Shandong continues to promote changing customs, breaking down stereotypes and promoting civilized marriages

China News Service, Jinan, June 18 (Wang Caiyi) In recent years, Shandong has continued to deepen the reform of marriage customs and promote the work of changing customs. It has focused on stereotypes and bad habits, innovated publicity methods according to local conditions, optimized service measures, improved governance mechanisms, continued to break old marriage customs, and reshaped the concept of civilized marriage and love.

In Beijie Village, Yinma Town, Juancheng County, Heze City, a unique rural wedding ceremony was held. 10 electric tricycles decorated with ribbons and balloons lined up in order and moved forward slowly. The groom Guo Ziyuan drove the vehicle himself. After the bride Zhang Huan sat down safely, this low-carbon, simple and festive convoy turned into a flowing civilized landscape in the countryside.

Zhang Huan said frankly: "The comparison of favors in weddings has added a burden to the family. I strongly support simple weddings. A simple, sincere, relaxed and lively ceremony is the best wedding for us."

A seemingly simple wedding is behind Juancheng County's long-term efforts to change customs and reshape the concept of rural civilization. In response to the current situation where some people cling to old customs, focus on face when getting married, and blindly compare blindly, Juancheng County coordinates various towns and streets to regularly carry out a series of activities such as civilized new style theme lectures, sharing of role models around them, and public discussion and exchanges. At the same time, we make good use of village radios, village-level WeChat groups, village affairs bulletin boards and other publicity positions to popularize the new concepts of civilized weddings and frugal services through multiple channels and full coverage, continuing to infiltrate people's hearts and change their minds.

Recently, a series of theme propaganda grassroots tours in Laiwu District, Jinan City went to Hezhuang Town to carry out special propaganda activities on "filial piety to the elderly, love for relatives and inheritance of family traditions, changing customs and promoting harmony". Chen Xue, the most beautiful mediator in Jinan City, closely adheres to the core contents of filial piety and love for relatives, building family traditions, and changing customs, combined with excellent traditional Chinese culture and real life cases, using easy-to-understand language to explain the contemporary significance of good family traditions, popularizing the concept of changing customs, and bringing a down-to-earth and warm-hearted civilized practice course to the people present.

Recently, a series of theme publicity grassroots tours in Laiwu District, Jinan City went to Hezhuang Town to carry out the special publicity activities of "filial piety to the elderly, love for relatives and inheritance of family traditions, changing customs and promoting harmony". Photo courtesy of Laiwu District Party Committee Propaganda Department

In order to eradicate the waste of comparisons at weddings and funerals, Beiya Village, Huamawan Township, Tai'an City used changing customs as a breakthrough, innovatively implemented the "one appointment, three lists, and one meeting" governance model, focusing on cultivating civilized village customs, good family traditions, and simple folk customs, exploring and forming a path of good rural governance with Beiya characteristics. The new trend of civilization continues to improve, and it has become a common practice for neighbors to help each other, respect the elderly and care for the young, and be honest and trustworthy. The village has been successfully established as a municipal civilized village.

Beiya Village adheres to the openness of the entire process, revising and improving the village rules and regulations in accordance with the methods of "proposal" by the people, "discussion" by the village sages, and "evaluation" by the group. At the same time, it has innovatively established the "Xinxiang Xian No. 1 List", "Family Filial Piety Commitment List" and "Excellent Moral Character List" so that the people can learn from it and set an example. In addition, the Beiya Village Red and White Council has formulated standards for handling red and white affairs based on actual conditions and incorporated them into the village rules and regulations. The funeral time for funerals should be controlled within 2 days, the number of banquet tables for weddings should not exceed 10, and the cost of a single table should be controlled within 400 yuan (RMB, the same below). Through system constraints, each household in the village saved more than 12,000 yuan. (over)