中国婚礼习俗

Ten: Lift the veil 10.掀盖头：用秤杆挑下 新娘的盖头。
cross-cupped wine 交杯酒
• All In One合为一体 • never to be separated 永不分离
Chinese Wedding Customs 【food】
• • • • Chinese date 枣 peanut 花生 longan 桂圆 chestnut 栗子 early birth of a healthy baby 早生贵子
Chinese traditional wedding culture
Group member: 卢佳慧 华敏洁 顾春香 顾伟伟 鲁赛 曹澄君
Catalog
• Concept and Origin • Components
• Customs
• Wedding procedure • Chinese Wedding Customs Food • Modern wedding
Modern Wedding
With the development of ideology, the style of wedding has change a lot .A lot of etiquette has been omitted. Red isn’t the only colour used to decorate the whole wedding. Western-style wedding started to become mainstream
Concept and origin
• 婚礼，在中国原为“昏礼” • 古人认为黄昏是吉时，所以会在黄昏行娶 妻之礼；基于此原因，夫传统中式婚服(明 制)妻结合的礼仪称为“昏礼”。 • 昏礼在五礼之中属嘉礼，是继男子的冠礼 或女子的笄礼之后的人生第二个里程碑。
Components
• 礼 即「订婚」正婚礼， • 即 「结婚」或「成婚」的礼仪,就 是夫妻结合的意思婚後礼， • 是 「成妻」、「成妇」或「成婿」 之礼
4. Dowry (嫁妆)
婚礼流程
1. 亮轿：花轿停在新郎家门口。向四邻昭示。
2. 发轿：新郎来到新娘家，迎娶新娘上轿。 3. 起轿：轿夫起轿，两面开道锣鼓喧天，前 往新郎家。
4.Top the sedan on the way to exorcise evil spirits中途颠轿：意在挡煞。
1. Six Chinese marriage there were three books三书 六礼
[三书] 指在“六礼”过程中所用的文书， 包括聘书、礼书和迎书。 [六礼] 指由求婚至完婚的整个结婚过程。 指纳采、问名、纳吉、纳征、请期和亲 迎。
2.安床
3. change the hair style 上头 是旧时女子嫁前改变发型 的礼仪
5. Kick the curtain of the sedan chair（轿子） 踢轿门
Purpose：to kicked off the bride‘s pride去傲 气
6.三箭定乾坤： 射天，祈求上天的 祝福; 射地，代表天长地久： 射向远方，祝愿末来和生活美满幸福。
7.Under the sedan 新娘下轿：地铺红 毡，新娘 鞋不能沾地。
Chinese Traditions Wedding - 1990
Obtain a marriage license has become a necessary step
Married couple prefer to go to the church to hold their wedding
Red package 红包
After that, the s源自文库periors（长辈） will give them red packages with monetary gifts and wish them well.
Into the bridal chamber
进入洞房：上枣和栗 子，寓意“早立子”
Customs
China is a large country with 56 nationalities. Different nationalities have different marriage customs, but whatever the nationality is, the wedding ceremony is usually very complicated.
7.Over the brazier
过 火 红盆 红： 火象 火征 。日 子
8. Cross-saddle 跨马鞍：马鞍 上放苹果，寓意平平安安。
9.obeisance [əu‘beisəns] 拜堂
three worships： worship the heavens and the earth拜天地 worship the groom‘s ancestors and parents拜高堂 worship each other 夫妻对拜