In the traditional sense, "wedding bride price money" refers to the money spent by the groom in the wedding room, furniture, daily necessities and various wedding ceremonies after marriage. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, we advocated "don't talk about money when you get married". Before the 1980s, the "wedding bride price" was "diluted" for a long time. After the reform and opening up, marriage has become a top priority for China people, and the "bride price" has gradually been valued by China people. Influenced by western marriage culture, the bride price is shared by the bride and groom. Because of this, the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China, which is influenced by this, puts forward that "arranging, buying and selling marriages and other acts that interfere with the freedom of marriage are prohibited."
Characteristics of bride price
Generally speaking, the bride price has the following characteristics: (1) This custom of paying the bride price, and the payment before marriage is generally related to the conclusion of marriage. (2) Considering the amount of money paid or the value of things, the bride price is generally a large amount of money or things with high value. (3) The payment of bride price is involuntary, often forced by local market and social pressure. (4) The subject of giving and receiving bride price is often not limited to both men and women themselves. The payer includes the man, his parents, brothers and sisters, and the receiver also includes the woman, her parents and other close relatives. (5) The bride price mainly belongs to the bride's family.
What does the bride price money include?
1.70s: In the 1970s, the bride price mainly included bicycles, sewing machines, radios and watches. At that time, it was also very popular with people, equivalent to the current houses and cars.
2.80s: In 1980s, everyone liked to use TV, refrigerator, washing machine and electric fan as bride price money.
3.90s: In 1990s, from 1980s, it was upgraded to refrigerator, color TV, air tuner and washing machine.
4.00s:2 1 century in the 2000s, and 10 from 2000 to 2009 was the biggest change. From the earliest time, housing, car, ticket and insurance are the four major objects, and today they have become the necessary conditions for marriage and mate selection. You must have a car, a house and a stable job to be selected for marriage. Of course, there are other different views on this statement.
The difference between bride price and bride price
The bride price, also known as bride price, betrothal gift and money engagement, is the bride price and gift money given by the man's family to the woman's family when the marriage is concluded. In daily life, people sometimes confuse bride price with pre-marital gift, but there is a big difference between them.
China's relevant laws and regulations have strict restrictions on the meaning of bride price, and not all gifts can be called bride price. According to the Shanghai Higher People's Court's "Answers to Several Issues Concerning the Judicial Interpretation of the Marriage Law of the Supreme Court (II)", the "bride price" is strictly targeted and must be based on local customs. In order to finally conclude a marriage relationship, there are obvious customs. Therefore, the people's court should first determine whether there is a custom that the bride price must be paid before marriage can be concluded, or it can only be treated as a gift according to the local reality and case situation of the place where both parties or the party receiving the money apply for returning the bride price.
According to the above provisions, we can see that in order to distinguish between bride price and bride price, we must make the following points clear:
1. Whether the benefits of giving property to the other party are based on local customs.
2. Is it for marriage?
3. Is it a last resort to pay interest on real estate?
Premarital gifts can be divided into pre-marital conditional gifts and pre-marital unconditional gifts. Conditional gift before marriage refers to the gift given to the other party on the premise of concluding marriage. In this case, once the marriage cannot be concluded, even if the donated property benefits have been delivered to the other party, the donor can still ask for the return. However, the unconditional gift before marriage is just the opposite. Once the property right is delivered, it cannot be returned.