高额彩礼旧习俗 攀比风气整治迫在眉睫
<p><span word="Bride">Bride</span> <span word="prices">prices</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="prerequisite">prerequisite</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="miserable">miserable</span> <span word="burden">burden</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="spiked">spiked</span> <span word="sharply">sharply</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="Young">Young</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="family">family</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="life">life</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="earned">earned</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="insufficient">insufficient</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wife">wife</span>.</p><p>作为婚姻的传统条件，近年来一路走高的彩礼，正日益成为中国农村家庭沉重的负担。年轻人怀揣着能改善家庭生活水平的美好愿望去城市打工，但回到老家才发现，他们挣的钱连个媳妇也娶不到。</p><p><span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="son">son</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="marry">marry</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="Huang">Huang</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> 40<span word="s">s</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Henan">Henan</span> <span word="Province">Province</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="relax">relax</span>, <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="news">news</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="eldest">eldest</span> <span word="son">son</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span>, <span word="South">South</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="Province">Province</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Spring">Spring</span> <span word="Festival">Festival</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="relative">relative</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="step">step</span>.</p><p>儿子找到结婚对象了，大多数的中国父母都是很开心的。然而，来自中国中部河南省的40多岁的黄妈妈却对这个好消息开心不起来。她的大儿子从中国南部广东省回来过年了，亲戚给介绍了一个对象，她知道，这仅仅是开始。</p>
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