北京民政局欲整治"穿拖鞋背心"登記結婚的行爲

Couples who want to apply for a marriage licence in Beijing will have to dress smartly in future, or risk being turned away.

想在北京登記結婚的新人們以後必須要穿戴得體，否則有可能會被拒之門外喲。

The city's Civil Affairs Bureau has announced a new rule stipulating that couples won't be issued a licence to wed if they show up in shorts, T-shirts or other casual wear, the state newspaper Beijing Daily reports.

北京市民政局近日宣佈，如果有人穿短褲、體恤衫或是其他休閒服飾到民政局辦理結婚登記手續，將不予頒發結婚證書。

The bureau's marriage registration director, Han Mingxi, says people aren't showing sufficient respect for the process. "It is not unusual to see couples registering in shorts and slippers. It shows their carelessness and disrespect for marriage," he tells the paper. "From one glance you can see that marriage registration is being treated as a casual affair, and this is prone to many problems."

北京市民政局婚姻登記處處長韓明喜表示，有些人沒有表現出對婚姻登記應有的尊重，“穿背心褲衩或者穿拖鞋直接來辦理婚姻登記的不在少數，這足以說明他們對待婚姻的漫不經心，隨便一看就能看出他們對待婚姻的態度過於隨意，未來生活中容易引起各種問題。”

Coming into effect on 1 July, the new rule is part of efforts to tackle the capital's divorce rate. Mr Han says his bureau is currently analysing a large number of divorce cases, and asking experts to "propose methods and ways to promote marriage and family happiness".

新規定將於今年7月1日開始正式實施，其目的在於降低北京地區的離婚率。韓處長表示，民政局最近在對大量的離婚案例進行分析，並向專家徵求了諸多可以“促進家庭和諧發展的方法”。

China's divorce rate has been rising for more than a decade: in 2015, the government said that 3.6m couples ended their unions during the previous year. Beijing had the highest rate among cities, with 55,000 divorces in a single year.

過去十多年來，中國的離婚率一直居高不下。政府於2015年表示，2014年共有360萬對夫妻離婚，而北京的離婚率名列前茅，達到5.5萬。

There has been a mixed response to the new rule among Chinese social media users. "Marriage is not child's play, it should be dignified," writes one on the Sina Weibo microblogging site.

對此新規定，在中國社交媒體上，評論褒貶不一。有網友在新浪微博上表示，“婚姻不是兒戲，理應重視”。

But others think applying for a licence shouldn't have to be a big deal. "What if a young couple want a low-key event?" asks one user, who thinks that applying for a licence is "simply a boring and tedious process" anyway.

但也有網友表示，登記結婚並不是什麼大事，一網友認爲領結婚證“只是一個無聊乏味的過程”。他留言稱，“如果這對新人只是想要一個低調的結婚儀式呢”？