People should no longer be bound to the chain of human costs and benefits, and be burdened with a circular "human debt".
On February 3, the first document of 2024 was released. In the eleventh year of the document, it pays attention to the change of customs in rural areas, and requires that all localities be encouraged to use comprehensive rural service venues to provide inclusive social services for farmers' weddings, funerals, and weddings, so as to reduce the burden of rural people's feelings. (February 3, China News Network).
In recent years, enough attention has been paid to promoting the change of customs in rural areas. In 2019, the "sky-high bride price" was named in Document No. 1, and it was named many times in the following years. In 2023, the first document proposes to carry out special governance of outstanding problems in key areas such as bride price and large-scale operation. This year, the "burden of human affection" appeared for the first time in Document No. 1.
Human interaction is a common form of social interaction, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, the "burden of human affection" is the sophistication of alienated human feelings - for many people nowadays, sometimes human affection and face are too heavy, which has become a kind of pressure and burden, and even seriously affects normal life.
The expression "human burden" includes a series of stereotypes and bad habits such as gift money and indiscriminate banquets, which is clear and instructive. At the same time, it is also clear that all localities should reduce and resolve the burden of human feelings in rural areas by providing new marriages and simple funerals.
On the one hand, reducing the burden of human affection can promote regional development. Generally speaking, problems such as gift money mostly occur in underdeveloped areas, and some poor and backward villages have a stronger "human touch", and even regard gift money as an important income. Once the etiquette is too onerous, it will restrict the normal development of the countryside. Therefore, to alleviate the pressure on the rural economy, it is necessary to strengthen actions; To promote the change of customs in rural areas, it is necessary to provide inclusive social services. When the burden of human affection is lightened, the rural economy and civilized rural customs will be better.
On the other hand, reducing the burden of human affection can promote ideological progress. In fact, there is no such thing as "first-class gift money" in traditional Chinese weddings and funerals, and China's traditional culture also pays more attention to the sense of ritual and frugality. "Reducing the burden" of human affection can not only return "etiquette" to its own meaning, but also help to form a rational cognition - human affection should not be compared, and human favor cannot be sought; Plan your financial expenses reasonably and understand and respect the "unsociables" of others.
After all, courtesy is light and affection is important, and rejecting "followers" is not necessarily a rejection and negation of people and things. People should no longer be bound to the chain of human costs and benefits, and be burdened with a circular "human debt".
It should be noted that the change of customs in rural areas is not achieved overnight. In the short term, the increase of inclusive social services by entities such as ** or village committees should be in line with public sentiment and public opinion, and relevant reforms should be explored from the perspective of increasing the welfare of villagers; In the long run, it is necessary to realize the full development of the rural economy and promote the upgrading of spiritual civilization. On the whole, "reducing the burden of rural people's feelings" is a comprehensive and gradual process, so it requires the joint participation and efforts of the villagers, villagers and all walks of life.
All in all, the first mention of "human burden" in Document No. 1 is a reiteration of promoting the change of customs. It is hoped that with the release of this guiding document, more people will be able to gain the confidence to refuse and the right to choose, and I also hope that when it is implemented in various places, more thinking and more attempts will be made, so that "always entrusting favors in case of trouble" and "how much is a favor is worth" will become a thing of the past as soon as possible. (Zhengguan commentator Han Jing).
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