A bride price exceeding RMB 30,000 will be sentenced to one year in prison, and in some places, the person will be detained for 15 days. Is this true or false?

Happy marriage and family harmony are everyone’s expectations, but the “betrothal gift” during engagement seems to have become a “stumbling block” for many young people in their pursuit of happiness. In recent years, related topics on the Internet about "sky-high price betrothal gifts" have also aroused heated discussions among netizens and media attention.

Recently, I have seen a lot of slogans about "betrothal gifts" and even police notices that look relatively formal at first glance and are widely circulated in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places.

Most of these slogans state regulations such as "Starting from this year, an engagement exceeding 30,000 yuan will be sentenced to one year in prison" and "The woman who receives a bride price exceeding 30,000 yuan will be detained for 15 days."

Is it true that a person will be sentenced to prison if the betrothal gift exceeds 30,000 yuan?

Reporters from various places have discovered through searches and the Telecommunications Union that many places have released news saying that no such slogans have been published or posted, and the news spread online are all rumors!

However, the issue of betrothal gifts has always been a hot topic among netizens and media attention. In many rural areas, incidents of "sky-high price of bride gifts" abound. For example, in January this year, China News Network article "Sky-high Price of Betrothal Gifts" "In recent years, rural areas in Qingyang, Pingliang and other places in Gansu have been hardest hit by "sky-high price of wedding gifts"," wrote the article "Recommendations for CPPCC members in Gansu to break bad habits", which range from 80,000 to 80,000 yuan. 200,000 yuan, it is very common for people to become poor or return to poverty due to marriage. In Longnan, Gansu, some families even believe that the bride price represents the woman's "worth", and the more she asks for, the higher her worth will be.

So, does the state have relevant regulations regarding betrothal gifts?

On February 19 this year, Xinhua News Agency authorized the release of the Central Document No. 1, which specifically pointed out in terms of rural governance: "Continue to promote the work of changing rural customs, guide and encourage rural grassroots mass autonomous organizations to adopt highly binding Measures should be taken to control bad social habits such as bad wedding and funeral habits, sky-high betrothal gifts, declining filial piety, and having no support for the elderly. "This is the first time that the Central Committee's No. 1 Document has clearly stated governance requirements for such unhealthy social trends as sky-high betrothal gifts.

Although there is this Central Document No. 1, statements such as "an engagement exceeding 30,000 yuan will be sentenced to one year in prison" and "a bride price exceeding 30,000 yuan will be detained for 15 days" are not formal policies. They are all rumors and fake Spreading false information on behalf of government agencies is illegal.

What do you think about sky-high betrothal gifts?

As Ma Gang, a member of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, said, the betrothal gift still depends on our understanding of marriage itself. It is a reflection of human values ????and should first attract the attention of the whole society and guide what love is. , what is the meaning and value of love, so that we can return to the excellent traditions of the Chinese nation, such as virtue, kindness, and hard work.