Child Raising - Tonyanshi

Japanese: 童養媳 - とんやんしー

A marriage system in old China where young girls before adulthood were bought and raised to become wives for future male children. Also called "Yangbao", "Yangbaofu" and "Miaobao". "Bao" and "Baofu" mean bride. In some cases, they were bought in anticipation of the birth of a male child. In addition to caring for the parents and children, they were used for odd jobs and were considered a kind of domestic slave. It can be seen in records from as early as the Song and Yuan dynasties, and was practiced nationwide until the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the aim of reducing the number of mouths to feed poor families and securing a labor force against the backdrop of potential marriage difficulties in the old society. [Suzuki Takeyuki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

成年前の幼女，少女を買い育てて将来男児の妻とする旧中国の婚姻制度の一つ。〈養媳〉〈養媳婦〉〈苗媳〉ともいう。〈媳〉〈媳婦〉は嫁の意。男児誕生を見越して買う場合もあった。親，子供の世話以外に雑役に使われ，一種の家内奴隷ともみられる。古くすでに宋･元時代の記録に見え，旧社会の潜在的な結婚難を背景に，貧家の口減らし，労働力確保の意味合いをもち，新中国成立まで全国的に行われていた。【鈴木健之】

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