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1、英格兰人的婚俗丰富多采，从求婚到度蜜月均按自已的传统方式进行。在英格兰北部约克市求婚方式颇为奇特，继承了古代民间遗风，女孩子成熟以后，需要出嫁了， 便穿上不同颜色的紧身服饰，向男性示意。不同的颜色表示不同的意思，恰恰和交通信号灯一致。绿色的表示： “来吧！我愿意恋爱，大胆地追求吧！“黄色表示： “机遇是有的，如果合我的意还是有成功的机会。 “红色表示： “目前我还不想谈情说爱，不要追求我。“勇敢的小伙子会根据对方的服色，根据自已的选择去大胆地追求，决不会被扣上行为不端的帽子。一旦双方确立了恋爱关系，男方要送给女方订婚戒指并举行仪式。这种习俗遍及整个英国。结婚或定婚戒指是许多民族的传统习俗，英格
2、兰人在教堂里举行婚礼仪式时，新郎给新娘戴戒指是不可缺少的一项重要内容。人们甚至认为不戴戒指的婚姻是无效的。当神父询问一对新人是否愿意做对方的妻子或丈夫、能否相互尊重、 白头偕老后， 新郎给新娘的无名指上戴上一枚戒指。它象征着丈夫对妻子的纯真爱情，同时妻子也表示接受并忠实于这种爱情。戴戒指的习俗可以追溯到古代埃及、中国， 它不仅作为一种信物也是一种装饰品。婚姻戒指最初并不镶嵌钻石、翡翠以及红蓝宝石等饰物，纯洁的圆形象征着由婚姻联袂在一起的两个人的团圆。 在一些民族中象征着一种魔力，保佑夫妇幸福长寿，同时，施予者表示对接受者的信任，接受者表示对施予者的忠诚。金戒指象征爱情的纯真，银戒指意味情感温柔
3、。英国人同西方各国一样，定婚戒指是金制的而不镶嵌任何宝石，结婚戒指应加装饰物，至于戒指的质量则根据个人的经济条件不同而不同。定婚、结婚戒指可戴在同一无名指上，也可以由结婚戒指取代定婚戒指。英国在 16 世纪时， 结婚戒指的内侧经常刻是家族的图案或箴言，诸如 “上帝使我成为某某的妻子， “某位主教的妻子的戒指上刻上一只手、一颗心、一顶主教冠和一个骷髅，铭文是：“前三个我赐予你，第四个使我超脱。“今天戒指上的铭文大多只刻上新郎和新娘名字的开头字母。英国人结婚要穿礼服；新娘身着白衫、白裙、头戴白色花环，还要罩上长长的白纱，手持白色花束。总之，英国人崇尚白色，它象征爱情纯洁、吉祥如意。而戴头纱的习俗可
4、以追溯到公元前 10 世纪，当时两河流域就已盛行女子戴头纱。在古希腊，举行结婚仪式时不仅新娘要戴亚麻或毛织品的头纱，而且一对新人都要戴上花冠。到了罗马时代， 不同宗教信仰的人要戴不同颜色的头纱以示区别。中世纪以后， 宫廷贵族之中出现了用珍珠装饰的花冠。尔后，发展成为白色头纱，并且尺码日益延长，并遍及欧洲各地。一旦举行完婚， 新郎新娘从教堂里出来的时候，人们要向新人祝贺，这种祝贺不是亲吻、拥抱和握手，而是向他们撒五彩缤纷的纸屑。撒纸屑的习俗起源于撒麦粒。1491 年英国国王亨利七世携王后到布里斯托尔旅行。旅行途中， 被一位面包师的妻子看到，于是她从窗子里向他们撒麦粒，并高呼：“欢迎你们，陛下！祝
5、你们幸福、长寿。“这成为一段佳话，到16世纪时，这一习俗已广为流传，人们向新郎、新娘撒麦粒，有时还染各种颜色。麦粒象征着丰收和生活富裕，同时也祝贺新婚夫妇幸福长寿，子孙满堂。度蜜月也是英国各地青年结婚的重要内容之一。他们把积蓄下来的钱用于旅游，而结婚后去旅游便称作度蜜月。这原是古代的习俗，在新婚之时一定要饮用一种用蜂蜜特制的饮料，用来象征家庭美满、爱情甜蜜和生活幸福。而这种饮料从结婚开始要喝30 天，因此就把新婚第一个月称作蜜月了。在英国对于结婚纪念日十分重视，每年都要庆祝并有不同的称谓。第一年是纸婚， 第二年是棉婚，第三年为皮革婚，第四年为毅婚，第五年称木婚，第六年称铁婚，第七年叫铜婚，第八
6、年叫陶器婚，第九年为柳婚，第十年是锡婚，以后是钢婚、绕仁婚、花边婚、象牙婚、水晶婚。从第十五年以后， 每五年各有一个称谓，依次为搪瓷婚、 银婚（第二十五年是个大典）、珠婚、珊瑚婚、红宝石婚、蓝宝石婚、金婚（五十年是第二大典）、翡翠婚、钻石婚。这最后一个是第三大庆典，但很少有人能够庆祝这个庆典。Englands Wedding rich, from their honeymoon to marry him according to their own traditional way. In northern England York City marry him rather peculiar
7、way, inherit a legacy of the ancient folk, girls mature, the need to get married, they wear tight clothes of different colors to indicate male. Different colors, different meaning that precisely the same and traffic lights. Green said: “Come! I am willing to love, to pursue bold! “Amber said:“ The o
8、pportunity is in the affirmative, if I of the Italian still has a chance of success. “Red said:“ I do not want to present minute, I will not pursue. “Courageous man will root The color of each others clothes, according to their own choice to pursue bold, not misconduct will be taken on the label. On
9、ce the two sides established a dating relationship, the woman gave the man to engagement rings and held a ceremony. Such practices throughout the whole of the UK. The rings are married or engaged to the traditions of many peoples, England held in the church wedding ceremony, the bride and groom to w
10、ear a ring is indispensable one important element. Even people not wearing the rings that marriage is invalid. When a priest asked whether the couple would be willing to do each others wives or husbands, whether mutual respect and remain live after the bride and groom to wear a ring on my ring finge
11、r. It symbolizes a husband to his wife of pure love, while his wife also accepted and be faithful to this love. The custom of wearing the ring can be traced back to ancient Egypt, China, it not only as a chop is a decoration. Marriage is not the first ring inlaid diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and re
12、d accessories, as a symbol of pure circular jointly together by the marriage of two people together. In some peoples as a symbol of a magical, bless the couple a long and happy life, while giving recipients the right to express confidence that the recipients are subject to loyalty. The rings symboli
13、ze the pure love, silver rings that emotional tenderness. With Western countries like Britain, engagement rings is part of the system without any mosaic stones, wedding rings should be installed accessories, the quality of the rings are based on individual economic conditions are different. Engageme
14、nt, wedding rings can wear the same ring, wedding ring can be replaced engaged by the ring. Britain in the 16th century, wedding rings engraved on the inside is often pictorial or family Proverbs, such as “God made me a certain wife,“ Bishops wife, a certain ring inscribed on one hand, one heart, on
15、e bishop and a skeleton champion, is the inscription: “Before I give you three, I detached the fourth. “Today the inscription rings are only inscribed the names of the bride and groom initials. Married to British costume; The bride dressed in white, football, wearing a white garlands, but also cast
16、a long white, carrying white flowers. In short, the British advocating white symbolizes purity of love, acting. The first yarn wearing the custom can be traced back to the 10th century BC, when women wearing Your brothers were first popular yarn. In ancient Greece, held not only marriage ceremony bride to wear the first flax yarn or fabric, and must wear a new Corolla. By Roman times, people of different religious beliefs to wear a different color yarn to show the first distinction. Since th
