中西方婚礼文化差异

Solemn（/'sɑləm/ 庄重的 ） and holy, weddings are generally more quiet in the church or other place to hold the wedding in good order, but relatively speaking, less exciting than the Chinese wedding. Attention has been paid much to the Western concept of emotional expression, the pursuit of the perfect combination of romance and reality.
Candles ceremony Flowers ceremony Wedding chant
Sign engagement written 签写婚约 Declared married 宣告成婚
The wedding ceremony hold in a church or outdoor in a western country
2.The chaplet and official robes(凤冠霞帔) 2.White wedding dress
a chaplet and official robes （凤冠霞帔）
婚礼仪式
Wedding ceremony
The bridegroom go to the bride's home to escort(/ɪˈsk 护送) ɔrt/ her to the wedding 新郎到达新娘家迎亲
Differences：
❤ Wedding Colour
❤ Wedding Location ❤ Wedding Dress ❤ Wedding Ceremony ❤ Wedding Music
婚礼颜色
Wedding Colour
Two different colours
• Chinese -Red
Lift sedan(/sɪˈdæn/ 子) 轿
Drink the nuptial(/ˈn ʌpʃəl/结婚的) wine 喝交杯酒
Ancient china
Woman matchmaker媒婆 Match-making 提亲 Betrothal gift 聘礼 Sedan-chair bearer 轿夫 Marriage band 婚嫁乐队 Skirt & Gown 裙褂 Flower Ball花球 Bridal Sedan 花轿 Wedding Candles 花烛
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Comparison of Chinese and Western wedding customs 中西方婚礼习俗对比
Do you know of any differences between weddings in China and Western country?
Introduction:
• The west -White Meaning: quiet pure love
Meaning: luck, festive
婚礼地点
Wedding Location
Weddings are usually grand , inviting many friends and relatives.It is usually held at the hotel or a spacious courtyard. All kinds of ceremonies are relatively complicated, and tried every means to pursue an auspicious （/ɔˈsp ɪʃəs/吉利的） meaning.
chamber
鬧洞房: To tease the new
couple
play some tricks
Happy ending
西方婚礼流程
Minister addressed 主婚人致辞 New vow to marry each other新人互致结婚誓言 Exchange rings 交换戒指 点蜡烛仪式 鲜花仪式 婚礼诵读
A promise to each other
From this day forward,for better for worse,for richer for poorer,will you love her,comfort her,honour and protect her,farsaking all others,be faithful to her,as long as you both shall live?
Bride appearance The bride is seen walking down the aisle,leaning on her father’s elbow.
All eyes turn to her as she slowly moves forward to take her place beside the bridegroom in front of the clergyman.
婚礼服饰
Wedding Dress
Chinese wedding dress
Western wedding dress
1.Chinese traditional costume, most bride for red costume
1.The bride on wedding day wears the wedding dress with five items must be included as the old, new, blue and borrowed, the happy bride, and, in a sixpence shoes.
The bride will wearing a white wedding gown and holding a bouquet of flowers in her right hand.
BACK
The wedding process of westerns
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 her 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, exchange of marriage rings and kiss each other. 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。
fetch the bride（迎亲）
花轿bride's sedan
wedding process
music and firecrackers（鞭炮、爆竹）.
offer a cup of tea
give red envelopes
Lucky源自文库money
食酒婚桌wedding banquet
The exchange of rings
Through the bouquet
Large party
婚礼音乐
Wedding Music
The difference between Chinese wedding music and Western wedding music
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Thank You!
lucky candy
wine drunk at a wedding feast
一拜天地 1 bow to the heaven and earth .
二拜高堂 2 bow to their parents 夫妻对拜 3 bow to each other
入洞房Go to the bridal
中 国 婚 Arrive next car, the bride wedding location到达婚礼地点，新娘下轿 礼 bows(heaven and earth, parents, bride) 流 拜天地（一拜天地，二拜父母，夫妻对拜） 程
抬花轿 The bridegroom lift the bridal veil新郎掀新娘的盖头