The Function Of Birde Price In Marriage

The bride price is an indispensable custom in the process of marriage,which has been continued from ancient times.Many of the marriage rites have disappeared in the process of economic and social development.However,because of the existence of high bride price,the scholars and the public misunderstand the traditional marriage custom.Many subjects study the traditional marriage custom,including sociology,folklore,economics and law.The sociological study of bride price is mainly aimed at the development of society and the development of human beings role,and the relationship between the existence of bride price and social development.Some scholars in this field believe that the continued existence of bride price will hinder the development of society,just as bad habits such as women’s feet should be eliminated.But some scholars hold the opposite opinion that the continued existence of the bride price is more good than bad for the development of society,and regard the bride price as a measure of the development of the country.The study of bride price in folklore is mainly aimed at different periods,different regions and different nationalities,and the research way of this subject is mainly through field investigation to explore the cultural significance behind the bride price.And then further distinguish The cultural essence and dross of the traditional wedding custom are carried forward,and the dross of the dross is removed so that the traditional wedding custom can be passed on.The main purpose of the study of bride price in economics is to explore the economic significance of bride price.The standard of bride price can reflect the degree of economic development,and economic development also plays a certain role in the continued existence of bride price.The greater the amount of the bride price than the local per capita annual income,can be seen from the side of the local economic development level is lower.Conversely,if the local level of economic development is higher,the amount of bride price will be relatively low.The study of the bride price by law mainly studies the nature of the bride price and the legal significance of the bride price,as well as through the analysis of the relevant provisions of the current law on the bride price,pointing out the current legal provisions unreasonable and propose solutions.The first chapter mainly introduces the concept of bride price systematically and combs the origin of bride price.Although the bride price is a marriage custom spread from ancient times to the present,the contemporary society called "bride price" in the ancient society is not so.Therefore,it is necessary to explain the title of "bride price" in different times,so that the text can be consistent.And the bride price is a Marriage custom spread from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the present,after thousands of years of inheritance and development,in order to explore the function of the bride price in different times,we must understand clearly the origin and background of the traditional marriage custom.The first chapter is mainly for the following writing of this article Lay the groundwork.The main content of the second chapter of this paper is to discuss the function of bride price in ancient social marriage.The bride price has three main functions in ancient marriage,one is compensation function,and the compensation function mainly refers to the compensation to female parents,including economic compensation and emotional compensation,which are equally important in ancient society.The second is to ensure the function,mainly refers to the bride price in ancient society to ensure that both men and women have entered into a marriage contract can be fulfilled.The third is the function of moral character,because people in ancient society worship certain forces of nature,which are also reflected in the payment of bride price come,but also can show the importance of marriage in ancient society.The third chapter mainly discusses the function of bride price in modern society marriage.Because the modern society is in the alternate stage of the ancient society and the contemporary society,the function of the bride price in marriage has not only the function that the ancient society already exists,but also the function that both the modern society and the contemporary society have.The bride price has four main functions in modern society marriage,one is the compensation function,mainly to the woman’s parents’financial compensation;the other is the proof function,mainly to the marriage contract establishment proof function;the third is the screening function,refers to the woman’s parents to the man’s family economic strength screening;the fourth is the safeguard function,refers to The bride price has certain safeguard function to the maintenance of marriage.The fourth chapter mainly discusses the main functions of bride price in contemporary social marriage.The bride price has three main functions in contemporary social marriage.One is the declaratory function,the main content is to declare to the outside world that both men and women have passed the procedure of giving the bride price,and the marriage contract between the two men has been established.Because the marriage contract has no legal significance in the contemporary society,the function of the bride price is only a declaratory function.The second is the screening function.The screening function of bride price in contemporary society is different from that of modern society.The screening function of contemporary society is two-way screening function.Family screening,as well as male screening of women and their families.The third is the protection function of bride price to women in contemporary society.Because of all kinds of pressure faced by women in contemporary society,bride price has played a great role in female security function.The fifth chapter mainly summarizes the changes in the function of bride price in ancient society,modern society and contemporary social marriage,and analyzes the causes of these changes.