我国欠发达地区农村传统风俗的社会学研究——以大林镇M嘎查彩礼习俗为例

Investigation and Research on the Price Situation in the Rural Areas——taking M Village of Dalin Town as an example

彩礼代表一种传统的习俗,体现了人们对婚姻大事的慎重及对女性的尊重。可是随着经济的不断发展和社会的不断转型,彩礼具有"吉祥"的象征意义开始被贬化,不断地被赋予了物质含义,市场盈利性质也越来越显著。通过调查科尔沁地区大林镇M嘎查,以彩礼为切入点进行分析,探讨不同时期婚俗彩礼的变化及象征意义。发现彩礼这一现象在M嘎查地区越来越普遍,已经演变成了M嘎查农民的生活压力,成为社会性问题。

This paper mainly investigates M Village of Dalin Town in Horqin and the bride price for the analysis,to explore the changes of both men and women in marriage in different periods of betrothal gifts and symbolic significance. The bride price represents a traditional custom,reflects serious respect for marriage and women. But with the development of economy and society,continuous transformation of betrothal gifts " auspicious" symbolism is demoted with material meaning and stands for making profit. This is a common phenomenon in M Village and it brings great burden for farmers.