中西方婚俗差异所有专业(编辑修改稿)

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dding usually holds in the Western church and the priest presides at Wedding ceremony. Under the witness of the godfather, according to their individual thought, they get married. Every phase of man’s life is touched by this religion, so that it has bee part and parcel of western culture. The most important part of traditional Chinese wedding is preparing for the wedding, once this process pleted, the man and woman bee couples. Confucian patriarchal ideology is the core values in ancient Chinese traditional wedding。 they have a strong sense of patriarchal. So they have few thought of their own felling. They do not have much freedom. They must obey the willing of their family and bear the responsibilities. At the end of the wedding, the bride would throw bouquet to the female guests who arrived at the scene, who received curd, who is the next married person, which makes the entire ceremony 15 laughing in the end. Cultural Origins Basis on ethics, the traditional Chinese concept of marriage has sacred significance. Male and female39。 s marriage is the bination of yin and yang, the aim is to meet mitments by the nature of heaven and earth. The main secular view of marriage is peopleoriented. China has thousand years of feudal society, so it has already included some strong feudalistic ideal. The marriage concept of Perfect match is out of the traditional Chinese marriage which belongs to the secular ideology. Under the clan system of “three obedience and four virtues”, the women cannot have their own ideals. As if everything is arranged, their fate cannot change. The policy of cementing friendly relations through political marriages was a typical example in history. Western marriage custom is influenced deeply by religion. So they are equal unlike Chinese who pay more attentions to boy, western people regard girl as the love of crystal. Although there are also some unequal in foreign countries in the history, pare with Chinese traditional custom that is not obvious. . Marriage Concepts The Bible says “the man shall leave his father and his wife, and they shall bee one. Jesus teaches us, they are no longer two, they are one body, so god has joined together, he do not let the two person separate. Today, the bride and groom in front of god are given the covenant. People have to remember whether you have mon thought, your actions must consider your other half, the other side should feel that you are one body. Friends are excited in the three words, those words is not just the words, it behalf the god will bless you. Thus we can see the western wedding care more about in spirit. In traditional Chinese concept, people regard the marriage as a kind of ways to increase families, to protect and enhance family’s reputation and position. The marriage was looked as the important 16 event of family that was not just behalf of one’s own event. The love between the man and the woman was not the first selection of marriage. In western countries, they are equal in position。 they pay more attention to their own feeling. Marriage is the testimony of love and marriage is to make the woman and the man live together. But getting married is not the only way, they may live together in cohabitation before the marriage. If they found they are not fond of each other, they will end up their relations. So we can know that the people in western countries have an open mind in wedding. Their thought is active and positive. Chapter Three the differences between Chinese and Western Wedding The differences between Chinese and Western Wedding in Color The bride39。 s dress is usually white, the groom in black dress, so that the whole wedding was solemn and serious. They have the best man and bridesmaid. White represents purity and the wedding ceremony in church is the most important aspects of the wedding. Chinese style wedding is a very special occasion filled with bright red color everywhere, like tablecloths, favors dress, ribbons and more. That’s because red represents happiness and wealth. There are many Chinese customs, but many of them are influenced by western custom. The brides prefer following more modern than traditions such as wearing a white gown instead a red one. So what is uniq ue about a western wedding? The western wedding is truly a celebration of the marriage and the couple’s roots. Its symbolism can be expressed in different ways, in the selection of the music, in colorful attire at the wedding party, in the display of the table decorations. The guests are waiting for the arrival of the wedding party (who are busy taking photographs or right after dinner). In western country, there are something old、 something new、 something borrowed. Old means that mother put the headdress or jewelry to the daughter, it behalf of all beautiful and good things. Borrow means that you can borrow something from some wealthy people, which can make you wealthy. Blue means that the bride should wear blue ornaments, which represent the bride39。 s purity and chastity. Wedding is the climax of marriage, the bride and groom first to wait for the wedding, the groom 17 and guests on the outstanding hospitality, the groom came to the wedding, everybody started noisy wedding, the bride and groom all stirred up trouble in the next game. They do all this in a whole wedding laugh ended. Different values in wedding We all hold certain values though we may not be conscious of them. Values develop standards and guidelines that establish appropriate and inappropriate behaviors in a society. People usually exhibit and expect behaviors according to their value systems. People39。 s municative petence is the production of social process, thus it inevitable linked with the values. Each culture has its own unique value system, this syst。