The first divorce in New China: Yu Luo Jin's choice.
Many people mistakenly believe that the first law promulgated by the People's Republic of China was the Constitution, but this is not the case. On May 1, 1950, the first law after the founding of the People's Republic of China was the Marriage Law, which completely ended the feudal marriage system that had oppressed women for thousands of years.
Under the protection of the first marriage law, there was a wave of divorce in China in the 50s. However, the general leftward shift in social climate in the 60s changed people's views on marriage and sexuality, and divorce became a sign of "decay in life", and it was not uncommon to encounter victims of political struggles.
It is worth noting that although the new "Marriage Law" was promulgated, years of ideological imprisonment and the infiltration of Confucian culture made divorce not as easy as it is today. Throughout the sixties and seventies, calls for divorce were rarely reported in the press, and most divorce cases were less related to relationship breakdowns and more to the product of political struggles.
Among them, Yu Luojin's divorce case became a typical case in this period. She is the younger sister of Yu Luoke, who was sentenced to death during the Cultural Revolution for her "birth theory". Her divorce story not only sparked widespread social attention, but also caused huge controversy at the time.
Yu Luo Jin was born in a family of intellectuals, and his parents were beaten as rightists in 1957, and the family fell into disaster. After experiencing the hard years of ** farm, she went to Heilongjiang to marry a farmer in order to make a living, but divorced four years later due to the weak foundation of her marriage. Under the pressure of experiencing family difficulties and her mother's urging to marry, she married Cai Zhongpei, a factory worker in Beijing.
However, the marriage didn't go far either. On May 16, 1980, 34-year-old Yu Luojin filed a divorce lawsuit with the Chaoyang District People's Court in Beijing, on the grounds that "there is no other language except eating and sleeping." I can't play a piece, I can't think of a piece, I can't talk about a piece. ”
The divorce lawsuit has attracted widespread attention across the country. During the court trial, the wind gradually reversed, and the support for Yu Luojin also weakened. Although the court finally ruled that the two were divorced, in the mediation letter, the criticism of Yu Luojin became more and more severe.
The aftermath of this divorce case has also sparked a big debate in society about the freedom to marry. The two magazines, which have a circulation of more than one million copies, openly organized a big discussion, and many readers expressed their views on the nature and standards of marriage, making Yu Luojin's divorce case a hot topic in society.
More than 40 years have passed, and Yu Luojin's divorce case has faded out of people's field of vision. However, in that special era, she dared to express the truth, used her youth to fight for the freedom of marriage, and became a witness of the times, which is worth remembering.