Research On The Custom Of Family Division In Xiawang Village, Huozhou, Shanxi

This article through the on-the-spot investigation and the literature material, describes in detail the custom of family division in Shanxi Huo zhou Xiawang village. As family division being farmer's rational choice and the intrinsic mechanism of family running in essence, the article based on the facts of family division in Xiawang village, explores three stages of family division which includs pre- family division,in- family division and post- family division ,then analyzes the main content of each stages of family division specifically ,such as property distribution ,family support , mediator and the dispute of family division, the formulating and content of contract of family division etc.The research indicates that the custom of family division exists generally in the Xiawang village, running according to its own rule and principle and forming its own logical system. The custom of family division is instructed and limited from the innate rule and the principle not only in the procedure, also in the assignment of the actual right and duty.