In recent years, the phenomenon of high-priced bride prices has snowballed and has frequently become the focus of public opinion. After in-depth research, Banyuetan reporters found that in some rural areas, marriage-related costs such as bride price are showing an alarming upward trend, and some men's families even do not hesitate to spend millions of family assets just to marry their beloved bride.
This soaring cost of bride price not only deviates from the deep meaning of traditional etiquette, but also pushes the sacred emotional relationship between personality and love to the edge of materialization. It was supposed to be a marriage with a blend of hearts and emotions and emotional resonance, but it evolved into a contest between money and materialism. This not only exacerbates people's marital anxiety, but also gives rise to a series of social problems such as "fear of marriage" and "non-marriage", which casts a thick shadow on the marriage hall that should be full of joy and expectation.
In fact, the soaring bride price is only one of the costs of marriage in rural areas. In addition to the bride price, the man's family in some areas also faces about 5 to 10 expenses for marriage customs. In Chengwu County, Heze City, Shandong Province, in addition to the bride price of 188,000 yuan, it is also necessary to pay a change of mouth fee, a hijab fee, three golds, banquets, wedding photos, etc. If you add the house and car in the city, the cost of marriage in some men's families often exceeds one million yuan.
In fact, in the countryside, if a man wants to get married, he not only needs to smash the pot and sell iron, and spend everything to make up the bride price, but also needs the whole family to bear heavy debts. Moreover, high bride price often buries hidden dangers for family conflicts after marriage, and many families go to court because of the bride price issue when they divorce.
In any case, the high-priced bride price, a deep social crux, is like a thorn that grows tenaciously, which not only stung social harmony, but also distorted the sanctity of marriage. It is not a one-time problem, but a product of a combination of factors, so the solution is not something that can be achieved alone. This requires the relevant departments, society and each individual to work together to weave an impermeable protective net.
Only by working together and persevering, can we gradually eradicate the soil of high-priced bride price and restore the purity and sacredness of the palace of marriage. At that time, marriage will become the most touching chapter in everyone's life, writing the legend and eternity of love.