西方婚礼英文毕业论文

中西文化风俗 比较研究之婚礼篇 【研究课题】 中西方文化风俗比较研究----婚礼 THE COMPARISON AND STUDY OF THE CHINESE AND WESTERN CULTURAL CUSTOMS——NUPTIAL 【研究背景】 随着中国加入WTO，中西方交流日益紧密，为了更好的了解、学习西方风俗文化，加强对中西方历史的学习，达到扩大同学眼界的目的。我们就提出了这个课题。 【研究目的】 通过对中西方风俗文化的研究，我们能更全面的了解西方历史，学习他们的优点，达到扬长补短的目的。同时，通过课题研究，还可以培养我们的社会实践能力，为我们以后踏上工作岗位奠定基础。 【活动分工】 婚礼服装：张勤梅、沈 茜 婚 俗：鲍 君、陈静娟 婚礼饮食：任 颍、姚娟娟 课件制作：肖 慜、赵皙萍 【指导老师】 吴伟钢 【研究过程】 研究一：西方的婚礼是属于浪漫型的,整个婚礼从开始到结束到充满了浪漫气息。新娘的礼服一般为白色,新郎是黑色的礼服,使整个婚礼显的庄重严肃.到教堂去举行结婚仪式是整个婚礼最重要的环节.首先,随着婚礼进行曲的节奏,新娘挽她的父亲的手走到新郎面前,由她的父亲将她亲手交到新郎手中.牧师会要求新郎新娘对对方作出一辈子的承诺,这也是整个婚礼的高潮.然后他们会在牧师和众人的祝福下,交换结婚戒指并亲吻对方。而新娘手中的花球也不是一般的装饰用品.在婚礼结束时,新娘就会抛给到场的女宾客,如果谁接到花球,谁就是下一个结婚的人,这就使整个婚礼在欢声笑语中结束了。 研究二：中国的婚礼就不同于西方,整个婚礼的主色调是红色,这也是中国的传统的代表喜气的颜色。这也就使婚礼变的喜气洋洋.在传统婚礼中,新娘一般穿着红色罗衣,头戴凤冠,上面还有一块红色丝巾.而新郎就穿着红色的长衫马褂,头戴红色大沿帽。新娘乘着大红花轿在后,新郎骑着马在前,随着红娘和迎亲队伍到新郎家中拜堂.双方家长坐在上堂,而新郎新娘在下堂成婚.整个婚礼由司仪主持,在他的指挥下,新郎新娘一拜天地,下拜高堂,然后夫妻对拜,送入洞房.闹洞房是婚礼的高潮,新娘先回洞房等待新郎,而新郎就在外招待客人,酒足饭饱后,新郎在一大堆人的簇拥下来到洞房.众人就开始闹洞房了,新郎新娘在大家的起哄下做各种游戏……这样整个婚礼就在一片笑声中结束了。 通过研究中西方婚礼的差异,我了解了他们各自的特点:西方的婚礼是纯洁浪漫的,而中国的婚礼是喜气洋洋的;西方的婚礼看重的是感觉,而中国看重的是仪式。中西方由于他们的风俗习惯不同,也就形成了有各自特点的婚礼风俗.虽然有着不同的习俗,但是无论是哪里的婚礼都充满了祝福和笑声。 【英文概要】 As China has been a member of the international group WTO, the connection between China and the western world becomes closer and closer. In order to get a better understanding of each other, we set the research topic, -to learn the custom and culture of the western world. Through the research and study of the comparison of the different customs and culture between China and the western world, we can know more about the western history and learn the advantage of theirs. By studying this, we can be more couple of dealing with problems and difficulties as well. 【学生论文】 中西方风俗文化比较研究——婚礼 ——课题总结报告 肖 慜 随着中国加入WTO，中西方交流日益紧密，为了更好的了解、学习西方风俗文化，加强对中西方历史的学习，达到扩大同学眼界的目的。我们就提出了这个课题。 通过对中西方风俗文化的研究，我们能更全面的了解西方历史，学习他们的优点，达到扬长补短的目的。同时，通过课题研究，还可以培养我们的社会实践能力，为我们以后踏上工作岗位奠定基础。 我们这个课题以婚礼为主线，通过对中西方婚礼的异同点进行对比比较和研究，以此反映出中西方不同种族之间的差异。 首先，是在传统结婚仪式上面。中国的传统婚俗有“三书六礼”“三拜九叩”这些繁俗礼节。所谓“三书”，就是指聘书、礼书、迎亲书。（聘书：订亲之书，男女双方正式缔结婚约。纳吉（过文定）时用。 礼书：过礼之书，即礼物清单，详尽列明礼物种类及数量。纳征（过大礼）时用。 迎亲书：迎娶新娘之书。结婚当日（亲迎）接新娘过门时用。）而“六礼”是指纳采、问名、纳吉、纳征、请期、亲迎。（纳采：古时婚礼之首，属意女方时，延请媒人作谋，谓之纳采，今称「提亲」。 问名：男方探问女方之姓名及生日时辰，以卜吉兆，谓之问名，今称「合八字」。 纳吉：问名若属吉兆，遣媒人致赠薄礼，谓之纳吉，今称「过文定」或「小定」。 纳征：奉送礼金、礼饼、礼物及祭品等，即正式送聘礼，谓纳征，今称「过大礼」。 请期：由男家请算命先生择日，谓之请期，又称「乞日」、今称 「择日」。 亲迎：新郎乘礼车，赴女家迎接新娘，谓之亲迎。）而在这之间更有换庚谱、过文定、过大礼、安床等一系列的活动。而在这些活动中有着大量的禁忌和礼俗，比如新娘嫁妆中要有剪刀（蝴蝶双飞）、痰盂（子孙桶）、尺（良田万顷）、片糖（甜甜蜜蜜）、银包皮带（腰缠万贯）、花瓶（花开富贵）、铜盆及鞋（同偕到老）、龙凤被、床单及枕头一对、两双用红绳捆着的筷子及碗（有衣食）、七十二套衣服，用扁柏、莲子、龙眼及利是伴着（丰衣足食）等物，每样物品都有其不同的含义。同时，在婚礼进行时也有一定的顺序，按一般的情况，在整个婚礼过程中有：祭祖（男方在出门迎娶新娘之前，先祭拜祖先。）、出发（迎亲车队以双数为佳。）、燃炮（迎亲礼车行列在途中，应一路燃放鞭炮以示庆贺。）、等待新郎（礼车至女方家时，会有一男童侍持茶盘等候新郎，新郎下车后，应赏男孩红包答礼，再进入女方家。）、讨喜（新郎应持捧花给房中待嫁之新娘，此时，新娘之闺中密友要拦住新郎，不准其见到新娘，女方可提出条件要新郎答应，通过后才得进入。）、拜别（新人上香祭祖，新娘应叩拜父母道别，并由父亲盖上头纱，而新郎仅鞠躬行礼即可。）、出门（新娘应由福高德劭女性长辈持竹筛或黑伞护其走至礼车，因为新娘子在结婚当天的地位比谁都大，因此不得与天争大。）、礼车（ 在新娘上礼车后，车开动不久，女方家长应将一碗清水、白米撒在车后，代表女儿已是泼出去的水，以后的一切再也不予过问，并祝女儿事事有成，有吃有穿。）、掷扇（礼车起动后，新娘应将扇子丢到窗外，意谓不将坏性子带到婆家去，扇子由新娘的兄弟拾回，掷扇后必须哭几声，且在礼车之后盖「竹筛」以象征繁荣。）、燃炮（由女方家至男方家的途中，同样要一路燃放礼炮。）、摸橘子（迎新车队到达新郎家时，由一位拿着橘子或苹果的小孩来迎接新人，新娘要轻摸一下橘子，并赠红包答礼。这两个橘子要放到晚上，让新娘亲自剥皮，意谓招来「长寿」。）、牵新娘（新娘由礼车走出时，应由男方一位有福气之长辈持竹筛顶在新娘头上，并扶新娘进入大厅。进门时，新人绝不可踩门槛，而应横跨过去。）、喜宴（时下颇流行中西合壁式的婚礼，大都在晚上宴请客人同时举行观礼仪式，在喜宴上，新娘可褪去新娘礼服，换上晚礼服向各桌一一敬酒。）、送客（喜宴完毕后，新人立于家门口送客，须端着盛香烟、喜糖之茶盘。）、闹洞房（新人被整之灾情大小，端视新人是否曾在其他的婚礼上戏弄别人，或平素待人够不够忠厚等。）、三朝回门（在婚后第三天，新妇由夫婿陪同下，带备烧猪及礼品回娘家 祭祖，甚至小住一段日子，然后再随夫婿回家。）。有此可以见到我国文化的繁琐，但不要以为繁琐是我国婚礼的特有特征，其实，不同国家虽然有不同的婚俗，但从繁复的细节与用品的喻意，都可见对婚姻的尊重和期许无分国界。在西方国家中，婚礼时有旧（Something Old）、新（Something New）、借（Something Borrowed）、蓝（Something Blue）等习俗。旧是指母亲传下来之婚纱，头饰或首饰，代表承受美好的一切；新是指朋友送的礼物如裙子，饰物，象征新的生活；借是指可向任何人借东西回来，据说从富裕亲友借来金或银放在鞋内，象征带来财运；蓝是指新娘的一些小饰物或花束用蓝色，意味着新娘的纯洁及贞洁。而在进行婚礼时，西方亦有大量的习俗。比如，在结婚时新娘总要带着一方手帕，西方人认为白手帕象征好运。根据民俗说法，农夫认为新娘在磨擦婚当天所流下的泪能使天降甘露，滋润家作物。后来，新娘在新婚汉天流泪，就变成她将有幸福婚姻的好兆头。而在婚礼典礼时，新娘总是站在新郎的左边，据说，古时候，盎格鲁撒克逊的新郎必须保护新娘子免得被别人抢走。在结婚典礼时，新郎让新娘站在自己左边，一旦情敌出现，就可以立即挥出配带于右边的剑，吓退敌人。在进行结婚晚宴时，要特别定制结婚蛋糕，根据历史记载，自罗马时代开始，婚礼结束时，人们会在新娘头上折断一条面包的材料----小麦象征生育能力，面包屑则代表着幸运。新人必须以糖霜，就形成今天的结婚蛋糕了。由此可见，西方的婚俗并不比中方简洁。 其次是在服装方面。在进行婚礼不只是有仪式习俗需要遵守，在穿着方面也有讲究。中国传统婚礼进行时新郎和新娘具着红色的礼服，象征的吉祥如意，预示在结婚后日子红红火火。而西方的新娘则穿白色的礼服。自罗马时代开始，白色象征欢庆。1850年到1900年之间，白色亦是富贵的象征。到了本世纪初，白色所代表的纯洁意义更远超其他。西方认为白色与童贞有关。古罗马的新娘穿着白色的婚纱，蒙着鲜橙黄色的面纱，象征着激情的火焰。在西方的天主教传统里，白色代表着快乐；其他一些地区，白色在他们的婚礼和葬礼里指示各种各样的通路典礼和意义。例如，在安达曼群岛（Andaman Islanders），白色代表一种地位的变化。“传统”的白色结婚礼服，在早期是贵族的特权。在多利亚女王时代，大多数的新娘只能穿传统的国家服装，只有上层阶级才能穿代表权力和身份的白色婚纱。一直到近代，贵族阶级的特权消失以后，白色的婚纱才成为普通新娘的礼服。而相对于西方白色婚纱的历史，中国婚礼中的大红色的凤袍的历史则较简单。龙凤在中国的神话中有着重要的地位。龙主阳凤主阴，而阳则代表男子，阴就表示女子。因此新娘就用凤表示。所以在红色的礼服上绣着凤也就很容易理解了。 还有就是在一些小的习惯上面，中西方的婚俗有相似的地方。例如，中国古代有抛绣球迎亲的习俗；而西方的新郎新娘在教堂举行婚礼后，会把手中的鲜花抛向空中，如果有人接到的话就预示着他将很快结婚。 中西方在婚俗上面有以上种种的差异，这和中西方人在思想思维的差异有直接的联系。中国人比较保守，喜欢热闹，思维较古板，所以在中国历史几千年的时间里整个婚礼的习俗并没有多大的变化。直到近代西方的文化传入以后，中国的传统文化才开始向西方转化，但在很大的程度上任有中国传统婚俗的礼仪。而中国人爱热闹的性格在中国传统婚礼中可以得到充分的体现。除了中西方都有的结婚晚宴以外，在中国的传统婚俗中，还有一个为新娘饯行的结婚午宴。其次在婚宴结束以后，新人的亲朋好友会去新房中闹洞房。认为在新房中越热闹，新人在婚后的生活越幸福。因此闹新房的成员们无不用所其极，用种种方法刁难新郎新娘。西方人的思想则比较开放，对于婚礼的要求也比较低，他们婚礼的高潮则是在教堂中：随着神圣的《婚礼进行曲》步入鲜红的地毯，娇美的新娘手挽着父亲捧玫瑰慢慢向新郎走去，新娘的父亲将女儿的手放在新郎的手上，将女儿的一生托付给你，所有人的目光注视着这对新人，幸福洋溢在他们的脸上。她是今天最美的新娘。 在神圣的教堂上空，他们的誓言在回荡，带上永结同心的婚戒，只到神父说：“你可以亲吻你的新娘了…… 结婚是一生的盟约，你是要为之坚守一辈子的誓言。 主耶稣说：上帝所配合的人便不可分开。 这一生一世的爱情，因为今天而完美。”然后新郎新娘或是去晚宴地点或是去渡蜜月，并没有中国传统婚俗的种种礼节。另一个造成中西方差异的原因是中西方不同的宗教。中国是以佛教为主，而西方则是基督教为主的。所以西方的婚礼是在教堂中举行而主婚人则是神甫。中方的传统婚俗中的最重要环节就是拜天地，拜了天地以后就算是礼成了。 综上所述，中西方婚礼的差异主要是来自于中西方不同的文化背景和历史背景。在不用的思想和风俗的作用的下，慢慢演化而成。同时在宗教和神话的影响下，各种各样的小风俗和习惯在婚礼过程中渐渐形成。 【感悟与体会】 中西方文化风俗差异面面观 肖 慜 中国是四大古国之一，有着悠久灿烂的文明，纵观中国五千年历史。自炎黄帝破龙族建华夏族以来，龙的传人在神州大地上孕育了卓越的文化。 首先是在服装上，殷商、秦汉、魏晋南北朝、唐、宋、明、清皆有其独特的服装特色。根据其作用又分为朝服、冕服、蚕服、庙服、礼服等。 其次是在饮食上，中国的菜有着悠久的历史，更已成为中国的国粹，流传世界。而中国食品更是享益世界，包子、饺子、面条也已成为中国食品的象征而受到全世界的欢迎。 然后是在风俗上，中国古代有着繁杂的风俗。单是一个婚礼，就有着三书六礼等种种规定，其内更有拜别、出门、掷扇……各种习俗正是体现了中国文化的悠久，在长久的生活中逐渐演化而成。 西方欧美等国家，也有着长久的历史。在西方特定的环境熏陶中，诞生了与中国各具特色的文化。 首先，在服饰上，西方的服装比中国打更复杂、更华丽、颜色较鲜艳。与中国的服装相比，体现出了西方人的烈情、思想较同时代的中国人先进，而中国人则体现了东方人的传统：朴素、保守、内向。 其次在饮食上，西方人以小麦以主，主食面包、牛奶及各种肉类。而东方人则以稻米为主，主食素食。这些差异起源于东西方的地理及人口差异，而西方人以咖啡为饮料，有别于中国的茶，咖啡味道更浓郁、口味更强，符合西方人的性格特点 最后是在风俗上，在婚礼中中国人喜好红色，代表喜气、吉祥。而西方人更偏向白色，以衬托出真挚爱情。相对于西方人，更体现了中国人的保守。 通过种种对比，将中西方文化风俗的差异通过大概的罗列和比较，可以得出中西方人的文化差异来自于中西方人不同的性格特点。 经过这次研究实践，增长了我们的知识，开扩了我的视野，开阔了我们的眼界，增加了我们的经验积累，培养了我们的能力，对我们的成长有着极大的益处。 研究中西文化风俗（婚礼服装）有感 沈 茜 中西文化风俗在各个方面都有着截然不同的差异，当然也有相同或相似的一面。经过今一个学期的学习研究，发现了许多有关中西文化风俗关于婚仪方面的差异。 现在我就举一些例子吧： 比如以浪漫著称的法国就被称为白色婚姻，白色是浪漫的法国婚礼的住色调；在菲律宾，观礼的嘉宾会轮流与新郎跳舞，并把金钱钉在他们的衣服上，有时后候双方亲戚朋友还会比赛哪方得到的金钱多。韩国的婚礼服装也挺有特色，值得一提——“两点”，新娘韩国新郎会穿上大礼服，新娘的嫁衣则是七彩的丝织服，配以长袖子和黑丝顶冠，这以阿拉伯的婚礼服装我认为是挺相似的，因为阿拉伯的新娘会穿着华丽的土耳其长袖袍子，不同的是视礼的女士会依习俗为新娘出嫁而恸哭，所以阿拉伯的婚礼又称为“恸哭”，当然这与我所谈论的服装无关。 服装是一种身份地位的象徽，一种符号，它代表个人的政治地位和社会地位，使人人各受本分，不得替越。因此，自古国君为政之首，服装是很重要的一项，服装制度得以完成，政治次序也就完成了一部分。所以人们就把服装分类，分为男服装饰和女服装饰这当然是起码的。所谓冕服是男服服饰的一种，是最隆重的典礼礼服，自天子至百官均服之.这与我们女服服饰中的讳衣是差不多的。为次于冕服的第二等礼服为朝服…… 服装是时代更新的产物，服装随着潮流的向前发展而推陈出新。中西文化的服装是永远值得研究的话题。 研究中西方文化风俗（婚礼风俗）有感 鲍 君 中国文化风俗历史悠久。经过这段时间结合西方文化风俗的研究，让我知道了更多有关世界各国的文化风俗，对这个世界认识了更多。也从中得到不少乐趣。由其是婚礼风俗，真的是各有其乐。 说到中国的传统婚礼，人们便会想到一些“三拜九叩”这些繁俗礼节，而异国婚俗呢？人们除了想到婚纱，教堂，牧师之外，便不会有太多的印象。但就因为民族，文化的差异性，使得各地的婚俗都呈现出很大的不同，然而正是这些绚丽多姿、五彩缤纷的婚俗习惯构成了人类社会中一道亮丽的风景线。 中国的传统婚俗中，从整个迎娶有15个过程，首先男方要祭祖，然后出发迎娶，在一路燃放鞭炮以示庆贺。女方在出嫁时也有着很大的规矩。看来他们都要忙上一整天了。 在中国的传统婚俗中还有着独特的“三朝回门”，即在婚后等三天，新妇由夫婿陪同下，带着烧 猪及礼品回娘家，祭祖，甚至小住一段日子，然后随夫婿回家。 在西方也有着他们特点,比如希腊要在手套中的糖,希腊的新娘子回在手套中放一些糖,代表把甜蜜带进婚眼生活.希腊人喜欢在婚礼中跳传统的国舞招待宾客.婚礼举行时,其中一项程序是由诗歌班的领唱者训示新郎要好好保护妻子,新娘子则会拍新郎的脚掌以示尊重.新人会用薄纱包裹着糖衣的扁桃仁,然后分派给宾客,以象征丰足和美满. 看来文化风俗真是悠远流长. 研究中西方文化风俗（婚礼风俗）有感 陈静娟 文化风俗有着源远流长的历史。研究中西方文化风俗更有着重大的意义，通过上学期的研究学习，让我认识到了中西方文化有着截然不同的区别。 通过网上查询、藏书资料及专家采访，我们获得了很多有关中西方文化风俗的资料。特别是对婚礼风俗的研究，我们有着更深一层的了解。 中国的婚礼风俗仍保持着传统的风格。婚礼讲究排场，婚前的一系列的礼节更是让人眼花缭乱：三书六礼、换庚谱、过文定、过大礼、安床、嫁妆、上头、迎亲……有些地方的人对于这种风俗很讲究，要结婚，则结婚前的程序一个也不能少。五十六个民族，五十六个风俗，对于同一个礼节，都有不同的对待方法。如求婚、结婚仪式…… 而西方的婚礼风俗则是浪漫式的，婚礼重在礼而不在乎排场。婚前礼节也没那么复杂。一切都爱轻松自在的气氛下进行。而结婚在西方国家也是各国有各国的独特的方式。如：法国的白色为婚礼的主色调。无论是布置用的鲜花，还是新娘的服饰。可以看出法国人眼中的婚姻应该是纯洁无暇的，而新人用的杯子，也有特定的名称，名为“Coupdemarriage”，意思为“婚礼之杯”。而德国人的“疯狂”与德国人一直崇高的理智与冷静不同。他们的婚礼更多呈现出疯狂的一面。德国人在婚礼中会举行party（派队），派对中，新人会被戏弄。这类似于我们中国的“闹洞房”，其中重头节目就是兴高采烈地将碟子掷碎……西方给东方人带来的最亮点大概就是举行教堂婚礼了，随着神圣的《婚礼进行曲》，步入鲜红的地毯，娇美的新娘手挽着父亲，捧着玫瑰慢慢向你走来。新娘的父亲将女儿的手放在你的手上，将女儿的一生托付给你，带上永结同心的婚戒……这种场面与中国的“三跪六叩”大相径庭。 文化风俗是个永恒不变的主题，婚礼更是主题的精髓。通过这次对中西方婚礼风俗的研究，让我的眼界更为开阔。 体会中西风俗 朱 伟 中国有着悠久的历史。就拿婚礼来说，大约已有2000年了吧！ 结婚的仪式多种多样。有祭祖男方在出门迎娶新娘之前，先要祭拜祖先。出发时迎亲车队以双数为佳，在迎亲礼车行列的途中，应在路边燃放鞭炮以示庆贺。 在礼车至女方家时，会有一男童端着茶盘等候新郎，新郎下车后，应赏男孩红包答礼。在进入女方家，新郎应持捧花给房中待嫁之新娘。此时，新娘之闺中密友要拦住新郎，不准其见到新娘，妨可提出条件要新郎答应通过后才得进入，其后还要拜别。出门，礼车，掷扇，燃炮，摸撙子（迎新车队到达新郎家时，由一位拿着橘子或苹果的小孩来迎接新人，新娘要轻摸一下橘子，并赠红包答礼。这两个橘子要放到晚上，让新娘亲自剥皮，意谓招来“长寿”）牵新娘，喜宴，送客，闹洞房等。 除上述还有三书六礼：聘书、礼书、迎亲书、纳采、问各纳吉、纳征、请期、亲迎。 在婚礼上还有不少礼节，如：吃香蕉、点火柴、夹弹子、对诗比赛、夫妻识字、等等。 通过这次研究，我才发现中国的礼节实在是太繁杂了，从而也可以发现中国的文化是多么的悠久。 研究中西文化风俗有感 赵皙萍 中国有5000多年的历史，因而也形成了自己独特的文化风俗，而西方在期快速发展的同时，也形成了具有自己特色的文化。随着中西方交流的日益加强，中西方的风俗的区别也日见明显。 研究中国与西方风俗的区别，是我门研究的目的。而我们对其的研究重点就是婚礼。婚礼无论对于中国还是西方，都有着重要的意义，因此也显的特别隆重。中国婚礼相比较之下就显的比较繁琐。首先，等婚约确定后，男家择吉日举行婚礼。男方要送上衣物 、首饰 、洋酒等，这是过小礼，之前还有过大礼。传统婚俗就有三书六礼、换庚谱、过大礼、安床、嫁妆、上头、迎亲……这才完成一个婚礼，而西方则显的简单多了。男女方先订婚，布置新房，准备婚礼，进入教堂就可以了。 提到中国的婚礼，人们首先想到的应该是喜气洋洋，到处都是红色，戴着凤冠，披着霞披，盖着红头巾坐在花轿里的新娘和骑着马的新郎。而西方的婚礼就显的更为浪漫。白色的婚纱，笔挺的西服，白色的汽球和庄严的承诺。 这些都体现了中西方的区别，中国的喜气，西方的浪漫……。通过对这一些的研究，我们对中西方的婚礼由感性变为理性，对此也有了很多自己的感想连带着。我们对中西方的冈俗也有了比较立体的理解。这也就达到了此次研究的目的。 中西婚姻观 姚娟娟 “三书六礼”是中国的传统婚礼。六礼是娶妻时所奉行的六项礼节仪式，三书是奉行六礼时应具备的文书，也是保障婚姻效力的文字记录。 中国传统婚姻的目的，主要是为了广家族、繁子孙，同时用来维护及提高家族名望及地位。由于婚姻会为家族增加一名外姓女子为成员，所以男家在选择媳妇方面特别严谨，以免有辱家声。因此，家族娶媳妇远比个人娶妻子来得重要。婚姻被视为家庭的要事，而非个人的私事，男女间的爱情并不能作为婚姻的首要依据。婚姻是要由父母作主，由第三者公开撮合，经礼聘迎娶的仪式和程序而实现，这就是所谓的“父母之命”、“明媒正娶”和“门当户对”等规限的定义。另外，在早期的社会中，除了“明媒正娶”外，也有纳妾、入赘和童养媳等嫁娶方式。在理论上，纳妾是要经正室准许，男方才能有第二个妻子，但事实上女方是没有选择的权利： 西方人对婚姻的态度很开放，结婚对人们来说，并不是爱情的最终出路，人们很多时会以「同居」作为试探对方是否真的可以作为永久的伴侣。而且，结婚不是由父母作主，男女透过恋爱而结为夫妻，盲婚哑嫁是极少见的。 男女结婚的目的，也不一样。中国传统婚姻的目的，主要是为了广家族、繁子孙，同时用来维护及提高家族名望及地位，但西方人结婚，多是希望他们的恋爱有个完满结果。他们的婚礼，不采取中国传统仪式，也有在教堂进行。比中国传统婚礼多了一份浪漫，少了一份约束。 哦！原来够识广的我，殊不知中西方风俗也有这样的不解。不同的历史、不同的社会、不同的文化背景造就不同的风俗，世界文化是深奥的、神秘的、多姿多彩的，时代在发展，文化也将发展，只有时刻不停地学习，才能了解中国赶上世界的潮流，列于时代的前锋。 翻译一下就行了

By studying the differences between Chinese and Western wedding, I understand their characteristics: Western wedding is pure romantic, and China is happy wedding; Western wedding is feeling valued, and China values the ceremony. In the West because of their different customs, have also formed their own characteristics wedding customs. Though, have different customs, but no matter where the wedding was all full of blessings and laughter. Wedding days are often considered the most important day of many people’s lives. For this reason alone, throughout the past and into modern day, numerous customs and superstitions have developed around the wedding event, in hopes of creating ‘The Perfect Day!’ A very common custom still honored today is in reference to a time-old saying, ‘Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence inside your shoe’. So old is this that tracing it back to its origination is nearly impossible. Some contribute it to Victorian times, others say it is even older than that. The ‘old’ is believed to be the friends and family attending the wedding. The ‘new’ is represented by the couple themselves, as a ‘new’ union. The ‘borrowed’ is something from the families that is to be returned, such as the bride's wedding dress, or the veil, borrowed from her own mother. Something ‘blue’ is often interpreted to represent the bride’s virginity, as in the opposite of red, which throughout time has come to represent a woman of many men. Modern day brides often wear a bit of blue material tucked out of sight. The sixpence can be any form of money, tucked into the bride's shoe, this to bring wealth, both in monetary means and love, to the union.

写作思路：可以从中西方婚礼时候的穿着以及颜色进行对比，中心要明确，避免语法使用错误等等。

正文：

Chinese wedding is more serious, while western wedding is relaxed and pleasant. These traditional wedding customs reflect the cultural differences between different regions.

中国的婚礼是比较严肃的，而西方国家的婚礼则是轻松而又愉悦的。这些传统婚礼习俗映射出不同地区之间的文化差异。

The biggest difference between Chinese and Western wedding customs is color. In China, red is known as a festive, lively, auspicious and prosperous color. On the wedding day, red is the main color, and the word "zhe" must be adhered to all kinds of items. The bride is centered on red, and the bride can only wear red clothes to get married.

在中西方婚礼习俗里最大差别是颜色，在我们中国红色被誉为是喜庆、热闹、吉利、兴盛的。在结婚当天主要以红颜色为主，各类物品上都是必须要粘着颜色为大红的“囍”字的，新娘更是以大红色为中心，新娘子只可以穿红色的衣服出嫁。

In western countries, white is the main color of wedding. The bride on the wedding day must wear white wedding dress, because white symbolizes inner loyalty.

西方国家婚礼则是以白色为主要颜色，结婚当天的新娘，必须身穿白颜色的婚纱，因为白色象征着内心的忠贞。

The custom of wearing white wedding dress in the West originated from the Victorian period in England. White wedding dress became the favorite dress for girls on the wedding day, while men in the West must wear white or black suits.

西方穿白色婚纱的习俗源于英国维多利亚时期，白色婚纱便成为女孩在结婚当天最喜欢的礼服，而西方的男士一定要身穿白色或黑色西装。

Western novels in comparison First, Western novels in the history of the development of Western novels are based on myths and legends of its origin. In ancient times, science developed, out of fear of nature, the working people out of the imagination is the key to many of the world "God", describing the personification of God is a myth; who will describe the deified, that is legend. China opened the world's Pan story, the story of San Juan Five Emperors, the West Greek mythology, Roman mythology, Norse mythology, and so on are all typical works. East and West, the original novel, is closely linked with the history, as historical records complement the event. China Pre-Qin prose in the fable, the Han dynasty in the history books, biographies, the Wei and Jin Zhi, Zhi-person novel; the West of ancient Babylon, "the United States and Ji Jia disabilities epic", in ancient Greece, "Homer's epic," "Aesop's Fables "And so on, fall into this category, fiction, novels such novels have been about the characteristics of fiction, it is still not the literary creation, directly from the private collection record, so this type of fiction plot is relatively simple, writing rough comparison. Ban Gu said, "On the Street Lane words, hearsay are made of" is a novel kind of accurate assessment of the image. China's Tang Dynasty, the novel is only from history and literature become a creativity. Tang Dynasty culture has developed, the author's ideas are more open, the legend came into being at this time, Li Zhaowei "Liu Yi Chuan", Po Chu's "Everlasting Regret," Wolf's "Everlasting Regret Chuan" And so on, are made in accordance with the creation of the legend. For the fictional story of the Tang Dynasty more emphasis on imagination and literary talent, not just the history of the nature of things, but as the history of Zhi Zhi who is also the novel did not stop. The Legend of the Song Dynasty to the novel on a gradual decline, which followed the rise of this so that after processing will become a scholar so many novel and Romance novels such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Outlaws of the Marsh", "Journey to the West." The author of such novels is the use of private creative and re-created to describe the circumstances of the touching scenes of brilliant and vivid active in shaping the character known, there are obvious story-telling style of language. Here by the redevelopment, it will become an independent literary creation rather than things to come together with the civil process, the representative of this type is the "Golden Lotus", it was an open and ordinary life on the road, the reality is that literature has come a long way The development of the latter's "A Dream of Red Mansions" in ancient China Geng Shiba realism to the novels of the summit. "54" after the novelist began to learn from China's western fiction writing practices, and gradually out a new path. Western novels, is the "Renaissance" after the rapid development of mature. The development of the Middle Ages novel near-stagnation in the West, 14, the end of the century "Renaissance" to overthrow the literature of the Church of control, 15, appeared in the western end of the century to promote freedom of thought and the liberation of personality in order to describe the reality of life and portray characters from all walks of life for the content of the Humanist novels, is to tie in with this type of novel anti-feudal Europe at the time of arising at the same time it also set the novel in the West to human describing the tone of the main things. Jiaqiu Italy's "Decameron", Spain's Cervantes "Don Quixote" is the kind of representative works of fiction. The resulting novel is a classical, elegant favor of its national language to standardize the writing of this novel in 17th century France's most well-developed. As a note on behalf of Corneille's "Cid" neoclassical story of the rise of Western novels have been a language substantially improved. The beginning of the 18th century to promote popular science knowledge, enlightenment of the public consciousness for the purpose of the Enlightenment novels, of which there are relatively well-known German Goethe's "Faust", the United Kingdom Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" and the Swift "Gulliver's Travels" and so on, this type of novel to the emergence of the bourgeois revolution at the time to mold public opinion. In the 19th century, romantic fiction, realistic novels and critical realism novel turn to occupy the leading position in the field of fiction. Romantic novels, such as France Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris", Goethe's "juvenile Witt of trouble" and so on, imaginative, unusual ideas, language and imaginative, strong feelings. Efforts to reflect the reality of the novel is the essence of life, and depict typical life of a typical phenomenon in the United Kingdom Dickens, France and Germany are of such novels as a representative of the writer. Critical realism novels exposed the efforts of the decadent feudal system and capitalist society, the dark, in-depth criticism of the reality of evil, France Balzac and Maupassant, the United Kingdom of Charlotte, Bronte,. Russia's Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, the United States of a large number of writers such as Mark Twain's works belong to this category. Value today, the three novels in the West is still the most important of the three types of literary fiction. East-West novel on the history of the development of more or less the case. Second, the characteristics of the novel in the West In addition to the basic characteristics of the novel, the story of the West also have their own characteristics are as follows: 1, the traditional Chinese novel attention to the characters, language and the details of the description, in contradiction to the conflict to display the images, but the character of a single, small changes in the absence of the main flu. Western novels are more people pay attention to the psychological description, stressed that mining figure in the subconscious mind, good at writing full, the changes in the strong sense of the main characters. Again, "coach Lin Feng Snow Mountain Temple" in the figure is only through dialogue and action leads to contradictions and conflicts, but Anna Karenina Wogui before a series of conflicts only with his description of the psychological will be able to express their clear; for poetry in Lin In the performance of her literary talent, and Paul with his inner monologue of the ideal; Zhang Zhong-Yong has only the character, but Jane Eyre's character is the brave, strong, warm, kind-hearted, and so many of the character and rubbing and Cheng's. In short, people in the area described in the West has its own unique features. 2, China compared with Western fiction novel plot twists and turns more and more complete story. Plot twists and turns, the story is complete fiction China's unique traditional arts. The Wei and Jin Zhi Zhi people on the novel twists and turns with vivid characteristics. Tang legend in the layout of many of the famous, magnificent anomaly, rigorous and clever, dramatic plot development. The contents of the Ming and Qing Dynasties novels scattered irregular, undulating waves, Cuoluoyouzhi, careful structure, an integral whole. "A Dream of Red Mansions", everywhere She Fu, Hui turning point, the story of Jia's best writing. Western plot in respect of the outstanding works, although there are many, but it can not be compared with the Chinese novel. 3, concise and lively Chinese language novel, rich in content and rich Western novels. Chinese folk artists absorbed the novel language, at the same time inherited the fine traditions of ancient prose, often a few words will be able to outline the incident or the people. Western novels in the author includes a broad range of knowledge, involve the community in many ways, so rich in content and rich people can gain knowledge in many areas. Engels said he was in Balzac's novel about 19th century France's domestic situation than he received any reports are more. Western novels have different characteristics, and also in the West different aesthetic concepts to a certain extent related. 4, Western novels have been the rule of the feudal culture of oppression destroyed. Chinese feudal culture makes the development of the novel is extremely difficult, Ming and Qing Dynasties more people to write stories for shame, so many great writers living, creating the conditions are not covered, many of the great works of authors who do not know. Western novels in the feudal culture makes almost the whole of the Middle Ages in the development of extremely slow, and many talented writers were forced to church services, wrote some of the religious nature of the article dry hole. Third, Western novels in the future prospects for the development of End of the Qing Dynasty, China and the West have begun to understand the other side of the system, the advantages of the novel in the West have been constantly learn from each other. Of course, due to historical reasons, the Chinese side of the draw a little more. To this day, the novelist in the West efforts are still two researchers in the novel's artistic charm, although the different languages of each other's appreciation of the arts to a certain extent, but the United States are interlinked. We have every reason to believe that in the near future, the novel art in the West will ultimately learn from each other and integrate, develop and reach new artistic heights. 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Chinese and Western cultural differences in the performance of every aspect of daily life from the greeting 、 term diet and cultural differences in the way of thinking in the abstract, such as differences everywhere, from the West focus on the following colors to express the difference between Chinese and Western cultural differences in areas such as a wedding set. First, in the West to express the color difference Different colors in different languages is not expressed in the same way. The representative of China in a sense, the West has a meaning that even the "color" to understand the meaning of the contrary. (A) red (red) Whether in China or in the English-speaking countries, often in red and festive celebrations or day-related. Calendar, red font used these days, therefore, red letter day: refers to the "Day" or "happy occasion." It also refers to the red "liabilities" or "loss" because people are always negative in red to register. So there are these phrases: red figure deficit in the red loss In common with the Chinese "red" words, translated into English, may not necessarily use the "red" for example: brown sugar brown sugar red wine red wine (B) yellow Yellow in English and Chinese in the extended meaning of the differences are considerable. In English, yellow can be said that the "timid, cowardly, despicable," meaning, for example: a yellow dog despicable, cowardly people a yellow livered coward Chinese yellow symbol of the term is sometimes vulgar, vulgar and obscene, indecent indecency means, such as yellow film, erotica, yellow CD, and so on. These in the name of "yellow" in English and "yellow" has nothing to do. However, in another English word blue is the color used to indicate the kind of meaning in Chinese, such as the blue jokes (dirty joke), blue films (yellow film). Second, the cultural differences in Western wedding First of all, in Western wedding culture and the first in the West in thinking about the differences: the Chinese people more conservative, like excitement, more old-fashioned thinking, so in the history of China for thousands of years the entire wedding customs did not change much. The thinking in the West is more open to the requirements of the wedding will be lower, they will be the climax of the wedding in the church: the sacred as the "wedding march" into the red carpet, Jiao Mei's father, the bride linked hands Rose walked slowly to the groom, the bride's father, daughter to the groom's hand on hand, her daughter's life will be entrusted to the groom, all eyes followed the couple, filled with well-being in their face. Second, the result of cultural differences wedding in the West because the West in a different religion. China is mainly Buddhist, but the West is mainly Christian. Therefore, the Western wedding is to be held in the church and the priest is Zhuhun Ren. China's traditional customs of the most important part of the Bai Tiandi is, the worship heaven and earth even after the ceremony has become.中西方文化差异表现在方方面面，从日常生活的打招呼用语、饮食文化等差异到思维方式等抽象方面的差异无所不在，下面着重从中西方颜色表达的差异，中西方婚礼文化差异等方面阐述。 一、中西方颜色表达的差异 不同颜色在不同语言中表达的方式并不一样。在中国代表一种意义，在西方又表示一种涵义，甚至对“颜色”的涵义理解恰恰相反。（一）red（红色）无论是在英语国家还是在中国，红色往往与庆祝活动或喜庆日子有关。日历中，这些日子常用红色字体，因此，red letter day：指的是“纪念日”或“喜庆的日子”。红色还指“负债”或“亏损”，因为人们总是用红笔登记负数。于是就有了这些词组：red figure赤字 in the red亏损汉语中常用的带“红”字的词语，翻译成英语，可不一定用“red”例如：红糖brown sugar 红酒red wine （二） yellow黄色在英语和汉语中的引申含义差别比较大。英语中，yellow可以表示“胆小、卑怯、卑鄙”的意思，例如：a yellow dog 可鄙的人，卑鄙的人a yellow livered 胆小鬼汉语中黄色一词有时象征低级趣味、色情庸俗、下流猥亵的意思，如黄色电影、黄色书刊、黄色光碟等等。这些名称中的“黄”与英语中的“yellow”无关。然而，英语中另一个颜色词blue却常用来表示汉语中这类意思，如blue jokes（下流的玩笑）， blue films（黄色电影）等。 二、中西方婚礼文化差异 首先，中西方婚礼文化差异首先和中西方人在思维方面的差异有关：中国人比较保守，喜欢热闹，思维较古板，所以在中国历史几千年的时间里整个婚礼的习俗并没有多大的变化。而西方人的思想则比较开放，对于婚礼的要求也比较低，他们婚礼的高潮则是在教堂中：随着神圣的《婚礼进行曲》步入鲜红的地毯，娇美的新娘挽着父亲手捧玫瑰慢慢向新郎走去，新娘的父亲将女儿的手放在新郎的手上，将女儿的一生托付给新郎，所有人的目光注视着这对新人，幸福洋溢在他们的脸上。其次，造成中西方婚礼文化差异的原因是中西方不同的宗教。中国是以佛教为主，而西方则是基督教为主的。所以西方的婚礼是在教堂中举行而主婚人则是神甫。中方的传统婚俗中的最重要环节就是拜天地，拜了天地以后就算是礼成了。