Marriage in China Group 3 Kwankit Cheng Weihuang Xie Junyan Liu
Outline Ancient chinese marriage Marriage changes through 20th century Marriage in nowadays and future
1. Imperial examination 2. Marriage 3.The birth of a son The three most delightful moments in one's life
Three Letters 1. Betrothal letter 2. gift letter 3. wedding letter Marriage Process - Three Letters and Six Etiquettes
1. Proposing 2. Birthday Matching 3. Presenting Betrothal Gifts Six Etiquettes
4. Presenting Wedding Gifts 5. Selecting the Wedding Date 6. Wedding Ceremony Six Etiquettes
1. Marriage is the most important case in one’s life. 2.Ancient China’s Marriage has it’s own special process 3.Ancient China’s Marriage are based on the Chinese Tradition Culture especially for process. Conclusion
Time period-- before 1950 Features Arranged by eldship Based on parents` permissions Effects Low rate of divorce Marriage changes-- Pictures from Library of Congress
Time period-- in 1950s Features First marriage law was published Free choice based on: parents monogamy both sexs women and children Marriage changes-- Pictures from chineseposters.net
Time period-- in 1950s Effects: Freedom Weekened marriage First trend of divorce Marriage changes-- Pictures from chineseposters.net
Time period-- between 1960s and 1970s Features Political struggles Damaged exsiting system Political marriage Effects Have to follow instructions Be willing because of benefits Marriage changes-- Picture from blog.sina.com.cn
Time period-- in 1980s Features Financial problems The Seconed Marriage Law-happiness Effects Old age and less children More seperations Marriage changes-- Picture from Guangzhou Daily
Time period-- in 1980s Features Econmoics Females rights Effects More divorce Unstable structures Poor children care Marriage changes-- Picture from
Modern Marriage The Chinese modern marriage is totally different from before. There are two main reasons 1. Policies 2.values in modern people’s minds
The policies the review of The Marriage Law of the People Republic of China （ 1980 ）
The policies One-child policy This policy changes structure of family in China
The Values In the modern people’s minds, marriage should be more free and independent.
Divorce even the modern marriage bring to people modern fresh and free, but there are still a lot of negative problems appear.
Conclusion In our opinions, we think that the development of the world brings people some fresh and fashion ideas about marriage. These ideas change the old ideas of marriage, but we could find some problems. All we need to do is believing the true love and following our hearts.
Reference McLanahan, S. & Sandefur, G. (1994), Growing up with a single parent: What hurts, what helps? Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China, the NPC Standing Committee (1950)
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