The Influence Of Contemporary Rural Concept Of Marriage On Family Relations

Marriage is the basis for the formation of a family,which constitutes the relationship between husband and wife,parent-child relationship,mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship and other family relations.The view of marriage not only affects the generation and quality of marriage but also has a profound impact on the family relationship.This paper attempts to analyze the influence of the villagers' views on marriage on family relations through the investigation of a village.This paper first defines the concept of marriage,and puts forward that the concept of marriage mainly includes four elements: the standard of mate selection,the purpose of marriage,the way of marriage and the bride price.According to the survey,male villagers still adhere to the concept of taking physical factors such as women's appearance,height and female fertility as the first criteria for choosing a mate.Their ultimate goal of marriage is to have children and carry on the family line.In addition,young people have increased their autonomy in mate selection,and the past choice and marriage are gone forever.The pattern of young people living independently after marriage is also gradually emerging.Second,the characteristics of rural families and the derived family relations are analyzed.From the perspective of family characteristics,married children,especially sons,form families according to the paternal family,and the family relations derived from this are mainly the relationship between husband and wife,parent-child relationship,in-laws and daughter-in-law.Thirdly,the influence of marriage view on family relationship mainly focuses on the influence of husband and wife relationship,parent-child relationship,parents-in-law relationship.At present,in the research of marriage and family,there is little analysis and research on the influence of the change of marriage view on family relationship in rural China.