中西婚礼的差异(英文版的).ppt

Chinese Traditional Wedding 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 will prepare something for them Chinese date Peanut Longan Lotus seed（melon seeds） Something Old Something Blue 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 wedding has several process. The process begins with an elaborate(精心制作的，详尽