Recently, there have been reports on the Internet about the high bride price in Jiangxi and the high funeral expenses in Gansu. In rural areas, the state has always attached great importance to such problems as high bride prices, large-scale operations, extravagance and waste, and comparison of gifts. Especially in recent years, many peasants have been saying that the burden of favors is getting heavier and heavier, and the money they earn in a year is not enough to repay their debts. Even some elderly people feel burdened by this.
In rural areas, some unhealthy practices in the area of red and white affairs have been prevalent for many years, and even if measures are taken to deal with them in depth, there are still some villages and some areas where the atmosphere is still spreading. During this period, the prominent problem of "red and white affairs" in rural areas has always attracted people's attention.
Now, with the release of Document No. 1 in 2024, problems such as high bride prices in rural areas, large-scale operations, and scattered burials have been named by the state again, and it is also clearly proposed to carry out comprehensive management. Coverage to every village.
In some rural areas, villagers attach great importance to the holding of red and white affairs, and often make extravagant and wasteful behaviors because of problems such as comparison, love of face, and talking about cards. However, the actions and practices of these villagers have affected the atmosphere of the entire village, which has led some to take advantage of this to inflate the price of ceremonies.
In addition, in some rural areas, the practice of setting up a stage, inviting bands, and holding banquets is still prevalent in the aspect of red and white ceremonies, which not only brings a heavy economic burden to themselves, but also makes the local villagers follow suit, and finally forms a trend in the village that cannot be avoided.
As for the problem of bride price, although it is said that only a few provinces are very serious, the reason why the problem of high bride price is getting worse is also inseparable from the fact that some people raise the bride price or compare the bride price. Therefore, in order to lighten the burden of human affection on the peasant masses, this year we also named and said that we would carry out comprehensive management.
According to the deployment of Document No. 1, the mainland has asked all localities to adhere to the principle of combining dredging and blockage, and treating both the symptoms and the root causes, not only allowing all localities to innovate and change customs and giving full play to the role of villagers' autonomy, but also allowing all localities to strengthen the incentive and restraint functions of village rules and conventions.
That is to say, in view of the conspicuous problem of "red and white affairs" in the rural areas, it is necessary to strengthen propaganda and education and improve the civilized quality of the villagers. At the same time, it is also necessary to give play to the role of villagers' self-government, and incorporate some prominent problems into the village rules and people's covenants for restraint.
Through propaganda and education, we can help villagers establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life, and values, improve their legal awareness and civilized quality, enable them to consciously abide by relevant regulations, and form a good social atmosphere; and the formulation of village rules and conventions can enable every villager to abide by the rules, clarify their rights and obligations, and prevent violations of laws and regulations when holding red and white events.
In addition, in Document No. 1, the mainland also clearly stated that it will improve the binding norms and advocacy standards such as new marriages, simple funerals, filial piety and love for relatives.
That is to say, in the process of comprehensive management, each region will also combine the actual situation, formulate specific operating procedures and rules and regulations for red and white affairs, if the villagers want to handle the marriage, it is best to do it newly, and when doing the white affairs, everything should be as simple as possible to reduce the burden.
For example, in the aspect of "red and white events", we can clarify the standards for holding them, limit the scale, and prohibit feudal superstitious activities, so as to ensure that the holding of red and white events not only conforms to traditional customs, but also conforms to the requirements of modern civilization, and prevents uncivilized, extravagant and wasteful phenomena.
Finally, in the No. 1 document, the mainland also made it clear that party members and cadres should be encouraged to take the lead in fulfilling their promises and playing an exemplary and leading role. Strengthen positive guidance and incentives, strengthen the construction of family education and family style, and promote effective methods such as the list system and the point system
In rural areas, grassroots organizations play a pivotal role in the governance of "red and white affairs" in rural areas. In the process of comprehensive management, we will give full play to the role of grassroots organizations such as village committees and villagers' groups, strengthen education and guidance for villagers, and promote civilized, thrifty, standardized and orderly red and white affairs.
On the one hand, it is to let the village managers play a leading role, take the lead in curbing the atmosphere and standardize behavior, and on the other hand, it is to guide and motivate everyone positively, and measures such as the point system or the reward and punishment system can be adopted to guide the villagers to do a good job in changing customs and other related work. Motivate them if they perform well, educate them if they have violations, and so on.
In short, the conspicuous problem of "red and white affairs" in rural areas needs to be dealt with urgently. In this year's arrangement, with regard to changing customs in rural areas, we will eventually solve outstanding problems through the comprehensive application of a number of measures, such as strengthening publicity and education, formulating rules and regulations, strengthening supervision and control, and giving play to the role of grassroots organizations.
In the process of comprehensive management, it is also necessary to involve the joint participation of every villager and the efforts of townships, towns, and village committees, so that a good situation can be gradually formed. Okay, that's the policy I'm interpreting for you, what do you think about it? Let's talk about it.