西北地区农村结婚消费变迁的研究——以J县B镇为例.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 23 西北地区农村结婚消费变迁的研究 ——以J县B镇为例 摘要：20世纪80年代以来，随着改革开放的顺利开展，中国发生了翻天覆地的变化。农村实行了家庭联产承包责任制，为农民争得了生产的自由权。这一政策促使农村经济快速发展，农民生活水平得到了明显的提高，传统封闭的农村也逐渐打开大门，农民也开始走出农村接触新的世界。这些都给农村的传统风俗习惯带来了一定的冲击，人们的思想观念也随之慢慢改变。同时伴随着这些变化，农村地区的结婚消费也发生着巨大的变化。本文选取西北地区的J县B镇为研究地区，运用文献研究和实地研究的方法，主要对该镇改革开放之后的结婚消费进行了研究。本文重点研究结婚消费中的定亲费用、彩礼、嫁妆和婚宴费用的变化，通过实地访谈和参与观察，对当地的情况作了系统的描述，并对其发生变化的原因进行了一系列的分析，本文认为该镇结婚消费发生变化的主要原因有农民生活水平的提高、家庭规模的变化、婚姻挤压下的竞争、面子观现象的影响以及城乡二元结构的淡化对农村生活方式的改变。从这些方面也能够看出该镇居民结婚消费观的一些表现和变化，比如说结婚消费逐渐趋于理性、结婚程序慢慢开始简化、当然该镇结婚消费观念依然受到传统习惯和传统婚俗的影响，还有就是模仿城市的现象不断出现、面子问题依旧突显。 关键词：农村结婚消费变迁因素 A research on the changes of the marriage consumption in northwest rural areas —— Take B town of J County as an example Abstract: Since 1980s, the great changes have taken place in China, rural is no exception. The implementation of the household contract responsibility system in rural areas promote the rapid economic development, farmers living standards have been significantly improved, the traditional rural is opening gradually. Traditional customs which gave rural some influence, the ideas of people is also changing. In the same time, the marriage consumption in rural areas has undergone tremendous changes. This paper selects B town of J County as survey area, used the method of literature research and field studies, the marriage consumption after opening has been studied. This paper focuses on the change of the costs in engagement, bride price, dowry and wedding expenses. Use field interviews and participant observation, made a description of the local situation, and analysis a series causes of these changes. This paper argues that the changes of the town’s marriage consumption mainly due to the improvement of living standards of farmers, the change of family’s scale, competition under marriage squeeze, and the changes in rural lifestyle. We found that the current cost farmers in the process of marriage are becoming more and more rational; a series of wedding procedures has been simplified. But the marri