中西婚礼的差异(英文版的).ppt.ppt

Chinese traditional wedding customs in China thousands of years of cultural accumulation, Chinese like red, red is a symbol of good luck. * * Western traditional color is white, which is stand for pure, clean, and loyalty. * Wedding location ------home VS. church * At Home or Restaurant Inviting relatives and friends to their wedding ceremony . Getting more blessing. A boisterous scene , happy and auspicious. * In a Church A quiet and rigorous atmosphere. Wedding march(婚礼进行曲) * * * * Chinese Traditional Wedding Chinese wedding has several process. The process begins with an elaborate(精心制作的，详尽的) marriage proposal（提亲） and acceptance. This process is placed in the hands of a go-between. * Present gifts (candy， sugar，salt， tea) If the proposal is well-received, the go-between will obtain the date and hour of the girl’s birth recorded on a formal document. The groom’s family would place this document on the ancestral altar for three days. Reason：asking whether the ancestors allow them marry each other. * Only after both outcomes are favorable, would the two families arrange to meet. Finally face-to-face. Focus: appearance, education, character, and social position. * Extensive bargaining (about money and goods that would make up the gift to the girl’s family ) . Then the bride’ family will chose among several auspicious (吉兆的) wedding dates from a geomancer(风水先生). * Wedding Day Bride is well dressed, and someone help her make up. She will start off at a lucky time with an apple in her hand. Sedan chair is usually used. * Groom is waiting for her wife in his house, when bride arrive, the first thing groom need to do is kicking the curtain of the sedan chair. * Then, bridegroom will take his wife into central room. Bride should stride a fire pan when enter. Obeisance 拜堂 一拜天地 1 bow to the heaven and earth 二拜高堂 2 bow to their parents 夫妻对拜 3 bow to each other * Go to the bridal chamber Stir up the red veil cross-cupped wine * Someone