Change In Marriage Forms Of Zhuang Village

Since the late 70's of the twenty century, great changes have taken place in Chinese society, political, economy and culture. Changes in rural society are increasingly paid attention to. These great social changes result in changes in cultures of China's family in rural areas. This thesis is to conduct research on change in the marriage forms of village MA AN of Luo Cheng in Guangxi. I adopt the methods of observation and interview to investigate the change situation of the village's marriage forms.The thesis is divided into five sections. Section one is about the reasons why I conduct the research, how I conduct the research, what methods I adopt, and review and analysis the relative study of current academic research. Section two is about the overview on the family size and the custom of the village. The third section is about the types of the village's marriage forms and their changes. There are four types of marriage forms: Marriage of "the wife lives with her parents,family before she has a baby", betrothal marriage, uxorilocal marriage, and"Two-walking"marriage. Section four is about the reasons why changes in marriage custom have taken place in the village, and how its changes affect various aspects of cultures of local people. The reasons are: the reduction of family size, family pension, customs taboos, the increase of inter-regional marriage, patriarchal ideology. The effects are : promoting the change of the role of the individual family ,raising women's and family's social status in marriage, resolving the issue of family pension, , improving the mother-in-law relations, saving the cost of the marriage, and promoting the rural culture changes and so on. However, there are some negative effects, such as the pressure of economic production, grandchildren's family name and raising issues and so on. The fifth chapter is the summary part. Through the study, change of marriage in the village is the witness and microcosm of the change in the village community. Change of marriage forms in the village is the result of the internal and external factors of the village, and the change has had a corresponding impact to the village, family and individual.