中西方婚礼习俗的文化差异毕业论文文档格式.docx

1、中国;西方国家;文化差异 【指导老师】张亚军 黄凤菊 【专业】英语 【正文】 I. Introduction Wedding customs in both China and western countries has affected by their different culture. As a most grand thing in peoples life, it has always attracted a high degree of attention. Wedding is very important to ones life, not only to the coupl

2、e involved but also for both families. Wedding is a celebration in which couples begin their married life. Due to the different cultural origins, religions, geographical locations and marriage concepts there are many differences existing in the two kinds of wedding customs. China is a country with a

3、n ancient civilization and a long history, Therefore, the Chinese wedding is elaborate and with many implicit meanings. It is deeply influenced by the complex traditional cultures and etiquettes. Different from Chinese wedding, in western countries, the whole wedding is romantic and blessed. The dif

4、ferences existing in Chinese and western marriage custom are inevitable. Although wedding customs mutually penetrate between China and western countries with the societys progress and the transformation of peoples thinking, there are some cultural differences on wedding customs between China and wes

5、tern countries. Although many wedding customs have experienced various changes as time goes by, as the basic pattern, “six etiquettes” in China has not changed much. Thats to say proposing, asking the name, asking for fortune, sending betrothal presents to the girls family, discussing the date of ma

6、rriage and meeting the bride are still essential and core in wedding custom, while a valid marriage should experience proposal, surnames, choosing the day and holding the wedding in western countries. However, both eastern and western wedding have their own importance. In this paper, the author woul

7、d like to make a comparative study of the two different kinds of wedding customs in China and western countries, such as illustrating some cultural differences between some western countries and China, and analyzing the reasons for those differences in deep inside. II. The Two Kinds of Wedding Custo

8、ms Each country in the world has its own traditional customs because of differences in culture. Wedding customs is one of the customs which influenced by culture. Wedding customs also is an interesting topic. It attracts much care of young people. China and western countries both have their own wedd

9、ing customs. However, the procedures of wedding customs are completely different in detail. A. The Major Procedures of Chinese Wedding Customs As a most grand etiquette, wedding customs has always been a high degree of attention. The traditional Chinese marriage comply with six procedures, which are

10、 the so-called six etiquettes.1 As time goes by, although many wedding customs have experienced some changes, Six etiquettes as the basic pattern have not changed much in the modern Chinese wedding. It is still essential and core in todays Chinese wedding custom as well as the traditional Chinese we

11、dding customs. Therefore, the author will explain the six etiquettes in the following part. In Chinese wedding customs, The six procedures are proposing, asking the name, asking for fortune, betrothal gift presenting, discussing the date of marriage and meeting the bride.2 Proposing is the first eti

12、quette in marriage and is the first meeting between the members in the two families. Both China and western countries have this procedure, but they are totally different in details. In feudal society of China, a marriage would be decided not by the youths love, but by their parents desires. Only aft

13、er a matchmakers introduction and when parents believed that the family conditions of the two matched, would the marriage procedures went forward. Conditions that should be taken into consideration included wealth and social status as well. After the proposing, it comes to the second procedures, tha

14、t is asking the name, which means the matchmakers inquiring about the girls name. In ancient times the girls name would not be known by other people until the girl was in an age of marriage. So one must have the matchmaker and inform of the mans family through a card. And the mans family would know

15、the girls name. After asking the name, the bridegrooms side had got the womans birthday and eight-characters and they went to consult a fortune-teller, which was called asking for fortune. If the birthday and eight-characters were not harmful to the man, the mans family would agree the marriage. Whe

16、n everything was almost ready for the marriage, the mans family would present gift-money and various gifts to the girls family. The variety and quantity of the gifts and gift-money were all clearly listed in a “Gift Book” document. This is the forth producer which we called betrothal gift presenting. After receiv