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1、中西方婚俗的差异 Differences Between Chinese Marriage Custom and Western Marriage Custom1Differences Between Chinese Marriage Custom and Western Marriage Custom中西方婚俗的差异中西方婚俗的差异 Differences Between Chinese Marriage Custom and Western Marriage Custom2AbstractThere are many procedures in Chinese marriage cus
2、tom. The book propriety and ceremony, which records earliest wedding ceremony, says that marriage includes six etiquettes, namely, proposing, asking the name, asking for fortune, sending betrothal presents to the girls family, discussing the date of marriage and meeting the bride. In western marriag
3、e, there are four procedures. They are proposal, changing surnames, choosing the day and holding the wedding. As the different religions, cultural origins, marriage concepts and geographies, there are many differences existing in the two kinds of marriage customs. In Chinese marriage custom, the mat
4、chmaker functions almost all the time and youths have no right to choose and women are not on an equal footing with men. By contrast, in western marriage custom, the priest functions and the youths have legal right to choose whom they want to marry and men and women are equal. There also exist commo
5、n things in the two sides. They have been maintained for thousands of years. But in recent years (especially after the founding of modern China), people have tended to discard some of the details and advocate simplified marriage procedures and wedding ceremonies.Key Words: Marriage Custom; Differenc
6、es; Reasons中西方婚俗的差异 Differences Between Chinese Marriage Custom and Western Marriage Custom3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。由于宗教、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
7、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；原因中西方婚俗的差异 Differences Between Chinese Marriage Custom and Western Marriage Custom4ContentsIntroduction5I. Chinese Marriage Custom.6A. Proposing.6B. Asking the Name .7C. Asking for Fortune8D. Sending Bet
8、rothal Presents to the Girls Family.8E. Discussing the Date of Marriage.9F. Meeting the Bride.9II. Western Marriage Custom9A. Proposal.10B. Changing Surnames10C. Choosing the Day11D. Holding the Wedding.12III. Differences.13A. Different Marriage Media.13B. Freedom: Free or Not.14C. Right: Equal or N
9、ot.15D. Different Purposes of Marriage.15IV. Reasons for the Differences Above16A. Religions.16B. Cultural Origins.16中西方婚俗的差异 Differences Between Chinese Marriage Custom and Western Marriage Custom5C. Marriage Concepts.17D. Geographies17Conclusion.18Acknowledgements.20IntroductionMarriage is formed
10、 in a long historical evolution of the marriage custom in a nation. It is the regularity of the activities that restrains peoples awareness of marriage and marriage. Marriage customs binding does not depend on the law, and it can not rely on science tests neither, but on the force of habit, traditio
11、nal culture and national psychology. During the development of human history, the institution of marriage and family system has experienced different processes of development. Human have experienced group marriage, the dual system of marriage and individual marriage system (monogamy).As a union of a
12、 man and a woman and a family formation stage, marriage includes not only marriage, but also the preparation phase for the marriage and the performance stage after the festivities. It runs through the whole process of life. These customs, as a national symbol and cultural development, plays a very important role in ethnic studies and the history of mankind.China is a country with an ancient civilization and a long history, and many customs. Among so many customs, there is a particular marriage custom. This custom goes through
