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1、AnalysisAnalysis onon thethe DifferencesDifferences inin TraditionalTraditional WeddingWeddingCultureCulturebetweenbetweenChinaChinaandandWesternWesternCountriesCountriesApplicant：Supervisor:Faculty:May 10,2011ContentsContents摘要 iiAbstractii1。Introduction12.The origin of the Chinese and western wedd

2、ing13。The differences between Chinese and western traditional wedding ceremony23.1 The difference in wedding contractor33。2 The difference in wedding location33。3 The difference in wedding dress33。4 The difference in wedding process44.To analyze the reasons which cause the differences between Chines

3、e and Western weddingculture74。1 Social system74。2 Chinese and western values toward marriage84。3Religion94.4 Behavior criterion95.The measures of reducing conflict in wedding culture between China and western countries,promoting culture exchange and integration95。1 Studying western countries etique

4、tte95。2 Changing students way of thinking by changing teachers way of thinking10i5。3Guiding students to contact with western culture materials diffusely105。4 Blending of wedding culture116。Conclusion 错误错误!未定义书签。未定义书签。Bibliography12摘要摘要婚姻是一种人们为了维持正常的社会生活、社会风俗和法律规范化了的社会关系、社会行为。婚礼是一种法律公证仪式或宗教仪式，用来庆祝一段婚

5、姻的开始,代表结婚。人们通过婚礼,把丈夫和妻子的关系公开并希望藉此能够得到大家的祝福。婚俗是文化风俗的重要组成部分.对于中西方婚礼文化来讲，两者有着自己不同的特点.由于全球融合趋势的影响，许多分歧阻碍了人们的交流，因此，我们必须了解不同的文化，促进交流与融合。婚姻是社会生活的重要组成部分，因此我们可以以婚礼文化为突破口，探讨中国与西方国家传统婚礼文化的差异,基于对两种不同文明之间存在不同文化的比较，找出产生这种差异的原因与历史背景，如社会系统，价值取向，宗教信仰，行为规范等等，从而我们可以采取措施减少这种差异给我们带来的负面影响，如学习西方的礼仪，改进教学方案，引导学生更广泛的接触西方文化,加

6、大中国和西方国家文化融合等等.本论文旨在通过研究中西方不同的婚礼习俗来分析中西方传统婚礼文化的差异,并对造成这种差异的原因进行初步的探讨,从而了解中外传统文化和历史背景，加强人们对中西方历史的学习，提高英语水平和开阔视野，促进中西方文化的交流与融合.关键词关键词：婚俗文化差异文化交流AbstractAbstractMarriage is a kind of social behavior that people do it in order to maintain thenormal social life，social custom and social relation.A wedding

7、 is a kind of legalnotarial ritual or a religious ritual,and its to celebrate the start of a marriage.Peoplewho hold the wedding tell everyone their husband and wifes public relations andhope to take this opportunity to get everybodys blessing。Marriage is an importantpart of culture。For Chinese and

8、western wedding culture speaking，the two bothhave their own different features.This paper is to explorethe differences intraditional wedding culture between Chinese and western countries.Based on theiicultural differences between the two kinds of different civilizations，we can find outthe reasons an

9、d different historical background,such as social system,valueorientation，religious beliefs，behavior standards，etc。Due to the influence ofthetendency of globalization,many differences hamper peoples communication,therefore，we must understand the different culture,promote the exchange andintegration.M

10、arriage is an important part of social life,so thatwe can make thewedding culture as a breakthroughpointto analyze the factors hampering theglobalization,thus we can take steps to reduce the negative impactthat thesedifferences have made,such as learning western etiquette，improving teachingplan，guid

11、ing the students to contact with western culture more diffusely，andincreasing the blending of wedding culture，etc。This paper aims to study Chinese and western different wedding custom toanalyze the cultural differences between Chinese and western traditional weddingceremony，and the reasons why the d

12、ifferences have be caused carries on thepreliminary discussion，and to learn Chinese and western traditional culture andhistory background,strengthen the study of Chinese and western history，improveour English level and broaden our horizons，promote the Chinese and westerncultural exchange.Key words：M

13、arriage customCulturedifferencesCulture exchangeiii1.Introduction1.IntroductionFor any country,wedding culture isone of the important reflections of socialculture。Wedding is one of the great important events in people s life because of itsspecial significance.It means peoples another new life begins

14、.As China hasbecoming more and more advanced these years,the connection between China andWestern world become closer and closer。In order to get a better understanding ofeach other,there are a lot of people take exploration and analysis。All of them havemade the important significance and influence，an

15、d have made a lot of achievements.China is a traditionalcountry,and its traditional wedding is always bedecked with red，and it looksjubilant。While the Western peoples thought is more open,the traditionalwedding is always bedecked with white which represents purity and romance，etc.This thesis aims to

16、 study Chinese and western different wedding custom tounderstand its related culture and history，promote the Chinese and western culturalexchange。Here the author first analyzes theorigin of Chinese and western weddingculture。Second,the author has a detail discussion on its differences:The difference

17、in wedding contractor,wedding location，wedding dress,and wedding processes。Then,theauthoranalyzesthe reasons which cause the differences between Chinese andWestern wedding culture，and talks about the measures of promoting culturalexchange and integration。2 2。The origin of the Chinese and western wed

18、dingThe origin of the Chinese and western weddingIn China，the wedding is a big process in a persons life。“婚”（Hun,meanswedding)，there is another word pronounce the same with 婚：昏（Hun，means dusk）.According to the comments of Zhen Xuan(A great master who wasaccomplishedinConfucianism),the bridegroom mus

19、t marry the bride before dusk。So peoplealwayschoosethe wedding time at dusk，because it is the time that“Yin”comes and“Yang”goes。Then people add 女（nv,means female）beside the“昏，and itcomes“婚。In ancient times,marriage was not only fulfilling the male andfemales desire but also have one mission：to have

20、a son to carry on the family name.Therefore，marriage is not only the individual behavior，but also a great family1event，so people always pay more attention to it.Even in modern China，parentsoften worry about their childrens marriagewhen the latters are in the proper age。This kind of situation is inco

21、mprehensible in the western countries。China consists of many nationalities since the ancient times and all nationalitieshave different marriage custom and etiquette.Since Chinastepped into the civilizedsociety Shang dynasty，the wedding began to have a set of etiquette,and then wasrecognized as the w

22、edding rules later。This is a classic rule：Confucian sixetiquettes。It refers tooffering initial presents for brides family，requesting forbrides birth date,divining bride and grooms birth dates,giving the formal gifts for thebrides family，selecting the wedding date，wivingthe bride.In the west，Greek ci

23、vilization is the base of western wedding culture，thewedding history is recorded in the Koran。It says:men and women are the reflectionof the spouse.At the ancient time,the slaves have no right to marry others and womenhave no right to choose her husband，everything was decided by their father,this wa

24、svery unequal.Until 19 century,the traditional weddings patterns wereformed。A lotof wedding custom have distinctive symbol and connotation。The bible says，inancient times,men must use a ring to propose to women，and this custom origin from9 centurythe Pope Nicholas Ienacted the law that men present a

25、ring to women is anabsolutely necessarily process。People always get married in June as June was namedinJuno who is a goddess of love。It says Juno will take care of the new couples whoget married in June。3.The differences between Chinese and western traditional wedding3.The differences between Chines

26、e and western traditional weddingceremonyceremonyEach country hasits own wedding custom，the wedding ceremony isan importantpart of each countrys culture.With the development of the society and the effects ofglobalization，the forms of wedding are unceasing changing.Our wedding culturealso constantly

27、influenced by western wedding culture.Nowadays most young peoplein China often choose westernstyle wedding。How many differences sexistbetween Chinese traditional wedding culture and western traditional wedding culture?2In this article,wediscuss the wedding contractor，wedding location，wedding dressan

28、d wedding process to find out their differences。3.1 Thedifference in wedding contractor3.1 Thedifference in wedding contractorIn China，from time immemorial，there is a view that a man should get married ata proper age，and so should a girl。Only the boy can continue familys line。Aftermarriage，women sho

29、uld obey all the rules that the husband told her.So，in China,the traditional wedding undertaking side is generally the grooms parents。Thegrooms parents think other peoples daughter marrytheir son，then she became onepart of the family,so they will give the brides family some gifts and the bridesparen

30、ts prepare some dowry to their daughter。At the wedding date，the groomsparentsinvite some relatives and friends attheir home or in a hotel to have a dinner。But in western countries,wedding contractoris not the grooms parents，whilethebrides parents will arrange the wedding ceremony.Because they think

31、after theirdaughter getsmarried,they would never take care of their daughter like before;theyneed the sonin-law take care of their daughterwell，therefore the brides parentshold a wedding ceremony，and send their best wishes to the new couple。3 3。2 The difference in wedding location2 The difference in

32、 wedding locationFor our Chinese people，the wedding should be grand and lively。The holderinvites many friends and relatives，so the wedding location commonly is chosen inthe place where the traffic is convenient and the space is capacious。While theWesternwedding gives prominence tosobriety and sancti

33、ty.Theweddinglocation isgenerally in a church or some place comparative quiet。The wedding is always inperfect order.But compare with Chinese wedding，it seems not so cheerful。3.3 The difference in wedding dress3.3 The difference in wedding dressIn China,red is a symbol of jollification and happiness，

34、therefore in thetraditional Chinese wedding ceremony,the bridegroom and the bride will wear reddress.The dragon and phoenixs pattern in China are always necessary in the weddingdress andthey occupy an important position in wedding dress.According to ancientChinese legend,dragons symbolize the male a

35、nd phoenixes symbolizethe female,3both imply auspicious。As the dragon is the symbol of the emperor,therefore，InChina，the groom usually dresses in red robe，wears ablack hat,and puts a big redcloth flower before the chest.While the brides dress could have big phoenix designs，andwear chaplet and red ro

36、be.This dress root inthe Qing dynasty GaoMing lady（themost important Monsignors wife)s dress，which is the symbol of power andposition。Because it is full of jewelry，and extremely symbolizenatural，graceful。It soon became the object that people admired and gradually evolved into rich familyswedding dre

37、ss。And when the daughters of ordinary family married,they usuallydressed in red skirt，a red head covering and red embroidered shoes，use a red sedancarried her into the husbands family。Western wedding presents more romantic。The brides dress is generally white,the bridegroom is atrim black dress，white

38、 andblack make the whole wedding appears solemn。In western traditional weddingceremony,the grooms dress has no special provisions。If the bridegroom is a soldier,military officers or noble，they wear their uniforms,if the bridegroom is just theordinary man,he can just wear a new suit.The brides dress

39、is root in the Catholicsceremony clothing.The dress can use four words to generalize:”New，Borrowed，Blue,Old。”New”refers to the brides white wedding dress must benew,it is thesymbol of purity，and the mark that the bride will starta new life。”Old”refers to thebrides white head gauze must be the old ga

40、uze that her mother used，says the bridewill not forget parents nurturance。Borrow”refers to the brides handkerchief,itmust be borrowed from her female friends，and means the bride wont forget thefriendship.”Blue”refers to t he brides ribbonsmust be blue,means the bride will beloyalty to love。Because o

41、f different history and tradition,the traditional weddingdress is always variousin colors and styles，Chinas wedding dresspresentshappier，whilethe westerns looks more romantic，solemn。3 3。4 The difference in wedding process4 The difference in wedding processThe wedding process is the most important pa

42、rt of the wedding,the weddingprocess also have different styles.China has 56 nationalities and there are some4differences in the wedding process of different nationality.In this paper，we mainlytalk about the Han nationalitys wedding process:1.The groom should offer sacrifices to ancestorsbefore he g

43、oes with an escortingteam to marry the bride.On the way to the brides house,the groom will give roadsidepedestrians candy.2.On the way to the brides house,theescorting team must set off firecrackers to showcelebration.3.When thegroom and theescorting team arrive at the brides house,the groom shouldg

44、ive red packetsto the brides family and friends who are waiting for him beside thedoor，then he can go into the bride s house。4。The new couple also needoffer sacrifices to ancestorsbefore the bride leave hometo her new family，andthe bride will sentoff with bamboo sieve or black umbrellabyanelder fema

45、le who has a good life，because on the wedding day，the brides statusis the most important。5。After the brideleaves，the brides family should put a bowl of water,some riceafter the grooms escorting team，which presents their daughter has already left thefamily,and she has her own new life。Theywish her li

46、ve a better life。6.On the way to the groom s home,it also needs to set off firecrackers on the road tocelebrate。7。When the team arrive at the grooms house，there is a child who is holding twooranges and waiting for the new couple,the bride should touch the oranges once，andgive a red packet to the chi

47、ld。These two oranges should bekept till night，and thenthe bride will peel the orange,and give it to the groom，whichmeanslongevity。Before the bride goes into the hall，she shouldbe received by the elder female whoisfull of fortune。At the door，the new couple cant step on the threshold，and thebride shou

48、ld across the firepandirectly,and it denotes that the fire would put herunlucky and ominous things away.58。Then comes the most important thing：salute to the heaven and earth,salute tothe grooms parents and the new couple salute to each other.Afterthis，theyformallybecome husband and wife。9。The weddin

49、g dinneris always heldat noon。At the dinner time,the new couple willtoasttoeveryguest。Afterdinner，thehostwouldpreparesomeentertainmentactivities,to make the guests have a happy time.Such as play a shortcomedy or play mahjong。10。The relatives and friends play tricks on the new couple before the latte

50、rs go tobed。To the new couple，it is a nervous but happy time andthe“size”of thetrickdepending on the new couple shumanness and if they ever played some tricksonother peoples wedding ceremony。In the west，they just invite the most important friends and relatives towitnesswedding rite.However，thebanque