浅析中西方传统婚礼文化的差异.doc

Analysis on the Differences in Traditional Wedding Culture between China and Western Countries Applicant: Supervisor: Faculty: May 10, 2011 Contents 摘 要 ii Abstract iii 1. Introduction 1 2. The origin of the Chinese and western wedding 2 3. The differences between Chinese and western traditional wedding ceremony 3 3.1 The difference in wedding contractor 3 3.2 The difference in wedding location 4 3.3 The difference in wedding dress 4 3.4 The difference in wedding process 5 4. To analyze the reasons which cause the differences between Chinese and Western wedding culture 7 4.1 Social system 8 4.2 Chinese and western values toward marriage 8 4.3Religion 9 4.4 Behavior criterion 10 5. The measures of reducing conflict in wedding culture between China and western countries, promoting culture exchange and integration 10 5.1 Studying western countries’ etiquette 10 5.2 Changing students’ way of thinking by changing teachers’ way of thinking 10 5.3Guiding students to contact with western culture materials diffusely 11 5.4 Blending of wedding culture 11 6. Conclusion 13 Bibliography 15 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，用来庆祝一段婚姻的开始，代表结婚 Abstract Marriage is a kind of social behavior that people do it in order to maintain the normal social life, social custom and social relation. A wedding is a kind of legal notarial ritual or a religious ritual, and it’s to celebrate the start of a marriage. People who hold the wedding tell everyone their husband and wifes public relations and hope to take this opportunity to get everybodys blessing. Marriage is an important part of culture. For Chinese and western wedding culture speaking, the two both have their own different features. This paper is to explore the differences in traditional wedding culture between Chinese and western countries. Based on the cultural differences between the two kinds of different civilizations, we can find out the reasons and different his