Why are some rural areas so patriarchal? We are all only children in the rural areas of Northeast China, even if there are some who prefer boys to girls, they are also individual.

In rural areas, boys are preferred to girls. If the child is a boy, with the father's surname, it can give birth to the family and descendants forever, which can play the role of carrying on the family line. However, if a child marries someone else, he will learn from others. Another problem is that his labor force is more important in the countryside. Therefore, if the baby is a girl, he can't do heavy work.