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Don't let the extravagant wedding banquet sting the public nerves (Author: Feng Qing Yang)

On public opinion today, the deputy director of the question, the media called "innocent": the wedding banquet money are in-laws out of the car is their own to find, and did not invite the leadership. In order to avoid suspicion, wedding banquets every performance before the host to emphasize that this is the female parent invited. At the same time, he said he is a grass-roots village cadres, know that the central three orders are not allowed to make a big deal, but his in-laws are the South opened a few companies in the newcomer for the wedding has been negotiated by the woman's family to pay for.

But according to traditional Chinese customs, the wedding banquet organizers are mainly male. And in the China National Convention Center of this luxury banquet, about 400 men and women's friends and relatives came to participate in the wedding. It is reported that the guests sent gifts of as little as 500 yuan, more than 1,000 or 2,000 yuan. How many of these 400 people's gifts were directed at the out-of-town in-laws, and how many were directed at Marin Details? Obviously, some people are rushing to his position as deputy director of the village committee. Ma's own claims that he avoided suspicion and did not host a lavish wedding banquet do not hold water.

Marriage is a major event in life, wedding banquets is a folk custom, in the wedding banquet to invite friends and relatives to lively and moderate handling of this is no excuse, but an ordinary village official to marry her daughter-in-law is a wedding is located in the China National Convention Center Grand Banquet, in order to give his son to do the wedding banquet to do three days, the head of the car Bentley wedding Rolls-Royce, rows of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and other luxury cars followed, the star to help, the temporary hall set up a 210 tables! Streaming seats, 8,000 per table, the wedding company costs 300,000 ...... so luxurious, whether it is the row of momentum or cost, have to call people staggering.

If this is placed in the ordinary people's home, perhaps just "envy", but the matter was placed on a village branch secretary deputy director, many people in the sigh "do not take the village head as a cadre" at the same time, its son put the wedding banquet for the degree of extravagance and luxury inevitably let the People think about it. Is the village official in disguise enrichment, so burn money behind the village official's money to where? Is it legitimate income or illegal income? To their own detriment, why are still asses do not also happy about it? In the end, there is no opportunity to make a big deal, and even take this time to open the mouth of greed?

Facts have proved that the wedding is becoming a breeding ground for corrupt behavior "hotbed" and wrongdoing "high incidence zone". Many corrupt officials in the name of "marriage and funeral", officials engaged in "power rent-seeking" problem. As much as and some people flirt with village cadres power small, less money, low status, said he is "seven pints of sesame" is still big, at most can only be called "rapeseed officer". But this is a luxury wedding down, the people can only sigh and say "do not take the village head improper cadres". What's more, organizing such a wedding, the village cadres "know that there is a tiger in the mountains, favoring the tiger mountain line" no matter how much pressure, the wedding banquet is still luxurious to let mortals marvel, the reason is very intriguing.

Beijing village officials luxury wedding banquet refraction of the five anxieties! (Author: Bi Hanfeng)

For such a village official luxury wedding banquet incident of strong concern, in fact, also reflects some of the outstanding problems of our society, also reflects the extreme anxiety and dissatisfaction of the current people.

One is the problem of national love of face. Chinese people love face in particular, really want to face living suffer. Some people are not only the pursuit of luxury enjoyment, but also more in the love of face factor. And in today's concept of face, and always take the "rich and wealthy" as a face, that is, rich face, as for culture, faith, morality, I'm afraid that has not been in the face of the list.

The second is the problem of luxury consumption. A wedding banquet is a million dollars, a large banquet, please star, the luxury of the extreme jaw-dropping. And this kind of luxury wedding banquet is still in many places frequently staged, not only officials, but also civil. When the coal boss's luxury wedding banquet, as well as not long ago a groom spent 200,000 yuan to rent a helicopter to meet the bride, reflecting the deformity of luxury consumption. Diligence and thrift has become a symbol of pettiness, luxury has instead become a fashion, a face. Chinese people, from the government, to the private sector, are proud of spending money lavishly.

Third is the problem of official corruption under absolute power. Although village officials are not considered officials in China, their power is not small, especially in Beijing, which is located in the capital city, and they are naturally not small players. Like a village official who embezzled tens of millions of dollars not long ago, he is no less powerful than the tiger-level corrupt officials. And the village officials and the people live together, its possible corruption around and for the people more abhorrent. See such a luxurious wedding banquet, will naturally let the people think of corruption, there is no corruption, where so much money to organize. In China, corruption does not lie in the size of the official position, but lies in the concentration of power, the not subject to supervision and constraints. Even if there is a villagers' committee organization law under the constraints of the village officials, there is the right to recall the voters, but also does not seem to stop the village officials of the "luxury corruption".

Fourth is the problem of the gap between the rich and the poor. Perhaps there are some people for the luxury wedding banquet is a kind of envy, if they also have this condition, I am afraid that will also be so. From this, we can feel the great anxiety brought by the gap between the rich and the poor, people a wedding banquet, is how many poor people all their lives are difficult to earn. Some people are still struggling to survive, but how much is wasted on a wedding banquet. According to the village official, he does not have much money, but only his in-laws have money from their business. We don't know how much money there is, but judging from this wedding banquet, there is naturally a lot of money, which of course raises questions about whether the distribution of wealth is fair.

Fifth, there is the question of custom. Beijing village official said, "I was born and raised in Qingheying village people, do running water banquet is our rural customs, in the district to build a shed, please folks to dinner, who have something to do so. I *** before and after *** did about 200 tables, *** spent about 200,000 yuan." Hold such views should be the majority of the people, that is, now, there are still many party cadres still think of big manipulation, in their view, this is not only the problem of receiving gifts, or a custom problem. Although this custom is not good, but to change at once is not easy. And some people also cited their own past also sent a lot of gifts on the grounds that they can not give it for nothing, so they have to continue to do down the road.

And as a wedding banquet due to the involvement of party discipline, customs and habits, face culture, the wealth gap and many other issues, often difficult to bear its weight. Where the fundamental road, political clarity, the establishment of faith, moral manifestation, especially on the concentration of power of officials and the rich and poor polarization of the solution, manifesting social justice, seems particularly urgent. The current "eight provisions", "against the four winds" and the upcoming Third Plenary Session of the reform will inject vitality and momentum to this end.

5. For his son's extravagant wedding village cadres Ma Linxiang was removed

According to media reports, Laiguangying Township Qingheying village village committee deputy director Ma Linxiang in the National Day for his son's wedding organized, wasteful, violation of the relevant provisions of the Central Authorities, in the masses, causing a bad influence, the Chaoyang District, Beijing City Commission for Discipline Inspection has been tasked with the township party committee in accordance with the relevant legal procedures, removed from the position of deputy director of the village committee. The committee has instructed the township party committee to remove the deputy director of the village committee in accordance with the relevant legal procedures. Chaoyang District Commission for Discipline Inspection said that the investigation team has not been found to use public funds and public goods to organize the wedding, and will continue to investigate the matter in depth.

It is understood that during the National Day, Ma Linxiang for his son to set up three days of wedding banquets, which held on the 6th wedding venue for the National Convention Center Grand Ballroom. In addition, also invited "Liu Laogan stage" of some of the actors to perform. Ma Linxiang said in an interview with reporters, the first two days in the village of the banquet themselves spent more than 200,000 yuan, the rest of the cost of the in-laws.

The Chaoyang District Commission for Discipline Inspection said that in order to crack down on the wind of extravagance and waste, the strict implementation of the eight provisions of the Central Committee, for the wedding and funerals, and other aspects of the prevailing problems, the district party committee has studied the development of the "Chaoyang District, Party members and cadres to further implement the provisions of the eight provisions, advocating the practice of economy, and strengthen the supervision and management of the notice" to stop the extravagance of the cost of Party members and cadres are required to do the "four are not permitted, Four from strict": not allowed to do big wedding and funeral celebrations, strict reporting procedures; not allowed to accept gifts and gratuities that may affect the impartiality of the performance of official duties, to prevent the opportunity to enrich themselves; not allowed to reimburse public funds or paid by others should be borne by me to organize the cost, strictly prohibit public gifts; not allowed to use the official car and other public **** resources, strict control of the abuse of public power. In addition, Chaoyang District will hold a special working meeting to inform the situation and reiterate the detailed requirements. As a next step, the Discipline Inspection Commission of Chaoyang District will further intensify its supervision and inspection efforts, and will investigate and punish any violation of the eight provisions of the Central Government and the spirit of the district committee's circular, without any tolerance. At the same time, the media and the community are also welcome to monitor violations of discipline.

6. Expert opinion: the traditional bad customs dregs rise worthy of alarm

Beijing Folklore Society Secretary-General, Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Expert Committee member Gao Wei from the historical and folklore point of view of the interpretation of the Chinese wedding banquets, bride price, the share of the money of the thousands of years of evolution, he pointed out that the wedding climbing winds rose more than 10 years ago, the early founding of the country had been extremely simplified. It is recommended that government departments, social organizations, media *** with efforts to actively guide the abandonment of bad habits.

Ancient wedding friends and relatives also send "money", but more is to send in kind, dignitaries generally send some jewelry, silk, the community generally send old hen, hunting trophies, to express good wishes. After the founding of the country to the end of the "Cultural Revolution" more than two decades, the wedding ceremony in the "Zhou Li" was completely abolished, the wedding is extremely simplified. "At the end of the Cultural Revolution, the wave of reform and opening up was ushered in, and weddings and related ceremonies were slowly revived. The real trend of wedding comparison has been in the new century for more than a decade. The gap between the rich and the poor gradually widened, and the rich took the lead in "once-in-a-lifetime weddings", and gradually began to organize lavish weddings. Behind this practice is a reflection of the fact that people pay too much attention to material civilization. The organization of the wedding has an economic basis, the old tradition of bad customs and dregs, it is worth warning.