It has been long recognized that the population between men and women lost balance, especially in the future, this problem will be more obvious. The result is that more men are thought to be the leftover¹ men, which means being the bachelors. The root of this problem traces² back from the traditional culture.

人们很久之前就意识到男女之间的人数失去了平衡,尤其是在不久的将来,这个问题将更加明显。结果是,越来越多的男人认为是剩男,这意味着单身汉。这个问题的根源要追溯到传统文化。

In the old days, men were meant to everything, they were the most important person in the family. They raised the family, what’s more, it was believed that only men had the right to make a deal. So women were in the very low status, they did not make a big difference in the society. Every family at that time only wanted to have boys, so some babies girls were even killed when they gave birth, how cruel it was.

在过去,男人意味着一切,他们在家庭中是最重要的人。他们支撑了这个家庭,更重要的是,人们认为只有男人才有权利做交易。所以女性地位很低,她们在社会上无所作为。那时每个家庭都只想要男孩,所以一些女婴儿在出生时就被弄死，多么残忍啊。

As the traditional idea have been implanted in people’s mind deeply, so even the government tried hard to advocate the equality between men and women, still some families only want to have boys. Education plays the very important role in improving the young generation’s mind. The gender³ imbalance can be reduced by educating the next generation.

由于传统观念已经深深植入人们的心灵,所以即使政府努力提倡男女平等,仍然只有些家庭想要男孩。教育在提高年轻一代的思想方面扮演着非常重要的作用。通过对下一代的教育，性别失衡可以得到减少。