中西婚礼差异英文版文档格式.docx

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sfamily,discussingthedateofmarriageandmeetingthebride.Inwesternmarriage,therearefourprocedures.Theyareproposal,changingsurnames,choosingthedayandholdingthewedding.Asthedifferentreligions,culturalorigins,marriageconceptsandgeographies,therearemanydifferencesexistinginthetwokindsofmarriagecustoms.InChinesemarriagecustom,thematchmakerfunctionsalmostallthetimeandyouthshavenorighttochooseandwomenarenotonanequalfootingwithmen.Bycontrast,inwesternmarriagecustom,thepriestfunctionsandtheyouthshavelegalrighttochoosewhomtheywanttomarryandmenandwomenareequal.Therealsoexistcommonthingsinthetwosides.Theyhavebeenmaintainedforthousandsofyears.Butinrecentyears（especiallyafterthefoundingofmodernChina）,peoplehavetendedtodiscardsomeofthedetailsandadvocatesimplifiedmarriageproceduresandweddingceremonies.

KeyWords：

Marriagecustom;

differences;

reasons

摘　要

中国婚俗有着许多的仪式。

最早记载婚礼习俗的《仪礼》云：

“婚有六礼，纳采、问名、纳吉、纳征、请期、亲迎。

”而在西方国家主要有4个程序，即建议，改姓，选期和举行婚礼。

由于、文化根源、婚姻观念以及地理环境的不同在一定程度上导致了中西方婚俗的不同。

在中国婚俗中，媒人起着决定性的作用，而作为婚姻当事人的青年男女却没有选择的自由和权力，而且男女在婚姻中的不平等现象也屡有出现。

在西方，是牧师在婚姻中起作用，并且青年男女有合法的权力去选择自己的夫婿或妻子。

当然中西方的婚俗也存在相同的地方。

它们存在了上千年之久。

近年来（特别是新中国成立之后），中西结合的婚姻屡有出现。

关键词

婚俗；

差异；

原因

Introduction

Marriageisformedinalonghistoricalevolutionofthemarriagecustominanation.Itistheregularityoftheactivitiesthatrestrainspeople'

sawarenessofmarriageandmarriage.Marriagecustom’sbindingdoesnotdependonthelaw,anditcannotrelyonsciencetestsneither,butontheforceofhabit,traditionalcultureandnationalpsychology.Duringthedevelopmentofhumanhistory,theinstitutionofmarriageandfamilysystemhasexperienceddifferentprocessesofdevelopment.Humanhaveexperiencedgroupmarriage,thedualsystemofmarriageandindividualmarriagesystem（monogamy）.

Asaunionofamanandawomanandafamilyformationstage,marriageincludesnotonlymarriage,butalsothepreparationphaseforthemarriageandtheperformancestageafterthefestivities.Itrunsthroughthewholeprocessoflife.Thesecustoms,asanationalsymbolandculturaldevelopment,playsaveryimportantroleinethnicstudiesandthehistoryofmankind.

Chinaisacountrywithanancientcivilizationandalonghistory,andmanycustoms.Amongsomanycustoms,thereisaparticularmarriagecustom.Thiscustomgoesthroughvariousandlongstagesofdevelopmentfromancientsimpleweddingceremonytolatercomplexceremony,fromfeudalmarriagecustomtothemodernfreemarriagecustom.Duringthesecourses,people’sideasareprogressing,thoughwecannotsaythattheirideasareuptothetopofmankind’sideasinallovertheworldat 

alloverthetimebecausetherearestillbackwardideasexistinginmanyplaces,inmanypeople’smindandtheymaybewillstillexistforalongtime.However,theyareuptothetopofmankind’sideasinacertainstageoftheuninterrupteddevelopmentofideas.

Greekcivilizationisthebaseofwesternculture.Britainplaysanimportantroleinwesternhistoryandwesternculture,andofcoursemarriagecustom.

Comparingwitheachother,theyaredifferentinmanyaspectssuchasinrightaspectandinfreedomaspectandtherearemanyreasonsthatresultinthesedifferencessuchasculturalreasonandgeographicalreason.

I.ChineseMarriageCustom

Likeotherfolk,marriagecustomhasthesamedevelopmentandevolvingprocess.Intheearlydaysofhumanity,thehumanrelationshipinaverylongperiodoftimestillcarriedtheirregularrelationsliketheanimalworld.Therewasnomarriageatall,ifsuggestsome,theonly"

arbitrarymarriage."

InChina,marriagehasgonethroughforalongtime.Asamostgrandetiquette,ithasalwaysbeenahighdegreeofattention.Tocontrolthemarriage,thefamilyandthewholesociety,sincethebeginningofZhouDynasty,Chinesemarriageshouldcomplywithsixprocedures,whichistheso-called"

sixetiquettes."

AndLaterinTangandMingDynastyinChina,marriagealsocompliedwiththe"

sixetiquettes"

.Astimegoesby,althoughmanyweddingcustomsexperiencedvariouschanges"

Sixetiquettes"

asthebasicpatternhasnotchangedmuch.Itisstillessentialandcoreinmarriagecustom.

Marriagehaschangedmuchtoday,butinmanyplaces,therestillremainstraditionalmarriagecustom.

Infeudalsociety,amarriagewouldbedecidednotbytheyouths’love,butbytheirparents'

desires.Onlyafteramatchmaker'

sintroductionandwhenpare