Contents
Introduction
Chapter Ⅰ A comparison between Chinese and Western wedding
1.1 The difference between the wedding locations
1.2 The wedding dress and the main color
1.3 The wedding ceremony
1.4 The gifts from guests
Chapter Ⅱ The reasons of the differences between Chinese and western wedding 2.1 they are different in character
2.2 they have different Religious beliefs
A comparison between Chinese and Western wedding
Introduction
In modern life, wedding is an important part of human’s life. When you want get a marriage, wedding is the first thing that you should consider. But Chinese and Western in wedding are different. Today, I will make a comparison between Chinese and Western wedding. In my opinions, those differences reflect in four parts.
In western wedding, Weddings normally take place in a church. The bride usually wears white wedding dress which symbolizes happiness and purity. The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo.
However, Chinese traditional wedding with the bride and groom when the red dress, a symbol of good luck, indicates the days after marriage is booming.
There are many causes of those differences. But the most important result of the differences between Chinese and Western wedding is the different religions. In addition to religions, the character traits are also the reason of those differences.
Now, I will make the comparison by two big parts.
Chapter ⅠA comparison between Chinese and Western wedding
In western wedding, during the whole wedding, the bride will wear a white wedding gown and holding a bouquet of flowers in her right hand. To the church wedding ceremony is the most important aspects of the wedding. First of all, with the rhythm of the wedding march, the bride of here father’s harness hands before the groom came from her father that she personally handed the hands of the bridegroom. Pastor will ask the bride and groom to make a lifetime commitment to each other, and this is the climax of the wedding. And then they will be priests and to the people’s blessing, exchanges the marriage rings and kiss each other. Marriage vows are promises a couple makes to each other during a wedding ceremony. I was learnt the promise word by the teleplay which named The vampire diaries. The details of promise is from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, will you love her ,comfort her ,honor and protect her, forsaking all others ,be faithful to her ,as long as you both shall live? Then both of the bride and the bridegroom will give their answer to show their love.
In Chinese wedding, during the wedding, after riding in the red bridal bride , the groom rode in front, with the matchmaker ,an the Bridal teams to groom the family wedding. Beth parents sit on the court, while the bride and groom were married the next hall. The whole wedding presided over by the master of ceremonies, under the command of his, a bride and groom preparing for the wedding. The first kowtow is for the heaven and earth, the second for the parents and the third for each other! In some places, they have the customs of crying marriage. The bride, who covered by a red head-kerchief, must cry with her mother. Finally the bridegroom accompanies the bride marches into the nuptial chamber.
