浅析中美婚姻观念之差异An analysis of the Differences of Sino-US Marriage ConceptsChapterⅠ IntroductionMarriage as a human institution exists in all major civilizations since the drawn of time. With the trend of globalization, the cross-cultural communication between Chinese and western countries is more and more frequent and the international Cross-cultural marriage become very common. But the cultural differences do have influence on international marriage. This paper is to analyze the cultural differences between Chinese and American, and to find out the causes of cultural differences. Also, it refers to the changes of concepts in marriage in order to make people fully aware of the situation of Chinese marriage and know more about western marriage and make some improvements. At the same time, it makes it easy for people to understand international marriage, so that both Chinese and foreigners could avoid cultural shock when communicating with each other. Besides, through comparing to the differences, we should use the cream of different culture in other countries for reference and help understand better our own culture.ChapterⅡ The Difference between Chinese and America Marriage2.1 Different Concepts of MarriageMarriage, simply speaking, is that people’s views and attitudes on marriage and the family. There are many similarities in marriage between china and America. Who all give a dinner in honor of relatives, husbands all have heavier pressure than wives, and they all love each other very much.But Americans concept of marriage and the Chinese concept of marriage are also extremely different. Because they believe that: marriage is purely private matter, no one can interfere at the same time. The marriage does belong to moral issues. They have the right to choose his or her favorite people to live together. Once the existing marriage is found a mistake, he or she shall have a second choice. If one of the couple fell in love with a third party, any party will not be condemned. In their view: forcing two people who do not live together in love is cruel. China’s traditional concept of marriage, happiness can give their life. In American eyes, love is love, is very simple.Americans toward marriage is serious, which changes our original feel of casual way they treat their marriage. They do not easily get married and the people around them do not worry for them, and guess nothing. More than thirty and even forty to get married is normal, And many people have no suitable candidates to select until they get old, so they choose to be single, We have seen in old movies before they are emotionally more casual, But when you really understand the Americans, you’ll find that they treat marriage very seriously with high quality requirements. Once the parties do not love each other, they will choose to divorce immediately Women in the United States after the failure will not be too emotional dependent on men but tend to do calmly re-selection to love. Besides, while they choose their partners, they pay a lot of attention to if the other side has a common interest with them and whether the other side will make them pleased and happy instead of the economic capacity, appearance and education. Conversely, traditional Chinese idea of marriage is Bainianhaohe and good match. But in real life, because this or that problem, cracks in the family happens all the time.2.2 Contrast of the Differences in Some Contracts Marriage Law and Wedding Marriage in China is rather unique to the rest of the world because of the Marriage Law of China and the wedding styles. People who are getting married should understand the Marriage Law, and obtain marriage certificates before they actually get married. The Marriage Law of the People’s Republic of China can be abstracted as the follows:The bride and the groom must agree to marry each other willingly.1．The legal marriage age: men must be 22 years of age or older and women must be 20 years of age or older.2．Monogamy.3．People with certain health condition, such as having spreading disease will be restricted to get married.What gets the marring people’s attention besides the law is the preparation of the wedding. In the old times, the parents of the bride and groom would have negotiations several months ahead of the wedding. Frequently the bride’s parents would request a handsome gift from the groom’s family as if they were selling their daughter. Such negotiations maybe still take place in some far countryside villages. Another important thing needs to be done perhaps is to find a place, at least a room, for the marring couple, called “new couple”, to live in after the wedding. This place, called “new room”, will be decorated to the best as it could be.The preparation of the wedding dress comes next. In tradition, the new couple will wear red wedding dresses because the color of red represents goodness. The material for the dresses usually is silk. And the style of。