Love, True or Arranged in China

In china, marriage is looked upon as a way of succession, property inheritance, residential arrangement, and power structure. Americans tend to see marriage as a sign of love. One would marry the person that they love. However, China does not; it is more of social status.Many times parents will pick a daughter-in-law for their son. Parents will often marry out their the daughters to other families. Daughter will then belong to husband's family and have no rights or obligations to her biological parents. Only male offspring may use the father's surname to inherit family property. The Chinese culture is so different from ours here in the united states. It is really rather shocking.