University of political science and law professor Chen believes that high bride prices were remnants of traditional practices in rural areas, but some party members and cadres in previous years dacaodaban with bad ethos. According to party disciplines, severely restricted or prohibited cadres participating in dacaodaban, in any way contribute to "sky-high dower" habits of behavior. "Snatching from the party members and cadres, help to reverse ' sky-high dower ' adverse social atmosphere. "

Reporters combed found that, at present, in the "sky-high bride" on the issue, some party members and cadres disciplinary measures. Sichuan jinyang, Henan Puyang, Zibo, Shandong and other places will change into party and government management, and disregard and violation of regulations dacaodaban party members and officials to party disciplines deal.

Associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of politics, Liu Shanying believes that for the general public, bride price is too high is a bad habit, but if the Government stepped in to stop, limit is not a very good approach. "Weddings are people own things, forced the Government to intervene, in particular involvement with disciplinary measures, often brings new problems. "

Some experts say ten different customs in rural areas, each village has its own characteristics, to encourage villagers ' autonomy, established red and white board at the village level, in the form of village regulations and customs.

Experts believe that high bride price of such problems, you should use "flexible administration" means to solve the "poor pay attention to" issues. Chen said, "soft" Executive "refers to the persuasion, education, to advocate, could not impose intervention. We should change our mind to work hard, "gender equality", "boy or girl" concept gradually take root in the country, fundamentally get rid of married women "up for grabs" disease.

Source: Xinhua

Original title: 60,000 dower as much red line "hard stripes" can hold "poor attention"?

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