An initiative to boycott high betrothal gifts and promote new trends of civilization

Although receiving wedding gifts is our tradition, as the times progress, we should also treat this important moment in life in a more civilized way! The following is the "Proposal to Resist High Betrothal Gifts and Advocate for Civilized New Practices" compiled by me for your reference only. You are welcome to read it. Proposal to boycott high betrothal gifts and advocate new civilized practices (1)

To all the cadres, masses and young friends in the county:

A happy marriage and a happy family are the aspirations of everyone and the world. Parents' mutual consent is the foundation of social harmony. However, due to the influence of various factors, in recent years, wedding gifts have increased year by year, weddings and funerals have been extravagant, and the phenomenon of pomp, vanity, and extravagance has become more and more intense. This unhealthy phenomenon not only increases the debt of favor, but also Moreover, there are tragedies of people falling into poverty due to marriage and returning to poverty due to marriage, which has put many families in trouble. At the same time, it also provides a breeding ground for some people to take advantage of the opportunity to make money, seriously corrupting the social atmosphere. In order to carry forward traditional virtues, resist high-priced betrothal gifts, abandon bad wedding habits, and promote new civilized trends, the following initiatives are issued:

1. New weddings, and be an advocate of diligence and thrift

Advocacy Abandon old ideas and customs. When choosing the other half of your life, you must focus on character and feelings. Don't use money as the only criterion for measuring happiness. Don't use rituals and wedding customs as the yardstick for measuring marriage. Ask for betrothal gifts (betrothal gifts), abandon high betrothal gifts, and advocate group weddings, travel weddings, etc. that are both frugal, moderate and commemorative. Consciously resist comparisons with each other, ostentation, extravagance and waste, no grand ceremonies, no luxurious banquets, no luxury fleets, no pomp, no extravagance, and be an advocate of diligence and thrift!

2. Change customs and become a promoter of purifying customs

Promote the use of a bouquet of flowers, a text message, a greeting, etc. to express congratulations in a civilized way of hospitality that is "light on etiquette but heavy on affection" , enhance relationships, do not organize festive events such as full-moon drinks, college entrance drinks, enlistment drinks, housewarming drinks, etc., put an end to indiscriminate sending of invitations, accepting gifts, grand feasts, extravagance and taking the opportunity to make money, and consciously resist the bad habits of disguised luxury and ostentation. Become a promoter of purifying habits!

3. Be the first to demonstrate and be the leader in establishing new trends

Promote frugality and simplicity in everything. Do not handle all kinds of festive matters and oppose big things. Promote "Operation CD-ROM" and oppose waste on the dining table. No high-end tobacco and wine, no high-end dishes, no extra dishes, order on demand, be a leader in establishing a new trend!

Here, we call on the cadres, masses, and young friends in the county to join hands to boycott high-priced betrothal gifts, establish a new trend in marriage, build a happy family, build a harmonious society, and strive to be the new leader in the new era. Advocates, disseminators and practitioners of fashion, strive to be the promoters and leaders of changing customs and doing things in a civilized manner, and contribute their own strength to China's building of a green, happy and beautiful new world and China's creation of a happy and beautiful new life, so that good people can Family tradition, good rural customs, and good folk customs have become common practice in xx!

Proponent: xxx

Proposal on boycotting high betrothal gifts and advocating new civilized practices on x, month x, 20xx (2)

The broad masses of cadres and young people in the county Friends:

Advocating etiquette is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, but some stereotypes and comparison psychology in wedding activities have added some discordant notes to the sacred wedding, and even become a problem for many young people. Obstacles to Marital Happiness. In recent years, phenomena such as high betrothal gifts and extravagant weddings still exist in our county. The phenomenon of poverty caused by marriage and return to poverty due to marriage has become more and more serious. High betrothal gifts have become a prominent social problem that hinders the process of poverty alleviation.

In order to oppose high betrothal gifts, effectively resist bad marriage habits, and advocate new civilized trends, the xx County Women's Federation issued the following initiative:

1. Act within your ability and boycott high betrothal gifts

Every family should respect objective reality and act according to their own family’s material and financial resources. When choosing a partner, focus on character and emotion, not be burdened by material things or money, be considerate of the hard work of the partner's parents, and don't let high-priced gifts hijack a beautiful marriage.

Young women in the county should carry forward the spirit of "self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-improvement" and establish a correct outlook on love and marriage. We must start from home, start from ourselves, consciously resist high betrothal gifts, oppose the trend of comparison, take practical actions to create a healthy, thrifty and civilized new style of marriage, and break the stereotypes of high-priced betrothal gifts, extravagant weddings, mutual comparisons, and using marriages to make money. bad habits.

2. Diligence and thrift, advocating simple arrangements for happy events

Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. New weddings and simple weddings not only reflect the etiquette and humanity, but also show the civility and frugality. Young married women should be considerate and grateful to their parents, and should not make excessive demands, show off, compare themselves to each other, or be extravagant and wasteful. It is advocated not to engage in grand ceremonies when getting engaged and married, and to pursue civilized, simple and elegant engagement and wedding ceremonies. Save money for banquets and grand events, develop family wealth-making careers, create a healthy and positive social trend, and promote the construction of a conservation-oriented society.

3. Change customs and advocate new arrangements for happy events

The majority of young women in the county must consciously abandon outdated and backward ideas and choose environmentally friendly, novel and safe ways to express and enjoy the festive atmosphere. Reduce the setting off of fireworks and firecrackers, reduce air quality pollution, and prevent noise from disturbing residents. Do not promote or participate in vulgar "marriage troubles", and abandon all uncivilized wedding behaviors, so that the wedding embodies etiquette, humanism, environmental protection and civilization.

Marriage is not a trivial matter, and love is priceless. It is the unshirkable responsibility of every young woman and family member to advocate a new trend of civilization and resist high-priced betrothal gifts. It is also a symbol of social civilization. We should advocate the good atmosphere of "new weddings, simple ceremonies, and low-carbon life". Starting from me, from now on Starting from the beginning, leading the trend of the times, contributing to our county's victory in the battle against poverty and striving to create a prosperous, harmonious, beautiful and happy xx!

Proponent: xxx

Proposal on boycotting high betrothal gifts and advocating new civilized practices on x, month x, 20xx (3)

Women and sisters:

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A happy marriage and family harmony are the aspirations of all unmarried young people, and they are the common wish of parents all over the world. In order to resist the bad custom of high betrothal gifts, advocate changing customs, and form a healthy and civilized new social trend in the whole society, the xx City Women's Federation issues the following initiative to the majority of women sisters in the city:

1. Reject high betrothal gifts and promote self-improvement The spirit of self-reliance

Advocates the establishment of a correct view of love and marriage. When choosing a mate, focus on character and emotion, take skills, hard work and ability as the main conditions for choosing a mate, and not be burdened by material or money. Consciously resist high betrothal gifts, create a new trend of frugal and civilized weddings, carry forward the spirit of "self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement", and create a happy life with your own hands.

2. Promote the simplicity of weddings and inheritance of the concept of diligence and thrift

Young people of marriageable age should actively respond to the call for new wedding arrangements and simpler weddings, and consciously resist blind comparisons and extravagant and wasteful services. Methods, actively adopt new wedding methods such as collective weddings and travel weddings, emphasizing meaning over form, making the wedding simple and elegant, embodying etiquette and humanity, as well as civilization and frugality.

3. Cultivate good family traditions and create civilized folk customs and social customs

Actively practice the core socialist values, establish good family traditions, inherit good family mottos, and use good family traditions to Drive changes in village customs, folk customs and social customs, and return betrothal gifts to rationality. The majority of women and sisters should take the lead in abandoning old ideas and establishing new concepts, mobilizing family members, relatives and friends to establish a new style of marriage, reject high betrothal gifts, and strive to set an example for the new style.

Resisting high betrothal gifts and advocating new civilized trends are a symbol of social civilization and progress, a need for social development, and an unshirkable responsibility for each of us. Women and sisters, let us join hands, start from me, start from now, break old stereotypes and bad habits, promote the change of customs, strive to be the advocates, disseminators and practitioners of new trends in the new era, and let the new wind of civilization blow everywhere xx earth!

Promoter: xxx

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