英语专业毕业论文--从婚礼习俗差异看中西方文化.docx

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题目:

从婚礼习俗差异看中西方文化

AComparisonofChineseandWesternCulturefromtheDifferencesofMarriageCustoms

AThesisSubmittedtoXinHuaCollege

NingXiaUniversity

InPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeof

BachelorofArts

by

DaiXinyi

XinHuaCollege

NingXiaUniversityMay,2013

Acknowledgements

MydeepestgratitudegoesfirstandforemosttoProfessorWangXiaojun,mysupervisor,forherconstantencouragementandguidance.Shehaswalkedmethroughallthestagesofthewritingofthisthesis.Withoutherconsistentandilluminatinginstruction,thisthesiscouldnothavereacheditspresentform.

Second,Iwouldliketoexpressmywarmgratitudetomyroommatesfortheirteachingenthusiasticassistanceinmystudyandmydailylifeaswell.

Last,my thanks would go to my beloved family for their lovingconsiderationsandgreatconfidenceinmeallthroughtheseyears.Ialsoowemysinceregratitudetomyfriendsandmyfellowclassmateswhogavemetheirhelpandtimeinlisteningtomeandhelpingmeworkoutmyproblemsduringthedifficultcourseofthethesis.

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Abstract

MarriagecustomsandculturesvaryfromEasttoWest.ThispaperwillfocusonthedifferencesofmarriagecustomssoastogiveananalysisofthedifferencebetweenChineseandwesternculture.ThepaperwilldemonstrateChineseandwesternmarriagecustomsrespectivelyandexploretheunderlyingreasonsbehindthedifference.Allthedataofthispaperisobtainedbyanextensivereadingofbooksandnewspapers,bothinthelibraryandontheinternet.Itcanbeconcludedthatdifferentculturalbackgrounds,religionsandattitudestowardsmarriageresultinthedifferencebetweenChineseandwesternmarriagecustoms.ItisrecommendedthatthedifferencebetweenChineseandwesternmarriagecustomsshouldbetakenintoconsiderationinmixedmarriageand cross-cultural communication under the circumstance of economicglobalizationandreginalintegration.

Keywords:

ChineseMarriageCustoms,CultureBackground,WesternMarriageCustoms,Religions,AttitudeandThoughtsonMarriage

摘要

从东方到西方，婚礼习俗和文化都存在差异。

本文将浅谈中国和西方国家在婚礼习俗上的差异,进一步分析中西方文化之间的差异。

本文将例举中西方不同的婚礼习俗，从而探索中西方文化差异的原因。

本文的所有数据是通过在图书馆或互联网上广泛的阅读书籍和报纸得到的。

可以得出结论,不同的文化背景,宗教信仰和态度可以导致中西方婚礼习俗的差异。

因此建议中西方的婚礼习俗差异应该考虑经济全球化和地方一体化的混合婚姻和跨文化交际的因素。

关键词：

中国婚礼习俗，文化背景，西方婚礼习俗，宗教，对待婚姻的态度和看法

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Contents

Acknowledgements i

Abstract ii

摘要 iii

1Introduction 1

1.1DefinitionofMarriage 1

1.2RolesofMarriage 2

2LiteratureReview 3

3ChineseMarriageCustoms 4

3.1TraditionalChineseMarriageCustoms 5

3.1.1ThreePapersandSixEtiquettes 5

3.1.2TheOrderofChineseTraditionalWedding 6

3.1.3EtiquettesandCustomsattheChineseWedding 7

3.1.4TabooattheChineseWedding 8

3.2ModernChineseMarriageCustoms 8

3.2.1MarriageRegistration 8

3.2.2TheDifferencebetweenTraditionalandModernChineseWedding

··························································································94WesternMarriageCustoms·························································94.1TraditionalWesternMarriageCustoms··································104.1.1Engagement·································································10

4.1.2OrderoftheWesternWedding 10

4.1.3EtiquettesandCustomsattheWesternWedding 11

4.1.4TabooattheWesternWedding 12

4.2ModernWesternMarriageCustoms 13

4.2.1MarriageRegistration 13

4.2.2TheDifferencebetweenTraditionalandModernWesternWedding

························································································135DifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternMarriageCustoms············145.1DifferentCulturalBackground··············································145.1.1TheHistoricalBackgroundofChina···································145.1.2TheHistoricalBackgroundofWest···································15

5.2DifferentReligions 15

5.2.1ChineseReligionandItsInfluence 15

5.2.2WesternReligionandItsInfluence 16

5.3DifferentAttitudetoMarriage 17

5.3.1ChineseAttitudetoMarriage 17

5.3.2WesternAttitudetoMarriage 17

6Conclusion 18

Bibliography 19

AComparisonofChineseandWesternCulturefromtheDifferencesofMarriageCustoms

1Introduction

Thereisnodoubtthatmarriageservesasanimportantpartinhumanlife,inafamilyandinanation.Despitethefactthatitsdefinitionvariesfromculturetoculture,marriagehasgreatinfluencesinthedevelopmentofindividual,familyandsociety.

1.1DefinitionofMarriage

AccordingtoWikipedia（2012）,marriageisasocialunionorlegalcontractbetweenpeoplecalledspousesthatestablishesrightsandobligationsbetweenthespouses,betweenthespousesandtheirchildren,andbetweenthespousesandtheirin-laws.However,thedefinitionofmarriagevariesfromculturetoc