中国传统婚礼 英文.ppt
The most happiest 4 events in peoples lifewHave passed the examination wWedding nightw meet rain with the long drought w Run into an old friend in a Foreign land 金榜题名时洞房花烛夜 久旱逢甘露他乡遇故知wThe importance of getting married was far more than that a person found his better half,it also determined the prosperity(繁荣)and even the future fame of their family;wIn feudal society,a marriage would be decided not by a young couples love,but by their parents desires.Only after a matchmakers（媒人）introduction and when parents considered the two family wealth and social status were similar and then could be matched（门当户对）.If a boys family was well-off(富裕的)or an official family,his parents would never permit him to marry a girl from a poor family.Chinese Wedding Customs w1、color-redwThe Chinese regard the color red as the symbol of happines,love,joy,prosperity,succes,luck and faith wChinese Wedding are always filled with red things to bring auspicious(吉祥的)blessings and respects.wChinese Wedding Customs w2.六礼：是指由求亲到媒到迎娶，完婚的手续。分别为w“纳采纳采”俗称说媒，即男方家请媒人去女方家提亲，女方家应议婚后，男方家备礼前去求婚w“问名问名”俗称合八字，托媒人请问女方出生/年月日和姓名，准备合婚的仪式w“纳吉纳吉”即男方家卜得吉兆后，备礼通知女方家，婚事初步议定w“纳征纳征”又称过大礼，男方选定吉日到女方家举行订婚大礼w“请期请期”择吉日完婚，旧时选择吉日一般多为双月双日，不喜选三，六，十一月，三有散音，不选六是因为不想新人只有半世姻缘，十一月隐含不尽之意。w“亲迎亲迎”婚礼当天，男方带迎书亲自到女方家迎娶新娘Chinese Wedding Customsw3、wedding gownwbridal gown phoenix fi:niks coronet and robes of rankw旧时富家女子出嫁时的装束，以示荣耀。也指古代贵族女子和受朝廷诰封的命妇的装束。w明朝皇后至九品文官妻皆可穿着，按地位等级高低在颜色、花纹、装饰和用料上有所不同w明朝庶人女子在结婚时也可穿着凤冠霞帔霞帔robes of rank顶带花翎，身着蟒袍玉带顶带花翎，身着蟒袍玉带又被称为“小登科”，不但允许新郎没有功名却穿戴官服，就算遇上县太爷，他的官轿也得绕道而行，老南京常说：“百日为民，一日为官”就是由此而来的，普通百姓也可以在结婚这天过把官瘾，所以，新郎又叫新郎官。Groom costume-red jacketwChinese Wedding Customs w4.开脸开脸w中国古方美容法，是去除面部的汗毛，剪齐额发和鬓角的仪式。中国旧时女中国旧时女子嫁人的标志之一子嫁人的标志之一。开脸人须是父母子女双全的妇人。用具有新镊子、五色丝线或钱币等。w开脸要选择在背人眼的地方举行，坐的方向或坐南朝北，或坐北朝南，忌坐东西向。w先用粉涂在面部，尤其是头发边缘处涂擦。之后用红色双线，变化成有三个头的“小机关”，两手各拉一个头，线在两手间绷直，另一个头只好用嘴咬住、拉开，成“十”字架的形状。这时，只需双手上下动作，那红色双线便有分有合。线挨到人的面部，便可将汗毛绞掉。两线贴近姑娘的脸面，扯开、合拢三下、绞掉脸上的汗毛，脸上呈现出三条线，因此又叫“弹三线”。而后反复在脸上绞掉四周的汗毛，再将辫子散开，在后脑壳上挽成“转”（发髻），并插上簪子及各种饰品，这时姑娘的形象霎时改观，脸面皮肤变白了，发型也变了，这就标志这就标志着做姑娘的时代已结束。着做姑娘的时代已结束。w开脸歌w左弹一线生贵子，右弹一线产娇男，一边三线弹得稳，小姐胎胎产麒麟。眉毛扯得弯月样，状元榜眼探花郎。我们今日恭喜你，恭喜贺喜你做新娘w束发结簪表示已为人妇，为少女生涯的完结，为之结束，这是“结束”一词的由来Chinese Wedding Customs 5、Combing Hair w一梳梳到头，富贵不用愁；w二梳梳到头，无病又无忧；w三梳梳到头，多子又多寿；w再梳梳到尾，举案又齐眉；w二梳梳到尾，比翼共双飞；w三梳梳到尾，永结同心佩。w 有头有尾，富富贵贵Chinese Wedding Customs6、foodwChinese dates wpeanut wlongan wchestnut Meaning:early birth of a healthy baby Chinese Wedding Customs 7、crying with mother Chinese Wedding Customs 8.shake the sedan chair中途颠轿：意在挡煞。9、kick the curtain of the sedan chairPurpose：to kicked off the brides pride撑红伞：迎亲的当天，姐妹或伴娘在新娘头顶撑开一把红伞，意为“开枝散叶”Procedures of the wedding ceremony wPurpose：To counteract evil force过火盆：象征日子红红火火过火盆：象征日子红红火火，去邪。去邪。跨马鞍：马鞍上放苹果，寓跨马鞍：马鞍上放苹果，寓意平平安安意平平安安10、Stride the fire pan Procedures of the wedding ceremony 11、obeisance ubeisns three worships：the heavens and the earth the grooms ancestors and parents each otherthree worships：w the heavens and the earth the grooms ancestors and parents each otherwAuspicious wordsw一拜天地，一团和气一拜天地，一团和气 二拜高堂，金玉满堂二拜高堂，金玉满堂 夫妻对拜，相亲相爱夫妻对拜，相亲相爱12、stir up the red veil All in one and never to be separated 13、cross-cupped wine
