Marriage in South Africa is a topic that is characteristic of the times and the region

Marriage, according to South Africa's Overseas Chinese Newspaper, is an ancient, complex, and at the same time quite contemporary and regionally specific topic. In China's traditional education, the standard of ? Becoming a family and establishing a career? is a topic that can never be bypassed. From the history of marriages of Chinese in South China, we can see the development trajectory of the Chinese and the basic situation of their integration into the local community. The bitterness and happiness brought by marriages in a foreign country are related to the different development destinies of each person, and the treatment of this issue, ? The benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom? From the development history of Chinese overseas Chinese in South Africa, the problems brought about by marriage may be able to get some different insights. Liu Jian, 28, is a successful young businessman in South Africa. He said that marriage nowadays is not only for the sake of succession, but also needs a partner who can produce ****songs in both spirit and career. He said: ? One of my requirements for a lifelong partner is at least to be able to communicate well and have the same values and outlook on life. I don't think it would be boring to live together," he said.

The story of Chinese marriages in South Africa can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty. They were the first batch of Chinese to come to South Africa. At that time, most of the Chinese of Guangdong origin crossed the ocean as laborers and set foot on the land of South Africa. Some of them died in a foreign land, some of them were repatriated by the South African government, and a small number of them stayed in South Africa and took root in this land, and their heirs became what is now known as the "Old Overseas Chinese". The old expatriates? It is this last small number of Chinese who stayed in South Africa at that time, they mainly through the intermarriage between Chinese laborers, to complete the ? The last of the Chinese who stayed in South Africa at that time. The problem of family formation. The biggest problem in front of them at that time was the so-called "succession".

In those days, the local whites were mainly European immigrants, due to the economic conditions, education level, social status and other issues, it was almost impossible for them to intermarry with the local whites; in those days, the racial discrimination and apartheid system existed in the country either explicitly or implicitly, so the Chinese people were not willing to intermarry with the local whites, who were then categorized as slaves, and the Chinese people were not willing to intermarry with the local whites. The Chinese were also reluctant to intermingle with the blacks who were categorized as slaves at that time. Therefore, the Chinese did not want to intermarry with the blacks, who were classified as slaves at that time. There was a disproportionate number of men and women among the laborers, and many of the Chinese laborers left behind were left to die alone. Among the old Chinese who managed to stay behind, some of the families with comparable conditions chose to intermarry among the old Chinese, and there were also individual old Chinese with poor conditions who intermarried with the blacks, but this situation was relatively rare.

By the 1940s and 1950s, especially after the end of World War II, it increased the Chinese people's bottom line. The fine tradition of the Chinese people who valued education also saw hope in the second and third generations of Chinese who were no longer at the bottom of the social ladder of ? laborers? They are no longer laborers. They were engaged in some more promising professions, some were accountants, some were lawyers, some were doctors, and many did business and had a certain financial base. The young ethnic Chinese at this time also gradually began to intermarry with the locals. Especially in the 70s and 80s, more and more ethnic Chinese intermarried with the locals as well. After several generations of education, they have fully integrated into the local society, and language is no longer a problem,? Chinese? Instead, it has become their foreign language. Therefore their marriages are mainly among some old expatriates who are in the same family, or intermarried with local whites.

? In the 1960s and 1970s, some Chinese started to intermarry with local whites, but it was still a minority, and the Chinese mainly intermarried among the old expatriates. Until the late 1980s, especially after China's reform and opening up, the phenomenon of intermarriage between Chinese and local people has increased, but not too much, mainly concentrated in the families of the old expatriates.? , 75-year-old Mr. Mo said: ? Marriage is also related to the development of the ancestral (home) country. The reason why I say so is that China is getting richer and more people are coming out, so there is also a lot of intermarriage with young people coming from their ancestral (home) countries.