A Chinese county plans to restrict extravagant spending on wedding gifts, highlighting the transactional nature of marriage in a country where a scarcity of brides is intensifying traditional dowry practices.
Communist party officials in Taiqian, in central China’s Henan province, have issued an action plan on “transforming social traditions” and “building a virtuous Taiqian”.
Draft rules aim to cap the value of a single wedding gift at Rmb60,000 ($8,600) and forbid the gifting of houses and cars. Wedding banquets will be limited to fewer than 10 tables.
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