和谐新农村构建中彩礼和嫁妆的正功能分析

Positive Function Aanalysis about Betrothal Gifts and Dowry inthe Construction of the New Harmonious Countryside

彩礼和嫁妆作为农村婚嫁习俗的产物流传已久,专家和学者对其嬗变过程及其在家庭和社会中的作用研究颇多,弊多利少是多数人对其社会功能的定位。随着社会的发展,从现今社会文化和经济的视角分析,彩礼和嫁妆的正功能在和谐新农村构建中直接或间接的得以体现。

Betrothal gifts and dowries have come down for a long time as the product of rural marriage convention, and experts and scholars focus much on their evolved process and function in family and socity, and many researchers think there are more disadvantages than advantages. Along with the development of society, from the social, cultural and economic point of view, the positive function of betrothal gifts and dowries has been embodied directly or indirectly in the construction of the new harmonious countryside.