Today, 94 years ago, on July 6, 1931 (May 21, 1931 in the lunar calendar), the Republic of China Daily published "Standards for General Ladies to Seek the Right Mr.". On July 6, 1931, Shanghai Republic Daily published "Standards for General Ladies to Seek Mr. Right". In the 1930s, the trend of equality between men and women surged in urban and rural areas, and gradually became popular. These young women no longer simply relied on the words of matchmakers and their parents' orders, but bravely strived for their own right to choose a mate and had their own clear criteria for choosing a mate. At that time, the "Republic of China Daily" (July 6, 1931) published such a woman's marriage notice: 1. Handsome appearance, middle (etc.) figure, solemn when looked at, and very kind when loved. Second, learning is not about being broad but about having expertise. Third, noble personality. Fourth, elegant and chic, strong body, full of energy, and simple clothes. 5. For women's love, be exclusive but not excessive, sincere but not bullying. Sixth, the economy is quite independent. Seven, no bad hobbies such as tobacco and alcohol. 8. Have creative thoughts and conservative ability. Looking back on the past, it's clear at a glance that women's view of mate selection in 1930s is higher and lower than that of today's trendy ladies who believe that "doing well is better than marrying well". Extended reading: Wedding book with tax stamps in the Republic of China? Next Wedding Books With Tax Stamps During the Republic of China Wedding Books With Tax Stamps During the Republic of China. Marriage book is the most direct and original material held by the parties to the marriage and used as evidence, which originated in the Tang Dynasty in China. History can be seen from the wedding book. A wedding book with double happiness tax stamps in the Republic of China, which is now hidden in the provincial archives, reflects the mark of that era. At the beginning of the 20th century, most of the wedding books were written in red paper and ink, including proposal posts, engagement slips and wedding slips, etc., which read the birthdays of both men and women, the names of introducer, officiant, engaged person, married person, and grandparents. After the first year of the Republic of China (1912), handwritten wedding books were gradually replaced by ink-printed wedding books. Besides rice paper, the texture of wedding books also included hard copies, silk surfaces, raw paper, etc., and some of them were coated with gold powder. The painted decorations showed auspicious patterns such as dragons and phoenix showing auspiciousness and mandarin ducks playing in the water. After the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920), the government issued an official marriage certificate, banning all the old-fashioned media and Cambodia, but there was no stub; In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), in order to further improve the voucher function of marriage certificates, the government issued a new triptych marriage certificate with stubs, and banned the previously issued marriage certificates without stubs. In Jilin Province, the folk marriage habit is that there is no red paper marriage book, but the oral contract of the Qing Dynasty is used. Such "marriage book" has neither legal guarantee nor real certificate, which leads to the frequent occurrence of repentance and marriage. Things changed afterwards. This marriage certificate kept by the provincial archives was registered in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928). This marriage book is paper, 38cm long and 35cm wide. Color printing, surrounded by the edge of white ground, 8cm on the top, 5cm on the bottom, 3.5 cm on the left and 2.5 cm on the right. Compared with the current marriage certificate, it is somewhat big and somewhat thin. It is really a wedding book! The decoration of the wedding book is the border of light green wheat ears and leaves, with traditional Chinese characters throughout the text. There is a word at each corner of the border, with the word "Luan" in the upper right corner, the word "Feng" in the lower right corner, the word "He" in the upper left corner and the word "Ming" in the lower left corner, which together means "Luan Feng Heming". The ground inside the border is a red reticulated pattern, and the word "marriage letter" with white red edge is printed on the reticulated pattern, which reads: "Male, 15 years old, born in Panshi County, Jilin Province; Female, 21 years old, born ugly on December 26, 2008, from Panshi County, Jilin Province; Today, I am introduced by Mr. Zhan to hold an engagement ceremony at the man's home on August 27th, 17th year of the Republic of China. This certificate: witness Li Zhendong, introducer Xue Quan. Wang Zhiqing, the male and female hostess. On September 16th, the 17th year of the Republic of China, the appointment was made. " Judging from the content of the marriage book, the age of both parties to the marriage, younger than boys and older than girls, reflected the phenomenon of "little son-in-law" that was still common in rural areas at that time. It is worth mentioning that there are two valuable tax stamps on the top of the wedding book-the red double happiness word "Republic of China Tax Stamp", which is stamped with the red stamp of "Jilin Stamp Duty". In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), after the government promulgated the Stamp Duty Law, and in the third year of the Republic of China (1914), the Regulations on Stamping Personnel Certificates were promulgated. Article 1 stipulated that each wedding certificate should be stamped with one cent of tax stamp, and Article 3 clearly pointed out that if the marriage certificate is not stamped with tax stamp or stamped, it will have no legal certificate effect in court. For the first time, the marriage book was listed as the object of taxation, and the marriage book with the Double Happiness tax stamp became the only certificate of marriage, which also represented the legality of marriage. The management of marriage certificates is uniformly printed and distributed by the stamp duty office of the whole province, and together with the tax stamps, they are sold by stamp duty offices, distribution offices and firms in various places. After the married parties buy them there, they will buy special Double Happiness tax stamps and stick them on them, so that even if they are officially recognized and the marriage is guaranteed by law, the cases of repentance and dependence on marriage can be fairly adjudicated. This marriage book is affixed with two Double Happiness tax stamps, which shows that the tax amount of the marriage book is already two corners at this time, and the stamp of "Jilin Stamp Duty Office in Panshi" is printed on the border of the wheat ear on the left, which also shows the legality of the marriage book. However, this marriage certificate is an unstubbed marriage certificate that should be invalidated after the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925). In the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), Panshi County found this marriage certificate that did not meet the requirements during routine stamp duty inspection, and collected and punished it. The holder of the marriage certificate doesn't understand that the marriage certificate is purchased at the designated sales office, and the Double Happiness tax stamp is also posted and stamped. What else is illegal? According to the investigation, in order not to suffer losses, the consignment firm took out the backlog of invalid marriage certificates and sold them as soon as they could. The countrypeople didn't understand it, and made mistakes in a muddle. In the history of human reproduction, the marriage book has gone through a long process from scratch, from no words to words, and from no legal provisions to legal provisions. It shows us the true relationship between marriage parties, marriage parties and social morality, and national laws, which is difficult to understand concretely and systematically in any other historical materials.