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Promote special weddings such as group weddings and low-carbon weddings, and advocate the establishment of simple and moderate wedding customs and etiquette; use simple and generous methods to increase the sense of ritual in marriage registration, and bid farewell to extravagance and waste; provide newlywed counseling to guide young people to establish a correct outlook on marriage, love, and family …In recent years, various places have promoted the reform of wedding customs and changed customs through various forms, and new wedding trends are gradually taking shape.
In recent years, many innovative and creative new wedding customs have brought about a new trend of “reducing the burden” of love, effectively reducing the people's wedding burden. Encourage the promotion of new and simplified marriages, advocate the establishment of simple and moderate wedding etiquette, and provide in-depth marriage and family counseling services… Various places are promoting the reform of marriage customs and changing customs through various forms, and new wedding trends are gradually taking shape.
Special weddings drive new trends in wedding customs
On March 28, a festive and simple Chinese-style collective wedding was held at Leizu Haitang Garden in Xiping County, Henan Province. Twelve couples wore gorgeous traditional Chinese wedding attires, accompanied by traditional music, and walked down the red carpet to get married in the presence of relatives and friends. The entire wedding showed classical Chinese romance and left precious happy memories for the newlyweds. “There is no extravagance or waste at all. The elegant and simple Chinese wedding made me deeply feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture.” said the groom Song Yu.
Integrating traditional etiquette with the new trends of the times, Xiping County has successfully held two Chinese-style collective weddings. The secretary of the county party committee served as the wedding witness and sent wedding blessings to 36 couples. “The collective wedding aims to promote the reform of marriage customs, advocate new marriage arrangements, and promote new civilized trends. The newlyweds have led the trend of frugal and civilized marriages and set an example for the youth of the county.” said Hou Gongtao, secretary of the Xiping County Party Committee.
In recent years, various localities have innovated and optimized services, vigorously promoted special weddings such as group weddings, low-carbon weddings and bus weddings, invited “special guests” to witness the wedding, organized couples to plant “sweet trees” and cultivate “happy forests”, and advocated Establish simple and moderate wedding customs and etiquette, forming a trend of new wedding arrangements, simple ceremonies, civility and frugality.
The groom He Wei and the bride Zhang Jianan are a couple born after 1995 in Panjin City, Liaoning Province. The double-decker bus No. 521 “My Family Has a Happy Hao” was their wedding car of choice. On the eve of the wedding, the two decorated the wedding car with their own hands in their own favorite style. On the wedding day, the car was filled with relatives and friends, laughing and laughing all the way, witnessing this important moment in the couple's life.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in 2023, 1,625 collective wedding activities were held in various places, serving 57,100 people; nearly 12,000 collective promulgation activities were carried out, and 403,000 people were served. At present, more and more young people are willing to participate in group weddings, letting the new simple wedding customs light up their happy lives.
Marriage registration creates an exclusive sense of ceremony
What is it like to receive a marriage certificate in a national 5A scenic spot?
“It's great. I'll go there to get the certificate on Saturday. I'm so happy!” In 2023, the marriage registration point located in the Confucius Temple Scenic Area in Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province was officially opened. There is a big Chinese character “囍” on the door, and there are antique furnishings inside. This registration point has a festive name – Joy Luck Hall.
In addition to marriage registration, Joy Luck Hall also creates an immersive wedding etiquette experience for couples. Providing Chinese wedding clothes and giving away traditional wedding certificates, the “Treasure” registration point has received praise from many newlyweds. “I think the ritual on the day of receiving the certificate is more important than choosing a 'good day' to receive the certificate,” said a bride-to-be.
In 2021, Qinhuai District was recognized as the second batch of Jiangsu Province marriage custom reform experimental areas. Combining regional cultural characteristics, Qinhuai District not only opened a marriage registration point in the core scenic spot of Confucius Temple, but also built an outdoor promulgation base facing the Qinhuai River to meet the personalized needs of couples and vigorously advocate new weddings and simpler weddings.
In recent years, various places have actively explored locating marriage registration agencies in iconic places such as parks to add a simple and elegant sense of ceremony to the issuance of marriage registration. Ouhai District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, built a park-style marriage registration center at the Asian Dragon Boat Sports Exchange Center and launched a new series of wedding themed activities; Hunnan District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, set up a marriage registration point in the Rose Garden of Shenyang Botanical Garden to create a festive atmosphere The door, romantic and warm atmosphere of marriage registration… Without pursuing pomp and luxury, couples can also find happiness and a sense of ritual in the marriage registration process.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the “Guiding Opinions on Carrying out Pilot Work on the Reform of Marriage Customs” in 2020, guiding the national marriage custom reform experimental zones to explore experience and create models in advocating simple and moderate wedding customs and etiquette, controlling unhealthy trends in the field of marriage customs, and cultivating a civilized and healthy marriage custom culture. . Civil affairs departments at all levels have taken the initiative and identified a large number of experimental units at different levels. As of the end of 2023, 1,806 experimental units of various types have been established across the country, promoting the reform of marriage customs at all levels, and letting the new trend of civilization blow into thousands of households.
Long-term mechanism explores “the first lesson of marriage”
“After listening to the old man's story, I felt so moved! After decades of ups and downs, this is the true emotion.” Villager Xiao Wang said. In Cheru Village, Xiashi Town, Jintai District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, at the themed event of “Reforming Marriage Customs to Create New Trends, and Sending Blessings at Golden Wedding Celebrations”, six pairs of golden-married elderly people shared their family tradition stories, and town and village cadres issued commemorative certificates to the elderly people to change customs. Preach.
The reform of marriage customs is an important part of the work of changing customs. The golden old man taught the young people the “first lesson in marriage” by staying together for a long time, guiding them to establish a correct view of marriage, love and family, and returning marriage to the essence of love and responsibility.
In Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, “Marriage First Lesson” uses newlywed counseling to help newlyweds systematically conduct marriage planning through courses such as “understanding each other's differences, how to face conflicts” and “effective communication”. learn.
“Unexpectedly, the Marriage Registration Center now also provides newlywed counseling services. We have benefited a lot and can avoid some detours in family adjustment.” Mr. Li and Ms. Wang were guided by volunteers when they registered at the Yuhang District Civil Affairs Bureau Marriage Registration Center. Go to a marriage counseling room for newlywed counseling. “Today, our newlywed counseling services have basically covered all newlyweds,” said the person in charge of the project at the Yuhang District Hand in Hand Marriage and Family Service Center.
Local civil affairs departments rely on marriage registration authorities and work with women's federations and other units to actively explore the provision of marriage and family counseling services. At present, the coverage rate of marriage and family counseling rooms in marriage registration agencies at or above the county level is close to 90%. According to statistics, in 2023, various types of marriage and family counseling services have been provided to more than 3 million people in various places.
Next, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will innovate and optimize service forms, explore and promote the construction of comprehensive marriage and family service guidance centers, and actively provide special services such as marriage promulgation, collective weddings, marriage and family counseling; strengthen positive publicity and guidance, rely on the main position of the marriage registration agency, Vigorously promote civilized marriage and family culture, illustrate the harm of high bride price to marriage and family through real cases, and actively advocate positive marriage and family values; widely publicize concepts such as “Emotion is the ballast of a sweet marriage and a happy family”, and constantly Cultivate and purify social atmosphere.
“People's Daily” (Page 11, May 8, 2024)
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