Research On The Campaign Month For Implementing Marriage Law Of Shanghai In 1953

In order to implement Marriage Law,the first law of PRC,the campaign for implementing marriage law was held in the whole country.Of all the actions during the campaign,the month for implementing Marriage Law was the climax.The campaign heavily cracked down traditional and deep-rooted marriage values and spread ideas of gender equal wildly.Thoughts of the freedom of marriage came into people's life and society became more prosperous.In the overall social atmosphere of breaking down the old and building a new world,it was almost simultaneous among The campaign month for implementing Marriage Law and other social movements.The conflict between the concept of marriage law and the traditional concept of marriage undoubtedly made the work more difficult.In Shanghai,specifically,traditional marriage concept still dominates the mainstream,but at the same time,it was also influenced by Western culture.Considering the special status of Shanghai in politics,economy and culture,The campaign month for implementing Marriage Law need more cautious.In addition,from the perspective of the implementation of the Marriage Law Movement in the early period,the implementation of Shanghai has made some progress,but there are also some problems,such as misunderstanding of marriage law,ineffective enforcement of the marriage law,suicide and murder due to marriage,etc.So,considering the special time period and special area,Shanghai,the campaign month has important research value,which shouldered the task of correcting mistakes in previous period and expanding the publicity of Marriage Law.The campaign month for implementing Marriage Law in Shanghai basically experienced three periods,including reacting to calls and instructions from the central government,making preparation actively and implementing this activity steadily.Then finally the campaign turned to the common period of executing Marriage Law.According to calls and instructions from the central government,a special committee was established to take unified leadership over The campaign month for implementing Marriage Law.During the preparation at the beginning,the committee dispatched working teams to conduct pilot projects in some experimental units,such as the Seventh state cotton factory,Xinxinli of Luwan District and Zhennan Village of Jiangwan District.At the same time,training for cadres was organized to correct their thoughts and improve their propaganda ability.In addition,the preparation of publicity materials was finished thoroughly.During the formal implementation period,the committee made resolutions and mobilization through Conference of people's representatives from all walks of life.The committee also educated people through advertising and promoting positive examples.On April 20,1953,the campaign almost ended and implementing Marriage Law came into regular period.During the whole campaign month,adhering to a policy of education is held essential and giving up the way of class struggle.Diversified means of publicity were used.Educating through meeting was the main way and newspapers as well as books were second most important.Movies,songs and dramas were also used.The whole network covered all aspects and rooted into common people.The publicity activity was combined with other important work such as memorizing Stalin,anti-bureaucratism,and growing plants in spring.In the detailed implementation,adjustments were made based on people's reaction towards the detailed campaign.People's wrong ideas about Marriage Law were corrected and they could easily feel the priority of marriage law vividly and therefore supported the law.After the campaign,in Shanghai,suicide and murder because of marriage was controlled.Bad traditions were cleaned up and new marriage was formed steadily.Political identity of the masses towards the new regime was formed and this became the foundation of future urbanization.However,large scale publication in short period is not enough to completely change people's thought towards marriage.Besides,women's liberation was buried under manufacturing construction.Women's self-awareness was not explored thoroughly.This shortage was due to improper work but was also because of the shortage of the whole time.