8/30/10

Survey: some rural areas of Heilongjiang Province, the burden of the high bride price survey

At 1:19 p.m. on the August 31, 2010
Loan Chau wife bride price change "buy" his wife

- Heilongjiang Province high bride price in rural areas, the burden of investigation

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As a custom, married the man gave the woman the appropriate bride price, a symbol of marriage, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement. However, comparisons in the old customs and culture under the influence of marriage bride price gone up. In order to meet the high bride price for marriage, some farmers in Heilongjiang Province, only to come up with all the deposits, or even to go to the bank loan, a loan shark.

Experts believe that the high bride price for marriage, marriage has changed taste, seriously affected the social atmosphere. Therefore, the debt left by farmers not only directly affect agricultural production, but also the problem of rural old-age lay hidden dangers to the stability of rural society brought about many uncertainties.

The burden of high bride price as happy

In recent years, with the improvement of living standards in rural areas, farmers wife's bride price has gone up. From "Home Theater" series to cash a combination of appliances, from 50,000 yuan to 80,000 yuan, farmers bear the burden thus gradually increasing, the joy of marriage is also watered down the high bride price.

Heilongjiang Provincial Town City apricot tree farmer Qing Li Jianwei said the second marriage is the end now Pa leather. In general, married bride price in cash, and "gold" in two parts. From after 2008, the cash portion of bride price has risen to 80,000 yuan, while the "three gold", that is, gold necklaces, gold earrings, gold rings, which cost 10,000 yuan or more. So doing, the man needs directly to the woman's marriage bride price was close to 100,000 yuan. If you add new homes in a variety of home appliances and daily necessities, and other marriage expenses generated in the process, the cost of marriage will reach 13 million or more.

In some rural areas investigations reporter learned that if you encounter the man of height, looks relatively good conditions, or the man with more than one brother, the bride price may be higher.

Wang Gang with the village peasants about to be married, he has promised to the woman's bride price, including 7 million in cash, three houses and five acres of land. Jianwei calculations to reporters, 5 acres of land each year's external market price is 1,500 yuan contract, if the 20-year contract period considered, the total price of about 30,000 yuan. Three houses in the local price around 70,000 yuan, plus cash and land, marriage bride price as high as 170,000 yuan.

In the local rural areas, if a family has two sons, all married bride price of 20 million. Two after the wedding, "Double Happiness" might become "extreme poverty."

Two-city celebration of Apricot Tree Village Town, Li Xiaofeng, had two sons have married in recent years. Two sons, the weight of foreign debt left by his marriage of breath. In order to make more money, to repay the foreign debt this year, Li Xiaofeng, 46, had already traveled to the Russian workers.

Loan Chau is married bride price of Poverty

28-year-old two-year clinical Jiang Xiangmin urban farmer wins 5-year-old tube into the child has a father. "Fortunately, he got married early, if the high bride price to catch up on the money now married." He said that in the local rural areas, farmers annual income is very limited. Living off the land, if only farmers, home savings and not too much, just years of eating in use, maintenance; if there are some farming family, such as cattle, pigs, etc., there may be 30,000 -5 million yuan deposits, more than 50,000 yuan fixed deposits, very few farmers.

Want to get married have to get bride price, bride price farmers have to find ways to Minato money.This reporter learned that some farmers to borrow money to friends and family first, not enough for some more to bank loans. Tube into said government would delegate a number of winter annual loans to farmers next year's spring production. Many farmers directly for the spring production of loans taken out, as a wedding bride price. A farmer's credit line is an upper limit, so ready to Quxi farmers sometimes have to use several of the loans to be lobbied for bride price. If you fall, get married, keep up bank loans to the timing of devolution, some farmers can only be a loan shark, the.

A local village officials say that's a loan for the spring production of bride price for marriage will have a direct impact on next year's spring production.

Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences researcher Zhao Ruizheng that unrealistic comparisons to marry bride price gone up to Quxi heavy burden farmers, farmers may thus returning to poverty. Because of the high bride price has become a custom, others are doing, so regardless of money or not, marriage is considered to be bride price should take, and must be holding. This marked the old custom of marriage money directly to the brand.

Sociologists, in the countryside, with the improvement of material civilization, spiritual civilization and improve not fully synchronized, and even showed signs of regression, in particular gaining a lot of bad practices and spread.
Let "marriage civilization" prevails in rural areas

Heilongjiang University Sociology Professor Qu Yong, that in agricultural civilizations, to his son build a house, marry a wife is the task and responsibility to the elderly. If they can not complete this "task", in the rural areas will be "backbite." In accordance with local custom, married the son of the elderly means "big finish", the main things the elderly's life complete. So, even if the result of the high bride price to carry a heavy burden on the majority of the elderly also

In sharp contrast, many rural new agreement before the marriage is good, premarital repayment of all debt by the elderly. The elderly in order to complete this "task" not hesitate to borrow money, loan, or even a loan shark.

Qu Yong said that this trend kill people, to farmers bring a huge group pressure. Heavy burden will directly affect agricultural production and living, is not conducive to social stability and harmony in rural areas. In particular the practice of bride price of land as a wedding is not desirable. In rural areas, if they do not have the land, will be left to the pension problem hidden trouble. Lost their land, rural retirement last line of defense as well.

Corresponding rise in the face of marriage bride price, many villagers have expressed frustration.Already bad economic situation of farmers, easily 100,000 yuan wedding bride price for them is an astronomical savings of many years is not enough to hold a wedding costs. A wife who is eager to change this variable to "buy" status of the wife, bride price to marry into a truly happy marriage witness, not to burden the future of home and life.

Zhaorui Zheng said the high bride price is not only tied the marriage, also tied the man's freedom.Party members and cadres in rural areas should play a vanguard and exemplary role, do not accept bride price, or a nominal charge a small property, typically set to make an example. Request to get rid of the old custom of bride price, the need to enhance building of spiritual civilization and establish a new social habits.

It is worth noting that this trend of high bride price in the city are rare, but rather in the economic and cultural backwardness of rural areas is relatively more prevalent. Qu Yong recommendations should strengthen the customs of the correct guidance, allow people to establish a right to love, to let the "civilized marriage" prevails in rural areas. (Press control Jian-Tao)

(Editor: Luo Xu)

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