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中西国家婚礼文化差异的比较分类号密级UDC 毕业论文 The Comparison of Differences in Wedding CultureBetween China and Western Countries 中西国家婚礼文化差异的比较学生姓名学号指导教师系(部) 外语系专业年级 2006 级英语论文答辩日期年月日中国大学 The Comparison of Differences inWedding Culture between China and Western Countries 中西国家婚礼文化差异的比较完成日期: 指导教师签字: 答辩小组成员签字: Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me during the writing ofthis thesis. First my deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Miss Yang my supervisor for herconstant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me throughall the stages of the writing ofthis paper. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction this paper could not have reachedits present form. Second I feel grateful to all the teachers in the University of China Qingdao College whoonce offered me valuable courses and advice during my study. My sincere thanks are also givento my instructor Han who helped me come over many difficulties. I am also greatly indebted tothe professors and teachers at the Department of English. Last my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and greatconfidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sinceregratitude to my friends and myfellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me work outmy problems during the difficult course of the paper. 摘要本文着重探讨中国和西方国家婚礼的文化差异。

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关键词 :不同的婚礼文化；原因；文化交流
Analysis on the Differences in Wedding CulturebetweenChina and Western Countries
Name:RenSinanTutor: Hao Xiaorui
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For any country, wedding culture is one of the important reflections of social culture. Wedding is one of the great important events in people’s life because of its special significance. It meansa renewed life of a person. As Chinais becoming more and more advanced these years, the connection between China and Westerncountriesbecomescloser and closer. In order to get a better understanding of each other, there are a lot of people take exploration and analysis. All of them have made the important significance and influence, and have made a lot of achievements. This thesis aims to study Chinese and western different wedding custom to understand its related culture and history, promote the Chinese and western cultural exchange. Here the author first analyzes the origin of Chinese and western wedding culture. Second, the author has a detail discussion on its differences: The actor, wedding location, wedding dress, and wedding processes. Then, the author analyzes the reasons which cause the differences between Chinese and Western wedding culture, and talks about the measures of promoting cultural exchange and integration

中西方婚礼习俗对比-毕业论文

中西方婚礼习俗对比-毕业论文中西方婚礼习俗对比摘要中西方在婚礼习俗上是截然不同的两种文化，本文主要是通过对中、西方不同的婚礼习俗进行比较，所讲述的中西方婚俗上的差异主要是从婚礼准备、迎亲以及婚宴上进行对比，从中西方的婚礼对比上，可以看到双方婚礼在各个方面都截然不同。

通过对比，可以看到中西方对待婚礼的态度，探讨在不同文化下所产生的不同的习俗，并分析产生差异的原因，使更多的人能了解不同的文化背景和习俗。

关键词：婚俗文化；差异；文化；特色AbstractIn the western culture is different in two kinds of wedding customs, this paper is mainly through the comparison of in the west, different customs, explore the generated under different cultures and different customs, and analyzes the causes of the differences, so that more people understand the different cultural backgrounds and customs.Keywords: Customs and culture; difference; culture; characteristics目录１．引言 (4)２．婚姻的定义 (4)３．对比中西方的婚礼习俗 (4)3．１中西方婚礼习俗的相似点 (4)3．２中西方婚礼习俗的对比 (4)3. 2. 1 婚前准备 (5)3．2. 2婚礼仪式 (6)3．2．3 婚礼宴席 (6)４．中西方的婚礼习俗不同原因 (7)4.1 地理环境、历史背景不同 (7)4.2 宗教信仰不同 (7)4.3 思维模式和价值观不同 (7)4.4 性格不同 (8)５．结论 (8)参考文献： (8)１．引言无论中国还是西方，婚姻都属于人生之中最重要的伦理关系。

中西方婚礼文化差异毕业论文

中西方婚礼文化差异毕业论文摘要婚礼是世界各地文化传统中的重要一环，而中西方婚礼文化的差异也是不可忽视的，本文旨在探讨中西方婚礼文化差异的具体表现和影响。

本文以文献研究和实地调查相结合的方法进行，主要从以下几方面进行分析：首先，从婚姻观念角度，中西方的婚姻观念存在差异。

中西方的婚姻观念不仅涉及婚姻的目的、角色和责任，还关乎视婚姻为一种制度或仪式的态度和认识。

其次，从礼仪仪式角度，中西方的婚礼仪式也存在显著的差异。

中西方的婚礼仪式在程序和形式上有差异，所涉及的仪式和习俗也各有特点。

最后，从风俗习惯角度，中西方的婚礼风俗习惯也有明显的差异。

从饮食、礼品、迎娶、嫁妆、婚庆等方面均有不同的表现。

在了解中西方婚礼文化差异后，本文进一步探讨了这些差异对双方的理解、沟通、尊重和包容产生的影响。

最后，本文提出了相关对策和建议，以促进中西方婚姻间的理解和和谐。

关键词：婚礼文化，差异，中西方，影响。

AbstractWedding is an important part of cultural traditions in different parts of the world, and the differences in wedding culture between China and the West cannot be ignored. This paper aims to explore the specific manifestations and impact of cultural differences in wedding culture between China and the West.This paper adopts the method of literature research and field investigation. The analysis is mainly from the following aspects:Firstly, from the perspective of marriage concept, there are differences in marriage concepts between China and the West. The concept of marriage in China and the West not only involves the purpose, role, and responsibility of marriage, but also the attitude and understanding of marriage as an institution or ceremony.Secondly, from the perspective of ceremony and etiquette, there are significant differences in wedding ceremonies between China and the West. Wedding ceremonies in China and the West differ in procedure and form, and the rituals and customs involved in weddings are also different.Lastly, from the perspective of customs and habits, there are also obvious differences in wedding customs and habits between China and the West. There are different expressions in eating, gifts, bridegroom pick-up, dowry, and wedding celebrations.After understanding the cultural differences between China and the West, this paper further explores the impact of these differences onunderstanding, communication, respect, and tolerance between the two sides. Finally, this paper puts forward relevant countermeasures and suggestions to promote understanding and harmony between Chinese and Western marriages. Keywords: wedding culture, differences, China and the West, impact.。

中西方婚俗文化差异 --毕业论文

【标题】中西方婚俗文化差异【作者】【关键词】【指导老师】【专业】英语【正文】I. IntroductionMarriage is the basic system and form that both sexes combine in society. The marriage culture is produced with the development of marriage, which reflects a certain marriage conception. Marriage custom not only incarnates the social appearance in some times, but also shows values, ways of thinking, and religious beliefs of one nation.1In ancient China, people thought highly of marriage culture. Ancient people regarded marriage as the primary and incipience of all decorum. Chinese long history and abundance culture have penetrated into marriage culture, so it is the cohesion of Chinese culture. While because of geography, nationality, history, religious beliefs and other aspects, the marriage culture in western countries is different from Chinese. Therefore, this paper has discussed the differences of marriage culture among Chinese, British and American. Firstly, it has introduced some similarities of marriage culture between China and Western Countries. Secondly, it has described ancient and modern Chinese marriage culture, the British and American marriage culture. Besides, it has introduced some main differences, such as the wedding process, the wedding dress, the wedding car and other details. Finally, it analyzed the causes of differences, including religious beliefs, the ways of thinking.II. Similarities of Marriage Culture between China and Western Countries Every country has her nationality, but they have some similarities. No matter in China or Western Countries, marriage is a great turning point in life. Both of people all pay great attention on it, and they always choose a nice day, which is sunny and propitious time, so wedding date is very important in every country. In ancient China, people would like to choose an auspicious day based on lunar calendar, which meant the couple would love each other and live a good life in the future. Similarly, the foreigners also choose a perfect day to hold wedding. For example, in England men hate to hold wedding in May. Because May has been considered an unlucky month to marry in. In addition, Fridays were considered unlucky particularly Friday the 13th. There has a famous old rhyme advises a wedding of the week. “Monday for wealth, Tuesda y for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday for no luck at all.2At present, western cultures have made great influences on Chinese wedding, so they also have some similarities. We can see that many young people would like to hold their weddings in church. Moreover, in wedding, the bride wears wedding veil, the groom dresses suit and necktie, their relatives and friends are all sit there to make bless for them. After the wedding, the bride will stand back the other people and then throw a red ball to the unmarried female. As the story says, no matter who got the ball, she would be married soon or later. So all the unmarried females stand together and try their best to gain it. Besides, many newlyweds would like to take their honeymoon, a one-to-two week vacation trip, to celebrate their new marriage. III. Differences of Marriage Culture between China and Western CountriesA. Marriage Culture of China1. Traditional Marriage CultureIn ancient China, the model of traditional marriage culture including six etiquettes. The first step was proposing, which was very important in ancient China. Because it was the first time to meet with each other for the two families. If a male’s parents liked someone’s daughter and thought she had some qualities to become their daughter-in-law, they would appoint a matchmaker carried with some presents to the identified girl’s family. If the girl’s parents would like to agree this proposal, they would send someone who carried wit h some presents to the boy’s family in return. The second step was asking name. In ancient times, the girl’s name did not tell others until she chosen husband. In fact, it was not only to know the girl’s name, but also to write down the girl’s birthday and birth-hour on paper, which used to make a divination. In this step, matchmaker played an important role in communication. We knew in Chinese traditional marriage, people qualified a validity marriage for parents and matchmaker. In ancient, a boy wanted to make a proposal with a girl, and the girl also enjoyed him, but she refused his requirement. She said that she could not accept his mind because he not had matchmaker.3 Today we will be confused for her words. While in ancient times, without a matchmaker, their marriage would be immorality.The next step was birthday matching. After asking the name, male’s parents would appoint the matchmaker to ask for the girl’s birthday and birth hour to assure the compatibility of the potential bride and groom. The divination included two aspects: the first was asking women’s quality. In ancients’ view, a man always had several wives. In order to let them get well with each other, he always considered his wife’s quality as an important factor. The second was to see whether the girl could match up with her husband. If her birthday and birth hour did not conflict with her husband according to astrology, the marriage would step into the next stage.The fourth step was presenting betrothal gifts. After birthdays matching, the groom’s family arranged the matchmaker to present betrothal gifts, enclosing the betrothal letter to the bride’s family. This stage including two meanings: one side was to show their thanks for the girl’s parents, the other side was to purchase dowrie s for Bride. If the girl’s parents accepted the betrothal gifts, their marriage could be a deal, and could not be changed on their own opinion.The fifth step was picking a wedding date. When they chosen a good day, they would tell the girl’s family and g ive them time to prepare dowries. The ancients would like to choose the marriage time on spring or autumn. Because people thought spring was the beginning of a year and good for everything, and autumn was a harvest season, so they had enough money to hold a wedding. The last step was wedding ceremony, which was the most liveliness and best time of the traditional marriage culture. At that day, groom who wore hat and safflower departured with a troop of escorts and musicians, playing happy music all the way to meet his bride. However, before he met his bride, the bride’s relatives and good friends would settle some obstacles to groom until they satisfied with him. While at the same time, the bride put on new clothes in her room. Then, she got in sedan, and escorted by a group of people to her new home. After they reached the destination, the bride’s feet could not touch the threshold when entering her new home, so need her husband to carry her over it. When the groom’s parents and all the relatives gathered in the hall, the newlyweds began to do some obeisance, such as kowtows to the Heaven and Earth, the family ancestors and parents, bow to each other and so on. Under the applauses of the audience, the bride was taken to her chamber. This was the end of the wedding.2. Modern Marriage CultureNowadays, modern marriage culture has some innovations based on traditional marriage culture. To sum up, modern marriage culture has two characteristics: firstly modern marriage culture still depends on the past. Nowadays many young people enjoy to pursuit an original and unusual wedding, but it is easy to find some reflections of the traditional culture, especially in some countries and minorities. Secondly, western marriage culture influenced modern marriage culture. With the open and reform of China, more and more foreigners come to our country, expecting for increasing our economy, they also influence our traditional culture, religious beliefs and ways of thinking. Therefore, modern marriage culture consists of amativeness, engagement and marriage.The first is amativeness. We have learned that parents and matchmaker played important roles in traditional marriage culture. While for the two actors, they have no choice but to accept this engagement. However, at present,matchmaker is not important in marriage. Even many young people do not consider their parents’ feeling any longer, most times they would like to choose their companions by themselves. They always hope that their companions have the similar hobbies, characteristics and ambition with them. Besides, they hope they should have equal rights in their life. When they meet some difficult problems, they will tell each other at first and then discuss how to deal with them. Once they think that they have find perfect companions, they will clear away all troubles to live together. After they get along with each other several months or several years, they begin to discuss matrimony. This called engagement.In urban, the traditional engagement is weaker than before. The man’s parents carrying with some presents to call at woman’s home. During this meeting, both of them are familiar with each other and discuss the wedding date, the bridal chamber, and other necessary things. Once they reach an agreement, the man will b uy a golden ring for his fiancée. After the engagement, this thing can’t be cancelled at will. While in rural it is a significant event. First, the woman’s mother invites her relatives to call at the man’s home. If they satisfy with all things, they begin to discuss some details about the marriage. Besides, the man’s parents still prepare some precious gifts and a lot of money for their daughter-in-law to purchase dowries. In some undeveloped country, they can’t offer enough money for dowry, so many grown m en can’t get married. Even if in some wealthy countries, many marriages have to be cancelled because both of them can’t make an agreement on money. Therefore, money is to be an obstacle to a happy marriage in rural, which needs us to change it.4 Once the engagement come into force, the woman and her parents cannot go back their words. Otherwise, they are not only considered immorality, but also have to pay for the economic loss to the other side.At last, it is turn to hold wedding. In our country after getting a certificate, people can hold a wedding. On wedding day, the bride gets up early and dresses up herself in a beauty parlor, then stays at home to wait for her groom. At the same time, the groom and his relatives drive several decorated cars to meet bride. Similarly, before him meet his wife, the bride’s relatives and good friends will settle some obstacles to spite him until they satisfied with him. About twelve o’clock, the groom dresses up business suit and necktie and the bride wears bridal veil, standing in the front of the restaurant to receive their relatives and friends. When all the guests arrive there, the new couple goes to the dinner hall with Wedding March, which is the climax of the wedding. At this time, the guests can ask the newlywed to introduce their love affairs, and even their friends will do some hoaxes to make fun of them. Afterwards under the guidance of the elders, the newlywed will drink toasts to their guests one by one. This isthe end of the marriage.B. Marriage Culture of Western CountriesMany western countries have some similarities in marriage culture, but also have their own national characteristics. Now, I will take Britain and American for example.1. British Marriage CultureIn the past, parents or guardians arranged marriage. The bride and groom often were not acquainted until their marriage. The parents often made the marriage arrangements and betrothals while the bride and groom were small children. The children would continue to live with their own parents and meet from time to time for meals or holiday celebrations. However, because of the Civil Marriage Act, a qualified marriage always required parents’ agreement, publication of banns, a register, two or more witnesses, or issuance of a license.Today, British marriage culture has some changes based on the tradition. Young people can choose their girl friends or boy friends on their own wishes. When the men and women’s affection become stable, they will tell their parents and then publish the engagement on newspaper. The betrothal rites of England often hold at bride’s home. They arrange a wedding banquet, and invite their friends and relatives to take part. Under the celebrations of all the guests, the groom wears the ring on the bride’s left middle finger, which implies that she belongs to him. After the engagement, they begin to prepare the wedding. Generally, it holds in church, groom who wears formal dress standing in front of alter to wait for his bride. While the bride whose one-hand holds a rose, and the other hand hooks on her father’s arm and walks to her groom. Then minister reads out the meaning and purpose of Christianity marriage, and ask the bride and groom if they would like to marry with each other. When their answers have no doubt, the minister will give the bride’s right hand to the groom’s and speak out the marriage vows together. After this, groom puts the ring on his bride’s third finger of the left hand. Then, groom takes his bride out of the church, while their relatives throw rice, colorful pieces of paper to them.At the dinner, the new couple will use a knife to cut a big cake, and feed each of them a bit. Guests mingle while enjoying cake, punch and other treats. Later the bride throws her bouquet of flowers to a group of single girls. At the end of the dinner, the couple bid farewell to their friends and then take a honeymoon, one or two week’s vacation trip, to celebrate their marriage.2. American Marriage CultureIn American traditional wedding custom, a young man asks the father of hissweetheart for permission to marry her. If the father agrees, the man later proposes to the woman. The man usually gives his fiancée a diamond ring as a symbol of their engagement. After they engaged for weeks, months, or even years, they begin to prepare their wedding.Before two or three months of the wedding, the bride’s family will arrange a bridal shower. In that day, the bride’s relatives and friends give their special gifts to her, and then she open these gifts one by one to enjoy them. Usually, women will prepare cake to regal their both relatives. Besides, the groom and the bride will hold parties with their own friends to farewell their single life. Then the bride’s parents begin to prepare all things of the wedding, such as the bridal wedding veil, the invitation, the auditorium and so on.At last, it’s time for the wedding. At that day, the couple may invite hundreds of people or just a few close friends to join in their wedding in church. As the ceremony begins, the groom stands with the minister, facing the audience. Followed by Wedding Match, groomsmen and bridesmaids, maid of honor, ring bearer and flower girl, and then bride’s father take her daughter entering. When they reach the altar, the bride’s father put her daughter’s right hand into the groom’s left hand. Then, the bride and the groom face the minister to take vows.Firstly, minister announces to the audience: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join these two people in holy matrimony, if any one can show just cause why they may not be lawfully joined together, let them speak now or forever hold their peace. If there is anyone who feels that this ceremony should not continue, please speak now. For several minutes, if there is no one to oppose, he then addresses the newlywed and asks: do you take this man or woman to be your lawfully wedded husband or wife, to live together after god’s ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live. After the couple answering ‘I do’, they begins to make their marriage vows: I take thee to be my wedded wife or husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, honor, and cherish, until death do us part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.After taking the vows, the minister gets bride’s and groom’s rings from the best man and maid of honor, and then prays over their rings. Groom and bride exchange their rings. The minister joins their right hands together and pronounces that they are husband and wife. Later out of church, the bride throws her bouquet of flowers to a group of single girls. Tradition says that the one who catches the bouquet will be next to many. Then the newlywedsrun to their decorated car with a ‘Just Married’ and speed off to celebrate their new marriage.C. Main differences of Marriage Culture between China and Western Countries1. The Wedding ProcessIn ancient China, people considered marriage as a very important thing in life. Therefore, they divided marriage into six steps: Proposing, Asking Name, Birthday Matching, Presenting Betrothal Gifts, Picking a Wedding Date, Wedding Ceremony. This was a very complicated process. At the wedding day, the groom was crowed among his friends as escorts and musicians who played happy music all the way to bride’s home. About twelve o’clock, the bride and groom reached their new home, and went to the family altar, where the couple paid kowtows to Heaven and Earth, the family ancestors and parents successively. After bowing to each other, the bride went to the bridal chamber.The western-style wedding including ceremony and banquet two parts:At 17:00 o’clock, the ceremony start, the Priest arrives; broadcast approach music, the best man and bridesmaid enter the church, nearby weight stand and face the guests. The ring child gives the wedding ring to the Priest. At 17:03, along with the wedding ceremony matching song, the bride pulls her father and enters the church. Then bride’s father personally puts his daughter’s hand to the groom’s hand. At 17:10, music stop and entire audience are silent. The bride and the groom exchange the rings and take on oath. At 17:15, Chief wedding witness gives a speech. At 17:20, the ceremony finish. The newlywed leave the stage after music resounds, the guest applauds the celebration and strews the flower petal to the newlywed. At 17:30, the newlywed and the guests photograph accepts as a memento. At 17:40, the orchestra plays music, the guests enter the dinning room, may enjoy themselves to dine the savory and drink. At 18:10, after the newlywed enters the dinning room, first food starts to provide, and the waiter pours out the champagne to the visitor. The important guest gives a speech. At 18:40, after the savory, the newlywed jump the bridal waltz. The best man, bridesmaid and other guests enter the dance floor afterwards to dance together. At 19:00, all the people takes a seat again and waiting for the staple food. At 19:30, while provide the sweet snake, the dance party continued. At 20:00, the bride throws the bouquet of flowers. At 20:10, the newlywed shuttle between the guests and thank for their presence, also provide the coffee and each kind of drinks. At 20:30, after the newlywed cut the cake together, the guests dance or leave the banquet freely.52. The Wedding DressIn ancient China, people like red color, so on their wedding day bride and groom are all putting on red clothes, which symbolize jubilation, lively,and happiness. Today, people like to hold wedding in church, but the bride’s wedding veil is borrowed from a certain wedding company. However, in western countries, people advocate purity and romantic, therefore, the brides always wear traditional white, and draw on a pair of white glove, and their wedding veils made by themselves. Especially, American brides always wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. Something old is the wedding veil, or headgear, which inherits from the bride’s mother. Something new is the bride’s gifts, which come from her friends, such as skirt, accouterment and so on. Something borrowed is from anybody else. It said that the bride puts borrowed gold or silver in her shoes will bring her luck of wealth. Something blue is the bride’s blue accouterments or bouquets, which mean bride’s purity and chastity.63. The Wedding CarChinese people decorate their wedding cars with red flowers and balloon. Besides, they put a pair of moppets on the car, which symbolize the bride and the groom. While, foreigners decorate their wedding cars with tissue paper, cans or old shoes, and a "Just Married" sign. As said that the sounds made by the cans or old shoes can lustrate demon and bring good luck for the newlywed.74. Other DetailsFirstly, the groom’s family bears the expense of the marriage in China, while in western countries, the costs are totally took by the bride’s family. Secondly, Chinese wedding always needs one groom man and bride maid, while the foreigners need two or more groomsman and bridesmaid. In addition, the bride always goes back to her parents to live with them several days. However, in western countries after the wedding, the newlywed runs to take their honeymoon directly, to celebrate their new marriage. While best man and bridesmaid hold their wedding dinner.IV. Causes of differences in Chinese Marriage Culture and Western CountriesA. Religious BeliefsChina regards Buddhism as principle, and thinks the marriage is destined by heaven, so people have no ability to change it. Therefore, in traditional marriage culture, bowing to heaven and earth is an important part of wedding. Moreover, Chinese people apply red to add happy atmosphere in such big days. Therefore, at the wedding day, the bride’s clothes and shoes are red, even bridal’s chamber and their sedan chairs are decorated with red. Besides, people consider that a qualified marriage must need a matchmake r’s collection and parents’ agreement. While Christianity believesthat “marriage is joined together by god, let not man put asunder.”8 When they get married, they should gain the god’s agreement. Therefore, theyhold their wedding in church, where bride and groom read out vows to each other under the witness of the minister and their relatives. In addition, the bride must wear traditional white veil in western wedding. Since Roman times, white has symbolized happiness, and wealth. Even now, it stands for purity and romantic.B. Ways of ThinkingThe different marriage custom has a direct contraction with the ways of thinking. Chinese people are more conservative, and more old-fashioned. So several thousand years past, their marriage custom hasn’t changed a l ot until western cultures are introduced into their nation. In addition, Chinese people love jollification. For example, after wedding banquet, the friends of the new couple will go to their new room. They believe that the livelier in the bride’s chamber, the more happiness the new couple will get in their later life. So people take various methods to make difficulties for the newlywed. However, the western people are quite more open and they demand a little about their wedding. Their wedding always holds in church: the bride and groom entering the church followed with wedding match, the bride whose one-hand holds a rose, and the other hand hooks on her father’s arm and walk to the groom. Then the bride’s father put her right hand on the groom’s hand, which means he trust the groom and hope the groom can protect, love his daughter forever. At the same time, all the people will bless the new couple. In the front of the minister, the newlywed makes their marriage vows and exchanges their rings. After the minister saying that seal the promises you have made with each other with a kiss, the wedding ends. At last, bride and groom will take their honeymoon for one or two weeks. V. ConclusionThe marriage culture is produced with the development of marriage, which reflects a certain marriage conception. It does not only incarnate the social appearance in some times, but also shows values, ways of thinking, and religious beliefs of one nation. So it is very important to understand the differences of marriage culture in different countries. Firstly, I have introduced the similarities of marriage culture between China and Western Countries. For example, they all choose propitious day to hold their wedding. Besides, they have some other similarities in modern marriage culture. Then I have introduced differences among Chinese, British and American marriage culture, including the wedding process, the wedding dress, the wedding car, and other details. According to the comparison of marriage culture, we can understand their religious beliefs, ways of thinking, culture and so on.In a word, with the development of global economy, people from different countries communicate with each other frequently, so understanding their different culture is very important and significant in intercultural communication, and the thesis is just one part. The author believes the study of this field will go on and will acquire more achievements.。

中西婚礼文化比较英文作文

中西婚礼文化比较英文作文Comparison of Chinese and Western Wedding Cultures。

Wedding is an important event in people's lives, and it is also a reflection of cultural differences. Chinese and Western wedding cultures have their own unique characteristics. In this essay, I will compare and contrast the wedding customs of China and the West.Firstly, the engagement process is different in China and the West. In China, the groom's family will send a betrothal gift to the bride's family to show their sincerity. The betrothal gift includes jewelry, money and other valuable items. In contrast, the Western engagement usually involves a proposal, where the groom-to-be will surprise his girlfriend with a ring and a romantic proposal.Secondly, the wedding ceremony itself is different in China and the West. In China, the wedding ceremony isusually held in the bride's hometown. The bride will wear atraditional red dress, and the groom will wear a black suit. During the ceremony, the couple will bow to their parents and exchange rings. In Western countries, the wedding ceremony is often held in a church or a special venue. The bride will wear a white dress, and the groom will wear a tuxedo. The ceremony usually involves exchanging vows and rings.Thirdly, the reception is also different in China and the West. In China, the reception is often a banquet, where the newlyweds will toast to their guests. The guests will also give red envelopes with money as a gift to the couple. In Western countries, the reception is usually a party, where the guests will dance and celebrate with the newlyweds. The couple will also cut a cake and have a first dance.In addition, there are also differences in the wedding traditions. In China, the bride will have a hair combing ceremony before the wedding, where her mother or grandmother will comb her hair and give her advice on marriage. In Western countries, the bride will have abridal shower, where her friends will give her gifts and play games. Another difference is that in China, the bride and groom will often take wedding photos before the wedding day, while in Western countries, the photos are usually taken on the wedding day.In conclusion, Chinese and Western wedding cultures have their own unique characteristics. The engagement process, wedding ceremony, reception, and traditions areall different. However, both cultures share the same belief in love and commitment between two people. The wedding is a celebration of the couple's love and the start of a newlife together.。

中美婚礼文化对比英文作文

中美婚礼文化对比英文作文英文：When it comes to wedding cultures, there are many differences between China and America. As someone who has experienced both, I can say that there are both pros and cons to each.In China, weddings are often more traditional and formal. The bride and groom wear traditional Chinese attire, and there are often many rituals and ceremonies involved, such as tea ceremonies and exchanging of gifts. The wedding banquet is also a big part of the celebration, withmultiple courses and lots of toasting. However, this can also mean that weddings can be very expensive and stressful for the couple and their families.In America, weddings are often more relaxed and personalized. Couples can choose to have their wedding in a variety of settings, from a beach to a backyard, and cancreate their own unique ceremony and reception. However, this can also mean that weddings can be less formal and lack some of the traditional elements that some people may want.Overall, both cultures have their own unique aspects that make weddings special. It really just depends on what the couple wants and what is important to them.中文：谈到婚礼文化，中国和美国之间有许多不同之处。

中西方婚礼习俗的文化差异 --毕业论文

中西方婚礼习俗的文化差异 --毕业论文【标题】中西方婚礼习俗的文化差异【作者】谭丽娟【关键词】婚礼习俗;中国;西方国家;文化差异【指导老师】张亚军黄凤菊【专业】英语【正文】I. IntroductionWedding customs in both China and western countries has affected by theirdifferent culture. As a most grand thing in people’s lif e, it has always attracted a high degree of attention. Wedding is very important to one’s life, not only to the couple involved but also for both families. Wedding is a celebration in which couples begin their married life. Due to thedifferent cultural origins, religions, geographical locations and marriage concepts there are many differences existing in the two kinds of wedding customs. China is a country with an ancient civilization and a long history,Therefore, the Chinese wedding is elaborate and with many implicit meanings. It is deeply influenced by the complex traditional cultures and etiquettes. Different from Chinese wedding, in western countries,the whole wedding is romantic and blessed. The differences existing in Chinese and westernmarriage custom are inevitable. Although wedding customs mutually penetrate between China and western countries with the society's progress and the transformation of people's thinking, there are some cultural differenceson wedding customs between China and western countries.Although many wedding customs have experienced various changes as time goes by, as the basic pattern, “six etiquettes” in China has not changed much.That’s to say proposing, asking the name, asking for fortune, sendingbetrothal presents to the girl’s family, discussing the date of marriage and meeting the bride are still essential and core in wedding custom, while a valid marriage should experience proposal, surnames, choosing the day andholding the wedding in western countries. However, both eastern and western wedding have their own importance.In this paper, the author would like to make a comparative study of the two different kinds of wedding customs in China and western countries, such asillustrating some cultural differences between some western countries and China, and analyzing the reasons for those differences in deep inside.II. The Two Kinds of Wedding CustomsEach country in the world has its own traditional customs because of differences in culture. Wedding customs is one of the customs which influenced by culture. Wedding customs also is an interesting topic. It attracts much care of young people. China and western countries both have their own wedding customs. However, the procedures of wedding customs arecompletely different in detail.A. The Major Procedures of Chinese Wedding CustomsAs a most grand etiquette, wedding customs has always been a high degree of attention. The traditional Chinese marriage comply with six procedures,which are the so-called "six etiquettes."1 As time goes by, although many wedding customs have experienced some changes, "Six etiquettes" as thebasic pattern have not changed much in the modern Chinese wedding.It is still essential and core in today’s Chinese wedding custom aswell as the traditional Chinese wedding customs. Therefore, the author will explain the "six etiquettes" in the following part.In Chinese wedding customs, The six procedures are proposing, asking the name, asking for fortune, betrothal gift presenting, discussing the date of marriage and meeting the bride.2Proposing is the first etiquette in marriage and is the first meeting between the members in the two families. Both China and westerncountries have this procedure, but they are totally different in details. In feudal society of China, a marriage would be decided not by the youth’s love, but by their parents' desires. Only after a matchmaker's introduction and when parents believed that the family conditions of the two matched, would the marriageprocedures went forward. Conditions that should be taken into consideration included wealth and social status as well. After the proposing, it comes to the second procedures, that is asking the name, which means the matchmaker’s inquiring about the girl's name. Inancient times the girl’s name would not be known by other people until the girl was in an age of marriage. So one must have the matchmaker and inform of the man’s family through a card. And the man’s family would know the girl’s name. Afterasking the nam e, the bridegroom’s side had got the woman’sbirthday and eight-characters and they went to consult a fortune-teller, which was calledasking for fortune. If the birthday and eight-characters were not harmfulto the man, the man’s family would agree the marriage. When everything was almost ready for the marriage, the man's family would present gift-moneyand various gifts to the girl's family. The variety and quantity of the gifts and gift-money were all clearly listed in a “Gift Book” document. Thisis the forth producer which we called betrothal gift presenting.After received the betrothal gift, it means that both sides agreed tothe marriage, so the following step is discussing the date of marriage. In the past, thebridegroom’s side decided the luc ky day and sent the matchmaker to inform the woman’s family. People paid much attention to the wedding time. They usually had a person asking for fortune. Nowadays, choosing a lucky day is also an important event. The last step is meeting the bride. In the past,the bridegroom wore wedding suit, road on a horse, and guided the bridalsedan chair to marry the bride on the day. And the bride wore a red cheongsam to wait for the bridegroom. Now, the bridegroom wears western suit, and thebride wears wedding dress.These six steps form a completely Chinese wedding. Essential to the marriage process are the commonly recognized “six etiquettes”. In addition, atypical Chinese wedding nowadays goes like this: when a new coupleis engaged, they would chose a bank holiday or special Chinese festival for their relatives and friends to attend the wedding. However, quite a few others, especially those in the countryside, would probably ask a fortune-teller for a lucky date so that their marriage would have "DoubleHappiness".B. The Major Procedures of Western Wedding CustomsIn the west, wedding also plays an important role in one’s life. So does the wedding customs formed in those countries depending on their cultures in the long history. Different from Chinese marriage there are fourprocedures in western countries. They are proposal, changing surnames, choosing the day and holding the wedding.Proposal is also the first procedure of the wedding in the western countries, but they are not the same in the details. In the West, if the man and woman want to get married, the groom's family must propose tothe bride's side. In contrast to China, they do not need a matchmaker to propose. When proposing the groom's family should bestow the betrothal ring, whichsometimes we call an engagement ring to the bride's side,. Therefore, when people say “He gave her a ring”, its significance usually is that he proposed to her. If she accepted, then they were engaged. After the first step, it comes to changing surnames. After the girl decide tomarry a man, she should change her surname with the man’s. The bride should not practice writing her new name before the wedding. This is thought to bring bad luck by tempting fate. Like people in China, westerners also pay attention tothe marriage time. So the third procedure is choosing the day. This one is more like the people in China, but westerners call it discussingthe day of marriage. However, there are some differences. The way they choose the day is completely different between China and western countries. Fridays are considered unlucky particularly Friday the 13th. The famous old rhyme advised a wedding in the first half of the week: Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday forfunerals, Saturday for no luck at all. 3After the three steps, the wedding ceremony will finally be held and it comes to the last one--holding thewedding. The key element utilized in most western wedding ceremonies, in their most common order, are introduction, opening, or invocation, main body, introduction to the vows, vows, exchange of rings, and announcement of the couple. 4The two different wedding customs reflect the two different cultures in china and western countries. Chinese wedding is more complicated than thewedding in the western countries. In the following part, the author will analyze some differences between the wedding in china and western countries.III. Differences on the Two Wedding CustomsWedding custom and tradition varies a lot from place to place.People from different countries have some of their own way to arrange a wedding. From the aspects of wedding preparation, wedding dress, weddingceremonies, wedding gifts and rituals after wedding ceremonies, we can find somecultural differences on wedding customs between China and western countries.A. Wedding PreparationWedding is a very complex and systematic procedure. Not only the wedding itself, people who decide to marry must do many preparations for theirwedding. The elaborate preparations are much more complicated than wedding ceremony itself. However, different countries have different preparation for the wedding depends on their different cultures.In china, there are some unique customs in traditional wedding. First, thetraditional Chinese wedding needs the bridal sedan chair. Before the wedding, the groom will bring the bridal sedan chair, an equivalent of a limousine nowadays, and a group of relatives and friends to go to fetch his bride. Thus, people in china must prepare a sedan china before the wedding. But this is different from the wedding in the west. In western countries, most of them choose car as the sedan chair to fetch bride.Bed making is another one of the special customs needed in China while thewestern countries have no such customs. Chinese take marriage as “jointthe two families together for the ancestor and for the offspring.”5 Bed making, spilling some Chinese dates, peanuts, longans, lotus on the bed, means having a boy as soon as possible. Therefore, bed making is a necessary step and play an essential part in Chinese wedding. This customs still exist in some region in China.While the west-style wedding has other special things to prepare. Western wedding have their own unique symbol and the connotation like weddingbouquet, wedding rings, the idea of having bridesmaids, pages, a batsman and ushers. All these customs can date back to the old times and have gone through a long history in the western countries.Wedding things needed in the wedding should be carefully prepared. Wedding rings are one of the indispensable things of the wedding. "Bible" said thatin ancient times, men used to propose to the woman with a ring. 6 In the western countries, the groom must prepare the wedding ring before thewedding. While in China, ring is not an indispensable thing in the wedding. Especially for those who live in poverty.Besides the wedding rings, wedding bouquet also needs to be prepared before the wedding in western countries. Bouquet plays an important role in ritualof wedding in western culture. Wedding flower can be seen everywhere on the western wedding, from the church to the hotel, They enjoy using freshflowers, and fake ones will not be used. Flowers can be seen everywhere.Thus, a large number of flowers must be prepared before the wedding. But in china, wedding bouquet have no such important role in the wedding. So they do not need spend time preparing plenty of flowers before the wedding.From the differences on the wedding preparation between China and westerncountries we can see that those differences are partly caused by the different cultures. For instance, Chinese traditional culture of five thousand years formed a complicated and unique wedding customs, while affected by the Bible, people in the west treat the wedding ring and bouquet as the necessary things in wedding. However, with a blend of Chinese and western cultures, the wedding customs are also mutual penetration.B. Wedding DressWedding dress is given the utmost importance so as to impart themost unique appearance to the couple. So people pay more attention to their dress on the wedding day. Because of the different cultures, costumes are also different in China and western countries.In a Chinese wedding, the common color is red. The color red is considered as good luck. It is a strong color that can drive away evil spirits. While white plays an important role in ritual of wedding in western culture. It means chasteness, beauty, loftiness, and civility, so white is the maincolor of the west wedding.In China, brides and grooms often wear special costumes. The traditional Chinese wedding dress in northern China is usually one-piece frock namedQi Pao, embroidered with elaborate gold and silver designs. Brides fromsouthern China usually wear two-piece dress named Qun Gua, Kwa or Cheongsam, also elaborately adorned with golden phoenix and dragon. Itis a tradition to wear Cheongsam with red dragon and phoenix design at the wedding day because dragon and phoenix design symbolizes the balance of male and female power. While in the western countries, there are white dress, white posy, white veil, as well as the white cream cake, and everything is so romantic. In the western countries, the traditional white wedding gown symbolizes theinnocence of the bride in her preparation for her new husband. Thus, the west wedding dress is often white not red.Moreover, In the old days of China, a piece of red veil is part of the bride’s costume to cover her face d uring the wedding ceremony. Newlyweds would seeeach other’s face for the first time on their wedding night. While wearing a white wedding veil is highly popular in the western countries, the function of the veil is different. The tradition is originated in an effort to fendoff evil spirits for the bride before the wedding. The thought isthat the evil spirits will see the veil and will not be able to get tothe person inside, preserving the bride for the husband. While the groom often wears black clothes and boiled shirts, appearing noble and elegant.As time have changed so fast and the door of our country has been widely open, nowadays a lot of western customs and culture have comeinto someChinese people’s minds. Also take brides for example. They wear the westerntraditional white gown in the daytime for taking photos or takingpart in the ceremony, and the Chinese traditional red frock at night for the wedding banquet. While some metropolis people have been tired ofthose troublesome rules and they pursue some special or exciting forms. More and more modern youths want their weddings to be simple, so doestheir costume.C. Wedding CeremoniesAs it is known to us all, a wedding ceremony is the beginning of a marriage. It can change a person’s lif e and is divine as a symbol of culture fromthe view of a country. People think a perfect start makes everything go successfully. This custom goes through various and long stages of development from ancient simple wedding ceremony to the later complex ceremony, from feudal marriage custom to the modern free marriage custom. Marriage custom’s binding does not depend on the law, and it cannotrely on science tests neither, but on the force of habit, traditional culture and national psychology. Thus, people in China and western countries havetheir own customs of the wedding ceremony.In China, there are some traditional customs that last to today. On the wedding day, the groom comes to the bride’s home. The wedding ceremony starts with the ritual of worshipping the ancestors. Here, the couple bowthree times at the ancestral altar. Next, tea will be served by the couple to the bride’s parents who will in turn present the couple with a ‘redpacket’. Tea is then served by the wedding couple to the elder siblings and close elder relatives of the bride. The couple bow while serving the tea as a sign of respect and gratitude. The couple will then depart for the groom’s house. When the bride has crossed the threshold of the groom’s house she becomes part of the groom’s family. The ancestor worship and teaserving ceremonies are performed again. When this ceremony is finished, the couple considered are married by traditional Chinese custom.While in most western countries, there are mainly two kinds of weddings, religious and non-religious or civil. Many weddings involve a religious ceremony. These ceremonies vary depending on the religion of the bride and groom. Various religions or denominations have distinctive wedding customs. The presence of a priest and at least two witnesses is essential, as is theexpression of consent by the bride and groom. The wedding partyenters the church while the wedding march is played with typical rhythm. The bride carrying a bouquet enters last with her father who will "give her away".The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar, the bride and groom exchange vows. It is traditional to use the words "To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love andto cherish, till death do us part".7 Following the vows, the couple exchange rings. The minister asks the bride and the groom if they each make this promise to the other and each responds “I do.” Wearing the wedding ringon the fourth finger of the left hand is also an old custom. Sometimes, people can see in the films that the car in which the coupleleaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamers and shaving cream. The words "JustMarried" are painted on the trunk or back window. The bride andgroom runto the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon.That’s funny and true.Then, those who are non-religious, would like to have their weddings incommercial wedding chapels or reception halls, courthouses or other governmental offices, or outdoors. These events tend to be smaller and less formal than traditional religious ceremonies. A government-certified,secular official administers the ceremony in the presence of atleast two witnesses. Other couples elope—that is, they have a private weddingceremony that does not involve a gathering of family and friends.Influenced by the different culture, the wedding ceremonies in China and western countries are different. Chinese wedding is more traditional, jubilant and auspicious while west wedding is more open and full of romance and fantasy. However, as the culture between west and east has been blended, more and more people will cast away those old customs,some of which have reference to superstition or religion. It is not so strange now for your friend to phone you to say that he or she got married some days ago but heldno such party.D. Wedding GiftsAround the day of the wedding ceremony, most conservative Chinese prefer to give certain lucky money at the wedding banquet to the newlyweds to buy whatever they want. Guests give the bride and groomgifts of cash, stuffedin red packets or envelopes. But in the western countries, it is common for friends to buy the presents to share the cost of their gifts. The new couple will list what they need and let their friends choose one. These presents consist of items useful for the traditional role of wife as homemaker, such as kitchen appliances, crockery, cloth, a sewing machine etc.No matter what friends or parents present, gifts or money will certainly lessen the financial burden on their wedding. And the newlyweds can surelyfeel the most sincere wishes from the presenters.E. Rituals after Wedding CeremoniesIn China, the wedding banquet- the pinnacle of the weddingcelebration- isheld on the wedding day, usually at night. Guests at the wedding banquet are formally introduced to family members of both families, andwill bring a red packet and sign a guestbook. While in the western countries, after the ceremony, there is often a party, called a "reception" which gives thewedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlyweds.Wedding banquets in China and “reception” in west are more alike, but theyare not the same in details. Wedding banquets may become quite large, oftenmany over a hundred tables, depending on the financial status of the groom’s family. While at the reception friends and family gather to eat, drink, listen to music, dance, make toasts, and give gifts to the bride and groom. The couple typically cut a special, large cake that is shared with all the guests. Traditionally wedding banquets were held at home or home compound.But now the reception is often held in a garden or outside. However nowadays it is usual, for urban Chinese, hold it in a restaurant or hotel. Alcoholic drinks- uncommon in Chinese culture- are considered compulsory at a weddingbanquet, and the wedding couple often drink a toast at each table of the banquet. The couple will usually be teased and join in games at the banquet. Now, in the west, a tradition that has evolved is for bride and groom to feed each other a bite of the first piece of wedding cake. Again, a symbolic gesture that is meant to bring the couple luck. Thebride and groom may also conduct a receiving line where they greet and thank each guest for attending their wedding.No matter how tired out new couples feel after their wedding, the memoryof the ceremony and the congratulations from friends and relativesare the most sweet and unforgettable things in their life. Nowadays, as people have lived a rich life, they will also have their honeymoon soon after theirwedding. Most of them will set for the places where they have been longing for and then have their best time.IV. Reasons for the DifferencesAfter analyzing the differences on wedding preparation, wedding dress, wedding ceremonies, wedding gifts and rituals after wedding ceremonies inChina and western countries. People understand that there are some reasons for those differences. The author will illustrate the causesfrom the following four aspects.A. Cultural OriginsChina has a long history with the traditional culture of five thousand years. Etiquettes play an essential role in the Chinese culture. As the code of ethics, the content of the etiquettes are much more complicated. Chinese people emphasize etiquettes in their behaviorssince the ancient times.Thus, the traditional Chinese wedding has six etiquettes. Thewedding ceremony has some specific procedures. Chinese wedding customs was also characterized by strong feudal politics color. Marriage sometimes was a kind of way to ally in political. In contrast, westerners advocate freedom and independent life, coupled with their quick pace of life, the wedding in the west is simpler than that in China.Take bed making for instance. In feudal society of China, boy was more important than girl, so before wedding, the elder relatives of the bride would spill some Chinese dates, peanuts, longans, lotus on the bed, to mean having a boy as soon as possible. This custom was formed by the influence of strong feudalism in old China, and it still exists in wedding customtoday.Moreover, the custom of wedding rings in west is influenced by Bible. "Bible" said that in ancient times, men used to propose to the womanwith a ring. Because of this culture influence, wedding rings are one of the things indispensable of the wedding. Wedding rings should be prepared before the wedding, and exchange of rings becomes the necessary step in wedding ceremony. While china has no such customs.B. ReligionsMost Chine se people believes Buddhism which advocates “sky”.8 Inthispoint of view, worshipping the ancestors is the most important link in the traditional wedding customs. After this ritual, bride and groom should worship their parents as a sign of respect and gratitude, and they can be called couple when they finish those two rituals.In contrast to China, Christianity is by far the most influential in the west. Every phase of man’s life is touched by this religion so much so that it has become part and parcel of western culture. Due to the religion, people in the west believe God, and most people hold the wedding in the church and vow to each other before God. It can be seen that church is important in western people’s eyes, and plays an essential role in the wedding in the west. Priest is the master of wedding ceremony. Priest plays an essentialrole in it. And marriage is not valid unless the ceremony is hosted by priest. But in China, the matchmaker has played a significant role in marriage.What’s more, the main tone of the whole wedding in China is red, which is also Chinese traditional color that represents pleased spirit. Thus, the bride often wears red coat on the wedding day. The whole wedding is jubilant and auspicious. But the wedding of west differs from east, influenced by Christianity. It belongs to a white wedding. From the aspect of religion,white which symbolizes chasteness, beauty, loftiness, and civilityin the west is usually used to decorate the wedding. The traditionalwhite wedding gown, white posy, white veil, and the white cream cake symbolize theinnocence of the bride in her preparation for her new husband. Everything is so romantic in the western countries.C. Geographical LocationsDifferent countries have different geography environments, and those differences can influence the habit of people who live in that region, thus,wedding customs are partly influenced by that different geography environments.China’s geography is extremely varied and complex, including mountains, plateaus, plains, grasslands, basins, hills, islands, desert, glaciers, andfrozen earth. Mountain areas cover about two-thirds of the totalland area.Because of the complex geography, it is difficult for people todrive a car in that mountain areas, so groom must prepare a bridal sedan to fetch his bride in the ancient times. But countries in the west have no suchcomplicated geography. Groom in the west could use car to pick uphis bride. However, with the development of the traffic system, peoplein China liketo drive car to fetch bride as well.Besides, the complicated geography of China decides that Chinese people live mainly by farming and live in groups in the old times. Therefore, the idea of collectivism penetrates many aspects of people’s life. So, the wedding banquet is usually held after the wedding ceremony in order to thank thefriends and relatives who give the best wishes. The more the guests, the more the jollification. Compared with the Chinese geography, the geography of the western countries are not so complicated. Plain as the main terrain in many western countries, so people in the west haven’t the habit of holding a big banquet, but a party called a “reception”in a grasslandwhich gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlyweds. They do not care about the number of the guests, they just enjoy themselves.D. Marriage ConceptsChinese people once thought that marriage was a kind of ways to enlarge families, protect and enhance family’s reputation and position. M arriage would add a girl of a clan other than one’s own, so marriage was consideredas an important event of family instead of one’s own. In the old days of China, the love between the man and the woman was not the first condition of marriage. The youths are not free when choosing their lover. “Behest。

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中西方文化比较——中西方的浪漫婚礼课程名称：授课老师：班级：学号：姓名：1+1=3?目录摘要：婚礼作为文化的一个有机组成部分，也是一个人一生中最为重要的仪式之一，它在中西方不同文化的熏下也逐渐的呈现出了不同的婚俗习惯，因而这些差异也明显的体现着中西方文化的不同。

本文旨在对中西方婚礼的举行地点、服饰、色调、婚俗等方面的差异进行比较，并对造成差异的原因进行分析，浅谈中西方不同的婚礼文化。

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3关键字：婚礼文化差异比较婚俗分析---------------------------------------------------------------- 3一、中西方婚礼差异比较 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3●婚礼举行地点比较 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3对于我们中国人来说，结婚是一件大喜事，既是喜事当然要办的热热闹闹、喜气洋洋，这也是我们自古以来的传统。

中国人喜欢热闹的气氛，因而婚礼的地点当然也要是能闹起来的地方。

在古代，人们会选在开阔的场院里，大家围坐桌前，爽朗的笑声，锣鼓喧天，鞭炮齐鸣，一派祥和与红火。

在当代难以寻得过去的场院，交通方便的大型酒店自然成了首选，与以往一样，从招待到入席，所有的人，无论是主人还是客人，脸上都洋溢着幸福的微笑，席间的欢歌笑语都体现了热闹这一传统。

------------------------ 3 对于西方人来说，他们更为看重圣洁与庄重，所以西方的婚礼大多会选择在教堂等安静的地方举行，进行发誓，显得非常的神圣，他们的婚礼井井有条，不像我们中国人的婚礼那么热闹。

--------------------- 4●婚礼服饰及色调比较 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5西方的婚礼的主色调是白色。

在西方婚礼中,新娘一般都会一直穿着白色的婚纱，新郎则是穿着笔挺的西服。

自罗马时代开始，白色象征欢庆，1850年到1900年之间，白色亦是富贵的象征，到了本世纪初白色所代表的纯洁意义更远超其他。

西方认为白色与童贞有关，古罗马的新娘穿着白色的婚纱，蒙着鲜橙黄色的面纱，象征着激情的火焰。

在西方的天主教传统里，白色代表着快乐，代表圣洁和忠贞。

新娘的捧花、周围环境的装饰也都是以白色为基调的。

--------------------------------------------------------------------- 5●结婚仪式比较 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5在传统结婚仪式上面，中国的传统婚俗有“三书六礼”“三拜九叩”这些繁俗礼节。

所谓“三书”，就是指聘书、礼书、迎亲书。

（聘书：订亲之书。

纳吉时用。

礼书：过礼之书。

纳征时用。

迎亲书：迎娶新娘之书。

结婚当日（亲迎）接新娘过门时用。

）而“六礼”是指纳采、问名、纳吉、纳征、请期、亲迎。

（纳采：古时婚礼之首，属意女方时，延请媒人作谋，谓之纳采，今称「提亲」。

问名：男方探问女方之及生日时辰，以卜吉兆，谓之问名，今称「合八字」。

纳吉：问名若属吉兆，遣媒人致赠薄礼，谓之纳吉，今称「过文定」或「小定」。

纳征：奉送礼金、礼饼、礼物及祭品等，即正式送聘礼，谓纳征，今称「过大礼」。

请期：由男家请算命先生择日，谓之请期，又称「乞日」、今称「择日」。

亲迎：新郎乘礼车，赴女家迎接新娘，谓之亲迎。

）而在这之间更有换庚谱、过文定、过大礼、安床等一系列的活动。

而在这些活动中有着大量的禁忌和礼俗，比如新娘嫁妆中要有剪刀（蝴蝶双飞）、痰盂（子桶）、尺（良田万顷）、片糖（甜甜蜜蜜）、银包皮带（腰缠万贯）、花瓶（花开富贵）、铜盆及鞋（同偕到老）、龙凤被、床单及枕头一对、两双用红绳捆着的筷子及碗（有衣食）、七十二套衣服，用扁柏、莲子、龙眼及利是伴着（丰衣足食）等物，每样物品都有其不同的含义。

------------------------------------------------------------ 5二、中西方婚礼文化差异分析------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6●中西方人性格不同 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6西方人虽然历史积淀不如中国深厚，但随着时间的累积，逐渐的西方人的性格形成了自己的特点，他们崇尚自由，不受礼节规定的影响，更加注重本心的想法，随心而动，更为讲究感觉。

所以在婚礼中他们的礼节显然不如中国的复杂，而婚礼中新人是焦点，大家都注视他们，一切活动有讲究一对新人之间的新婚感觉，例如亲吻。

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 ●中西方人信仰不同 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 中国人大多信仰佛教，但更多人相信无神论，在中国人的心中祭神是一种仪式，人们相信神鬼精灵，比如龙凤的推崇。

但是现如今婚礼婚俗中的拜神等讲究多半是由于自古以来的传统，人们只是去沿用，而其在的，发明这些仪式的最初对神的崇敬之情则有所减少。

------------------------------------------------------ 7中西方的浪漫婚礼摘要：婚礼作为文化的一个有机组成部分，也是一个人一生中最为重要的仪式之一，它在中西方不同文化的熏下也逐渐的呈现出了不同的婚俗习惯，因而这些差异也明显的体现着中西方文化的不同。

本文旨在对中西方婚礼的举行地点、服饰、色调、婚俗等方面的差异进行比较，并对造成差异的原因进行分析，浅谈中西方不同的婚礼文化。

关键字：婚礼文化差异比较婚俗分析婚礼，一个浪漫而温馨的名词，它是情侣步入婚姻的大门，也是夫妻关系确立的标志，婚礼是一个开始，从此夫妻之间要相互鼓励、相互搀扶，相守一生，因而，各种美好的祝愿也都在这样一个与众不同的日子变得更加有意义、更加的珍贵。

当然，随着祝福而来的就是各种各样的婚俗，人们愿意将每一种仪式都赋予它特殊的意义，充满了浪漫和美好的气息，由于中西方文化的不同，这些婚礼中的仪式和习俗在时间的累积中也渐渐有了差异，虽然随着经济和交流的全球化，许多的中西方的婚俗进行了混合，但是中西方的婚俗始终有不可替代的差异，下面就两个方面对中西方浪漫婚礼的差异进行分析。

一、中西方婚礼差异比较●婚礼举行地点比较对于我们中国人来说，结婚是一件大喜事，既是喜事当然要办的热热闹闹、喜气洋洋，这也是我们自古以来的传统。

中国人喜欢热闹的气氛，因而婚礼的地点当然也要是能闹起来的地方。

在古代，人们会选在开阔的场院里，大家围坐桌前，爽朗的笑声，锣鼓喧天，鞭炮齐鸣，一派祥和与红火。

对于西方人来说，他们更为看重圣洁与庄重，所以西方的婚礼大多会选择在教堂等安静的地方举行，进行发誓，显得非常的神圣，他们的婚礼井井有条，不像我们中国人的婚礼那12么热闹。

2百度一下你就知道！3●婚礼服饰及色调比较西方的婚礼的主色调是白色。