Analysis on the Regional Preferences for Marriage of Youth in Chaoshan Area

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10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_145How to use a DOI?

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Chaoshan area; youth; marriage; regional preference

Abstract

In most cases, the information about the Chaoshan area obtained by outsiders on the Internet is characterized by non-objectivity. Instead, it is the process of subjective opinions formed by Key Opinion Leaders then flowing to the general audience through the media (i.e. secondary communication). Compared with the positive public opinion in the Chaoshan area, outsiders’ stereotypes of the Chaoshan area are more negative in the Internet field. Namely, foreigners are excluded from the choice of marriage objects for Chaoshan youth; most Chaoshan people are feudal superstitions and patriarchal sex discrimination. This stereotype is detrimental to the external image of the Chaoshan region; from a deeper perspective, it is not conducive to the dissemination of excellent local culture in the Chaoshan region. However, in addition to the positive orientation of external publicity in the Chaoshan area, the “Tag” pasted on the Chaoshan group is not groundless-there are indeed more significant regional preferences in the marriage choices of Chaoshan youth, which is mainly reflected in that parents will require their children to marry Chaoshan people in the same region. Based on the above phenomena, taking Chaoshan youth as the research object, through questionnaires and focus groups, the issue of “factors affecting the regional preference of Chaoshan youth for marriage” was proposed. With the evolution of time, the development of the times, economy, science and technology, and the improvement of the degree of education, a series of problems such as difficulty in meeting parents and children, inability to communicate in time, different living habits, and language barriers will be improved, which will change the requirements of parents’ preference for the geographical object of their children's marriage gradually. With the change of parents’ requirements for their children's marriage, the marriage between outsiders and Chaoshan youth will be promoted, resulting in Chaoshan culture being correctly recognized by outsiders accordingly. Through the focus of Chaoshan's outstanding culture, the integration of excellent cultures in different regions shall be accelerated, thus shaping the image of Chaoshan with outstanding culture.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jieqiong Tu
AU  - Huan Fang
AU  - Yanting Zhang
AU  - Yiyan Yang
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/07/11
TI  - Analysis on the Regional Preferences for Marriage of Youth in Chaoshan Area
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1129
EP  - 1140
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_145
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_145
ID  - Tu2023
ER  -