Why do weddings in rural areas get bigger and bigger, and the burden is getting heavier?

in spring, everything germinates. Many newcomers will set out their top priorities at this time. However, marriage is not only a matter of two new people and two families, but also involves personal contacts and relationships between relatives and friends, so this scene is often getting bigger and bigger. Those who have money spend a lot of money to do it, and those who have no money to borrow money should also do it. Many newcomers have a heavy financial burden and have hardships. This year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will comprehensively promote the reform of marriage customs and advocate simple and appropriate marriage customs etiquette. But this marriage is a housework after all, what should I do?

Yuan Mingchen, who is busy planning a wedding, is in Konglou Village, Huangji Township, Zhecheng County, Henan Province. According to the custom of the village, no matter which couple gets married, they have to invite such a respected old man to be the manager of the wedding, which is called "general manager Xi" for short.

However, Yuan Mingchen still has an identity today, that is, the vice president of the Red and White Council appointed by the village committee. The most important thing for the establishment of this association is to help the local people change their minds and change the wedding rules. He has already settled the accounts for the wedding in front of him.

Yuan Mingzhong, the father of the newcomer, said, "Now we have invited 1 tables, with more than 7 people and less than 8 people. In the past, we had to get more than 5, yuan. Now halved is more than 2, yuan. "

Zhecheng County belongs to Shangqiu, Henan Province. It has a long history and many traditions, especially when it comes to weddings. When it comes to the wedding banquet alone, there is a flowing banquet. The whole village, old and young, take turns to go into battle, and they have to eat some wax from noon. Everyone wants to talk about ostentation and extravagance, so the price of the wedding banquet is also soaring, not counting the cost of cigarettes and wine. A table of banquets can't be stopped for four or five hundred. After dozens of tables, you have to spend tens of thousands of dollars.

Yang Fangzhen, the chef of the wedding banquet, said: "In the past, we all talked about ostentation and extravagance, and there were many plates, and the bottom was 15 or 16, and there were too many big pieces of chicken and fish, so we certainly couldn't eat them."

In addition to wedding banquets, bride price is also a big deal. In Henan, it ranges from 66, to 88,, and most of them are colorful and green. In some places, it takes hundreds of thousands of bride price money to make this marriage.

Jing Suxia, the matchmaker, said, "Compared with each other, if all your children are married to 12,, my children will definitely be married to 12,, and my daughter is not bad."

In p>218, the per capita income of farmers in Zhecheng County was only over 1, yuan. Compared with the rural villagers who worked outside the home in recent years, Yuan Mingzhong and his wife could still earn 2, to 3, yuan a year. However, it is still a bit laborious for their son to pay 12, yuan at a time.

Before preparing for his son's wedding, Lao Yuan really got a little angry. If the wedding is small, I'm afraid that my relatives and friends will laugh at me. If I make it big, my family's financial resources will really fail. As a result, before Lao Yuan could figure out a way, the county came up with a way first. For the bride's bride price, we should organize forces led by matchmaker to persuade families to ask for less. Once the bride is well educated, the county party committee and county government will relay on the stage and name them as "honorable households who have changed their customs".