中西方婚礼在文化上的对比论文英文

毕业论文（设计）

（2011届）

题目The parison of Wedding in Chinese

and American Cultures.

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摘要

摘要容：本文主要以婚礼为依据，从婚礼上的服饰、仪式、婚礼前的准备工作和音乐四个方面进行对比，从而体现出中国和美国在婚礼上的差异。其次又分析了形成这些差异的原因。主要的原因有三个：思维模式的差异、人生观和价值观的差异以及信仰的差异。随着改革开放的发展，中西方的交流越来越频繁。所以本文通过这些差异的对比，让大家清晰地了解中国和西方国家在婚礼上的差异，从而体现出中西方在文化上的差异。只有这样才能使不同的民族更良好地沟通，也只有这样才能更好地进行跨文化交际和跨文化传播。

关键词：中美婚礼；差异；文化；跨文化交际；跨文化传播

Abstract

容：The article is based on the wedding. It is from four angles to narrate the differences between Chinese wedding and American wedding. I will go with an idea to contrast the costume, the ceremony, the preparation of the wedding and the music in Chinese and American weddings. And then I will display the reasons of forming these differences which are the different thought patterns, differentphilosophy and values and different religious belief between Chinese and American people. We will understand the differences and the reasons mentioned above clearly through these parisons. In my opinion, the purpose of knowing the differences of China and America is to make the different nations municate better. And only in this way can we do better in the intercultural munication and the cross-cultural transmission.

Key words:Chinese and Americanwedding; difference; intercultural munication;

cross-cultural transmission

Contents

Ⅰ Introduction (1)

1.1 The Significance of Wedding (1)

1.2 The Origin of Chinese Wedding (1)

1.3 The Origin of American Wedding (2)

Ⅱ The parison of Wedding Between Chinese and American Cultures (3)

2.1 The Differences of Costume in Chinese and American Wedding (3)

2.1.1 Costume in Chinese Wedding (3)

2.1.2 Costume in American Wedding (4)

2.2 The Differences of Ceremony in Chinese and American Wedding (5)

2.2.1 Ceremony in Chinese Wedding (5)

2.2.2 Ceremony in American Wedding (6)

2.3 The Differences of Preparation before Chinese and American Wedding (7)

2.3.1 Preparation before Chinese Wedding (7)

2.3.2 Preparation before American Wedding (8)

2.4 The Differences of Music in Chinese and American Wedding (9)

2.4.1 Music in Chinese and American Wedding (9)

Ⅲ The Reasons of Forming These Differences (10)

3.1 The Difference of Thought Patterns Between Chinese and American Cultures (10)

3.2 The Difference of Philosophy and Values Between Chinese and American Cultures (11)

3.3 The Difference of Religious Belief Between Chinese and American Cultures (11)

Ⅳ Conclusion (12)

Ⅰ Introduction

1.1 The Significance of Wedding

Wedding is a legitimate or a religious ceremony. It is for celebrating the beginning of a marriage. Each country and each nation has their own traditional wedding. Wedding is the most important ceremony in our whole life. There are three influential wedding in the world: Confucianism wedding; Hindu wedding and Christian wedding. Confucianism wedding is a traditional wedding of China and the Christian wedding is a tradition wedding of America. In Christianity, there is a clear significance of marriage. It is said that marriage is a decree from God. In my opinion, marriage is a new life for people who love their lovers and the wedding is a ceremony for people to verify their sweet affection.

1.2 The Origin of Chinese Wedding

The origin of Chinese wedding is from a myth and legend. It is said that in remote antiquity, there was likely to be some heavy flooding, almost all animals and human died except Nuwa and Fuxi. The God of Venus who is an immortal of Chinese ancient mythology asked them to get married to reproduce human, but both of them disagreed with this because they were brother and sister. However, if they didn’t get married, mankind would deracinate. At the same time, Nuwa and Fuxi came up with a method that if they can connect the bamboos which were cut down and then they would get