What's the difference between bride price and dowry?

Bride price and dowry is a commonplace topic, a sensitive topic in marriage and an existence that many people can't understand. Regarding the relationship between bride price and dowry, in fact, from the traditional concept of marriage, bride price and dowry are both a guarantee for the stability of the daughter's marriage life by the woman's family and an economic support for the man's family.

Many people think that the bride price is a kind of material compensation for the woman's family, because the bride price is actually a kind of nurturing grace for the man's parents. Many times, the bride price does not mean how much money the man has, but it can reflect the man's respect and understanding of the woman's parents.

But in fact, bride price and dowry are not that simple. With the development of society, traditional ideas gradually fade away, and the status of women gradually improves.

First, the bride price

Bridal price refers to a certain amount of money or kind paid by the man to the woman when the man and the woman get married. There are many different forms of bride price among the people. The most common way is to pay in cash, using valuables as bride price, and using money, real estate, cars and other things as bride price. But no matter what form, its purpose is to conclude a marriage relationship.

The bride price is not necessarily a high-priced bride price, but also a low-priced bride price. But generally speaking, the woman's family will give the man some money as a help to his family. This behavior is also a bride price. Although this kind of behavior will not bring great economic burden to the man's family, it can reflect the respect and understanding of the woman's family to the man's family. This is also a kind of compensation for the woman's family.

Second, dowry

Dowry refers to the property that the man gives to the woman when she gets married. It is essentially different from the bride price, which is the property given to the woman for the purpose of marriage, while the dowry is the property given to increase the happiness of husband and wife. There are two different forms of dowry in modern marriage. One is the dowry property prepared by parents before the daughter gets married. The other is the dowry prepared by parents for their daughters. Dowry is not clearly stipulated in the law, but generally speaking, dowry belongs to the woman's personal property before marriage and is generally inseparable when divorced. But if the marriage is jointly owned by husband and wife, it belongs to husband and wife.

Third, the difference between bride price and dowry.

Both bride price and dowry are the property given by the man to the woman, but there are still some differences between them. The bride price is prepared by the man's family for the woman before the marriage registration, and the dowry is prepared by the woman's family for her daughter after the marriage registration. The bride price is usually paid to the woman's parents in the form of cash or property, and the dowry will be given to her daughter when she gets married.

Although they are married, the ownership of the bride price and dowry does not belong to both husband and wife, but to both families. Although the bride price and dowry will be owned by both husband and wife after marriage registration, if there are some economic disputes after marriage, the bride price and dowry will become the common property of both husband and wife.

Therefore, in daily life, if the woman's family doesn't want to divorce and divide the bride price and dowry, it should pay attention to distinguish the property before marriage and the property after marriage, and pay attention to the return of the bride price and dowry when divorcing.

Fourth, how to balance?

Bride price and dowry are not difficult to understand, but many people always fall into misunderstanding. As for bride price and dowry, we should actually think from two angles. One is whether bride price and dowry should still be together, and the other is how to balance the relationship between bride price and dowry.

Judging from the trend of social development, the status of women is constantly improving, while traditional concepts are gradually weakening. With the development of the times, women gradually get rid of the shackles of women in traditional society, and many times they can do whatever they want. Therefore, bride price and dowry should actually change with the development of the times, and only in this way can we promote the progress and development of the whole society.