Lanling carries out custom reform with institutional and cultural support

Lanling County inherits the ritual culture of ancient Zengcheng and pushes thorough rural custom reform via rigid institutional constraints and soft cultural edification.

Daicun Village has operated village public dining halls for over 20 years, issuing clear limits on betrothal gifts and banquet scales and saving villagers more than 20 million yuan in ritual expenses. The county creates a batch of folk operas targeting high betrothal gifts and extravagant ceremonies, and holds regular touring performances in villages. Serial themed collective wedding activities are held every season to advocate thrifty marriage concepts. All villages set up neighborhood councils and virtue point systems to encourage villagers to practice civilized and frugal lifestyles.

Lanling's dual-path model of institutional restraint and cultural nourishment thoroughly eliminates outdated rural customs. It realizes harmonious coexistence of traditional culture and modern civilized rural governance.

Editor：韩蒙蒙