In today's society, the bride price refers to a certain amount of money given to the woman by the man's parents after the relationship between men and women is determined and they meet their parents. At this time, the bride price often represents the blessing and help of both parents to the couple, and it is the welcome of the man's family to the woman. But gradually, the bride price has changed a little, and some families even regard the bride price as a means of comparison or a way to help families. From the ancient book Book of Rites, we know that the bride price in the Western Zhou Dynasty was mainly one of the six wedding procedures, which was also recorded in the Book of Rites, and this custom was handed down accordingly. In ancient times, when a man wanted a wife, he would make a gift, which was a dowry. Some are money called bride price, and some are furniture or gifts called bride price. And the woman's family should also have rewards, such as dowry. This time, although the man's family took more, it was corresponding. In ancient times, the bride price was not money, but more items and furniture. What husband and wife need, the dowry brought by the woman is often clothes, quilts or used ornaments sewn by herself.
Nowadays, some bride price is just a symbol of money, and it often goes bad. Some provinces or traditions require that the bride price must be more than 100 thousand yuan, which has lost the meaning of the bride price itself and the joy and blessing of their own plans. Moreover, according to the law, the act of asking for a bride price violates the marriage law.
Therefore, we should treat the bride price dialectically. Although there is no objection, because it is beneficial to the marriage itself, it is more often a blessing to the marriage, but don't pursue it too much, and regard the bride price as a bargaining chip and a criterion for judging. This will make the bride price lose its meaning, but it will make the feelings of both husband and wife contradictory and both families unhappy.