On the 26th, the Ministry of Civil Affairs held a regular press conference in Beijing for the fourth quarter of 2022. Yang Zongtao, the second level inspector of the Social Affairs Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that for a period of time, some places had problems in the field of marriage customs, such as high price bride price, large-scale exercises, competition with ceremony, extravagance and waste, and vulgar marriage, which became a heavy burden for the masses and was criticized by the society. To this end, in April and September 2021, the civil affairs department determined 32 national experimental areas for marriage customs reform in two batches, to carry out marriage and family counseling, advocate simple and moderate marriage customs and etiquette, cultivate civilized and upward marriage customs and culture, inherit good family customs and family education, educate and guide young people to establish a correct concept of marriage and love, family values, govern the bad marriage habits such as sky high bride price, and build a new marriage and childbearing culture. "For more than a year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has actively guided the experimental areas to explore and innovate, and each experimental area has carried out targeted work in combination with local conditions. Remarkable results have been achieved in the reform of marriage customs." Yang Zongtao said. Over the past year, 32 experimental areas have generally improved the software and hardware environment for marriage registration, promoted online and telephone appointment, and set up marriage registration areas, divorce registration areas, waiting areas, premarital education rooms, marriage and family counseling rooms, and certification halls. Registration is more convenient and fast, and the environment is more warm and romantic, making marriage registration a good memory of young people's lives. At the same time, marriage culture museums or marriage culture corridors have been generally set up to display traditional excellent marriage culture, excellent family style and family training, love stories of sharing weal and woe, and red marriage culture, which play a potential role in improving the holy sense of marriage and sense of responsibility of newlyweds. Up to now, 84% of marriage registration authorities at or above the county level have set up marriage and family counseling rooms. All regions actively apply the "Internet plus" service model, carry out "cloud counseling" for marriage and family, expand the scope of services, and extend the content of counseling. Yang Zongtao said: "In many places, the publicity of marriage and family counseling, family conflict resolution, good family style and family teaching and family training has been extended to villages and communities, and the evaluation of" good families "," good mother-in-law "and" good daughter-in-law "has been carried out, so as to influence the neighbors and harmonious families from the people around, things around and role models around. According to the spot check of 32 experimental areas, the social effect is very significant." Yang Zongtao said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs has also carried out the rectification of unhealthy tendencies such as the sky high bride price, large-scale exercises and competitions, and explored the establishment and improvement of a long-term mechanism. To guide local grass-roots autonomous organizations to incorporate the boycott of high price bride price and mass sports into village rules and conventions and residents' conventions, and to stipulate the standards of bride price, wedding banquet, accompanying ceremony and the number of participants; Give play to the role of the Rural Red and White Council in organizing, guiding and supervising the wedding celebration; We should give play to the exemplary and leading role of party members, cadres and local people in the conduct of marriage affairs, and standardize the education of rural matchmakers. It is strictly forbidden to raise the standard of bride price. Through these measures, unhealthy tendencies such as high price bride price and big practice have been effectively curbed. In the next step, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will continue to deepen the reform of marriage customs, and help marriage and family to be happy and stable. (Reporter Ren Huan) (Outlook New Times)