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Chinese youths' diversified views of marriage
www.chinanews.cn 2005-10-24 15:23:42
Traditional wedding ceremony was held in Shenyang on Sept. 25. Now
Chinese people are becoming more open in their views on marriage and more
tolerant to relevant new phenomena, challenging to the traditional idea
of marriage.
Chinanews, Oct. 24 - According to a China Youth Daily report, Chinese
people are becoming more open in their views on marriage and more
tolerant to relevant new phenomena. A survey indicates that such new
words as "lightning marriage" and "secret marriage" which manifest more
diversified views on marriage and related activities, 41% people said
they can understand, and 27.5% expressed their concerns.
"Online marriage" refers to two netizens "get married" and even "live
together" in the virtual game world. 48.8% of the public think such
"marriage" understandable, while 22.2% object, for "how can people play
with such a serious topic as marriage in the virtual world?"
As "online marriage" becomes increasingly popular, "lightning marriage"
also finds a surging number of supporters, and the speed of "lightning"
keeps breaking records. A Tang and Huang in northeast China's Changchun
registered their marriage 7 hours after they met with each other for the
first time, breaking the record of 13 hours. The survey shows that 51.5%
of the surveyed do not support "lightning marriage," claiming that
marriage should be decided only after scrupulous consideration, while
34.1% support "lightning marriage" for marriage is natural as long as
both find each other congenial.
Unlike the newly arisen "online marriage" and "lightning marriage," those
who choose to remain unmarried follow a long living tradition. The
difference lies in that those in earlier times were forced to remain
unmarried because of various objective factors, while those in modern
times make such a choice out of their own will to pursue individuality
and the freedom of an unmarried life. This phenomenon presents a serious
challenge to the traditional idea of marriage and family that people of
age should get married. The public seems quite understanding toward
people who choose to remain unmarried. 62.7% people believe that one can
surely remain unmarried if one can live a happy life," while only 21.4%
insist on the above-mentioned traditional idea.
Besides the above group of people, there is another group of "fake"
singles who have secretly got married. They choose to keep silent about
their marriage because they want to keep good relationship with the
opposite gender, or because they have not adapted themselves to their new
lives, or because of their work environment. 52.5% of the public said
they can understand these people, 20.7% think it is incredible, and 16.4%
voted against such a thing.
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