To curb an old custom

China wants to curb an old custom: the hazing of wedding couples

中国希望遏制一种传统风俗——戏弄新婚夫妻

Couples in some parts of China must brace for torment. In a ritual called naohun, or "disturbing the wedding", guests haze them. Often this involves forcing the man to strip to his underwear and don stockings or a bra. Friends then tie him to something and slather his body with sticky substances such as soy sauce and eggs. Women can be targeted, too. Naohun allows people to kiss the bride and bridesmaids and even to grope them.

在中国的某些地方，新婚夫妇必须得准备好接受一种折磨——俗称“闹婚”（“扰乱婚礼”）。按照这种习俗，宾客们会戏弄新郎新娘。这常常包括强迫新郎脱到只剩内裤，并穿上女式长袜或胸罩。然后，朋友们会把他绑在某个地方，并在他身上抹上酱油、鸡蛋等粘稠的物质。女性也可能成为戏弄对象。一些闹婚的人借机亲吻新娘和伴娘，甚至动手动脚。

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In 2017 NetEase, an internet giant, found 142 cases in the previous five years of hazing so outrageous that it had featured in stories in China's media. In the NetEase sample, the provinces of Shandong and Yunnan accounted for 60% of cases.

2017 年，互联网巨头网易发现，在过去五年中，有 142 起闹婚事件过于离谱，以至被中国媒体报道。在网易关注的样本中，60% 的闹婚事件发生在山东和云南两省。

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The practice upsets the government. Last year it called for an end to "unhealthy marriage practices". These included naohun, "extravagance and waste" at parties and "sky-high" caili — cash given by the groom to the bride's family. In April the central authorities designated 15 areas in ten provinces as pilot zones for wedding reform.

这种风俗令政府感到不安。去年，政府要求杜绝“婚俗不正之风”，其中包括闹婚、婚宴上的“铺张浪费”和新郎送给新娘家的“天价”彩礼。今年 4 月，中央政府选定了 10 个省的 15 个地区作为婚俗改革实验区。

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Even before the central government began its campaign, the city of Dali, a popular wedding spot in Yunnan, had begun stationing urban-management officers at well-known naohun locations. Yang Pinkang, a 26-year-old who got married in October, had no naohun. He says residents have gone cool on naohun since the drowning of a groom who was thrown into a lake.

早在中央政府开始这场运动之前，云南省的结婚胜地大理市，就已经开始在一些闹婚严重的地点派驻城管人员。去年 10 月，26 岁的杨品康（音）新婚时没有闹婚。他说，自一名新郎被扔进湖里溺水身亡后，当地居民已经不再热衷于闹婚。

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No more such recklessness in Shandong province, officials hope. "Let us all be more polite," one city there, Zouping, decreed in March. "Help weddings go back to being warm and romantic."

山东省官员希望，当地不再出现这样鲁莽的闹婚行为。邹平市于 3 月颁布了有关规定，号召“让我们更加文明，让婚礼回归温馨浪漫。”

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重点词汇

curb

/kɝːb/

v. 控制，约束

搭配短语：to curb one's anger

搭配短语：to curb the spread of COVID-19

近义表达：restrain, suppress, keep back, hold back

haze

/heɪz/

v.（尤指对学校新生或社团的新成员）作弄；欺凌

brace for sth.

为……作好准备、防备

相关词汇：brace（v. 使身体某部分绷紧，鼓足力气；作好准备、防备）

例句：He braced his muscles and lifted the weight.（他绷紧肌肉，一把举起了杠铃。）

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