It is both the marriage custom and a marriage system.

这种习俗既是婚姻习俗也是一种婚姻制度。

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The changes of marriage courtesy, marriage ceremony, etc. are not merely a change of the marriage custom, it is a epitome that rural social culture, social idea change even more.

婚姻礼节、婚姻仪式等的变化不仅是婚姻习俗的变化，更是农村社会文化、社会观念变化的一个缩影。

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In many child marriages, girls are given away to older men in return for dowries or following the custom by which a father promises his daughters and sons to marriage while still children.

在许多儿童婚姻的案例中，女孩被许配给大龄男人以期得到嫁妆为回报，或者是由于习俗，父亲在孩提时代便允诺子女的婚姻。

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Mr Narayan chose his own wife, although the custom was, and often still is, for an arranged marriage.

ECONOMIST: R.K. Narayan | The