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Marriageisformedinalonghistoricalevolutionoftheweddingritualsinanation.Itistheregularityoftheactivitiesthatpromotespeople'
sawarenessofmarriage.Weddingrituals’foundingdoesnotdependonthelaw.Itcannotrelyonsciencetests,butontheforceofhabit,traditionalcultureandnationalpsychology.Duringthedevelopmentofhumanhistory,themarriageinstitutionandfamilysystemhaveexperienceddifferentprocessesofdevelopment.
Astheunionofamanandawoman,marriageincludesnotonlywedding,butalsothepreparationphaseforthemarriageandtheperformancestageafterthefestivities.Itrunsthroughthewholeprocessoflife.Thesecustomsplayaveryimportantroleinethnicstudiesandthehistoryofmankind.
Chinaisacountrywithanancientcivilizationandalonghistory,andmanyrituals.Amongsomanycustoms,thereisaparticularoneweddingritual.Thiscustomhasgonethroughvariousandlongstagesofdevelopmentfromancientsimpleweddingceremonytolatercomplexceremony,fromfeudalweddingritualtothemodernfreeweddingritual.Duringthesecourses,people’sideasareprogressing,thoughwecannotsaythattheirideasreachtothetopofmankind’sideasallovertheworldoverallthetimebecausetherearestillbackwardideasexistinginmanyplaces,inmanypeople’smindsandmaybetheywillstillexistforalongtime.However,theyreachtothetopofmankind’sideasinacertainstageoftheuninterrupteddevelopmentofidea.
Greekcivilizationisthebaseofwesternculture.Britainplaysanimportantroleinethnicstudiesandthehistoryofmankind.Comparingwitheachother,theyaredifferentinmanyaspectssuchasinrightaspectandinfreedomaspectandtherearemanyreasonsthatresultinthesedifferencessuchasculturalandgeographicalreasons.
Withthedevelopmentofthemodernsociety,people’sconceptshavechangedalot.Moreandmorepeoplewanttohaveaspecialweddingceremonywhichisuniqueintheworld,andmoreandmorepeoplechoosetheirwivesandhusbandswithoutthinkingaboutwhichcountrytheyarefromorwhatracetheybelongto.Sothemodernweddingritualscomeintobeing,inbothEastandWest.TheintegrationofChineseandWesternweddinghelpsustoformamorecivilizedsociety.Peoplecanlearntoliveabetterlifewithothers.
Throughthisthesiswewillfindoutthedifferencesandintegration.Andmakeabetterunderstandingofthemarriageculture,andthenwecanuseittohelpustopayattentiontothematerialandspiritualcivilizationtomakeourcountrystandforthedirectionofhistory.
IIChineseWeddingRituals
2.1OldChineseWeddingRituals
Likeotherthings,weddingritualshavethesamedevelopmentandevolvingprocess.Intheearlydaysofhumanity,thehumanrelationshipinaverylongperiodoftimestillkepttheirregularrelationsliketheanimalworld.
Marriage,inChina,hasgonethroughalongtime.Asamostgrandetiquette,ithasalwaysgivenahighdegreeofattention.SincethebeginningofZhouDynasty,Chineseweddingshouldcomplywithsixprocedures,whichistheso-called"
sixetiquettes."
AndLaterinTangandMingDynasty,marriagealsocompliedwiththe"
sixetiquettes"
.Astimegoesby,althoughmanyweddingritualsexperiencedvariouschanges"
Sixetiquettes"
asthebasicpatternhasnotchangedmuch.Itisstillessentialandcoreinweddingrituals.Weddinghaschangedmuchtoday,butinmanyplacestherestillremainstraditionalweddingrituals.
Infeudalsociety,aweddingwouldbedecidednotbytheyoungcouple,butbytheirparents'
desires.Onlyafteramatchmaker'
sintroductionandwhenparentsconsideredthetwofamilyconditionsweresimilarandcouldbematched,wouldtheweddingprocedureswentforward.Conditionsthatshouldbetakenintoconsiderationincludedwealthandsocialstatus.Ifaboy'
sfamilywaswell-offoranofficialfamily,hisparentswouldneverpermithimtomarryagirlfromapoorfamily.Essentialtotheweddingprocesswerethecommonlyrecognized'
threeLettersandsixetiquettes'
.Thethreeletterswerethebetrothalletter,thegiftletterwithagiftslistforthegirl’sfamilyandtheweddingletterusedonthedaythebridegroommethisbrideatherhome.
Thebookproprietyandceremony,whichrecordsearliestweddingceremony,saysthatwedding,usually,involvessixnecessaryprocedures,namely,proposing,askingthename,askingforfortune,sendingbetrothalpresenttogirl'
sfamily,discussingthedateofweddingandmeetingthebride.(Confucius6)
2.1.1Proposing:
Proposingisthefirstetiquetteinweddingandisthefirstmeetbetweenthemembersinthetwofamilies.Thus,itisveryimportant.Usingac