Is the old tradition in China Japanese?

For Japanese customs, many people must be most curious about changing their surnames after marriage. Although there were so-and-so wives in ancient China, they have long been out of fashion. The custom of changing the surname in Japan was originally intended to give women the right to inherit and make the whole family more like a family.

Japan's original surname change after marriage originated from the early samurai class. At that time, the wealth of Japanese people increased greatly, and people's concept of money became more and more serious. Anyone who has seen Dahe Opera knows that Japanese samurai at that time were very rich, but they were also very dangerous, which would involve property inheritance. Then the problem is coming. At that time, the Japanese thought that only surnames were the same as surnames. Married into the man's family, it still belongs to the person with a foreign surname without changing his name. In this way, there is a contradiction. In order to give women a reasonable inheritance right, the behavior of changing their surnames was born. After changing their surnames, women belong to the man's family and can inherit reasonably.

With the progress of the times, the issue of changing surnames has gradually become a tradition and has been handed down. Many Japanese families feel more like a family only if their surnames are the same. But this is also good, at least you don't have to worry about the child's last name. In addition, Japan is accustomed to the concept of women taking care of their families after marriage, and will have a more sense of family responsibility after changing its name. Of course, there has always been a misunderstanding that changing one's surname is taking the man's surname. Actually, it's not like this. According to Japanese law, if a husband and wife want to change their surnames after marriage, they can choose one of them or even change another. If you really don't change it, it is allowed now, and it is not forced to say that it must be changed.

So the behavior of changing one's surname after marriage is now more like an old tradition. Now more and more Japanese women begin to refuse to change their surnames after marriage, mainly because the procedures after changing their names are too complicated. Think about it, too. It's really troublesome to change your surname, at least you must have a household registration book, work permit, driver's license, bank card and so on.