中英婚俗差异(跨文化)

• Picking auspicious wedding date（请期）
• Wedding ceremony（亲迎）
Britain —Wedding Preparations The woman: • Preparing guest list and send invitations • Contacting with the church pastor • Wedding reception
则父母国人
Only love could purity marriage, and only the marriage purified by love is true marriage. 只有爱情才能使婚姻变得 圣洁，只有被爱情圣洁化 了的婚姻才是真正的爱 情。—海明威
皆贱之。
—《孟子·滕文公下》
Something Blue...
• to represent purity and love • a blue dress —a blue band around the bottom —a blue garter （吊袜带）
Sixpence in your shoe ...
• A symbBaidu Nhomakorabeal of wealth
CHINA
Main Purposes of marriage:
LOVE is NOT the basis for marriage. • offspring (繁衍后代) • strengthen the family（壮大家族） • improve the family's reputation and status.
Something New... • Success and Hope in her marriage. • The easiest category to fill • A new wedding dress.
Something borrowed... • From a friend that is happily married • Bring lasting happiness
•4.Transportation
Ceremony Process
The bride pulls her
father and enter the church.
Puts his daughter's
hand to the bridegroom's hand.
The exchange of rings
Chief wedding witness gives a speech.
（证 婚 人）
Strews the Flower Petal & Bouquet
Wedding Ceremony
best friends and closely
relatives.
Cut the cake together
Chinese Wedding
1. Color: RED-Dajidali.
2. Location:Bridegroom’s home
3.Dress 4.Transpotation
Wedding Process
fetch the bride
Three Bows
bride's sedan
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PART II
Wedding Preparations
China—Three Letters and Six Rites（三书六礼）
Three Letters Includes： • Request letter（聘书）
• Gift letter（礼书）
• Wedding letter（迎书）
Britain —Wedding Preparations The man: • Decorating the new house • Arranging the photographer
• Paying the cost of the church.
PART
III
Wedding
Ceremony
Britain
• Marine culture （海洋文明）
open and pluralistic politically more democratic.
• the pursuit of equality and freedom. • Pay more attention to personal wishes.
Britain
• Parents CAN'T make a decision. • pepouse:just for love marriage is the consummation of love. • "trial marriage(试婚)"
不待父母之命，媒妁之
言， 钻穴隙相窥，逾
墙相从，
Dance or leave freely.
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PART
IV
More wedding customs
British brides prepare for wedding ...
"Something old, something new,
something borrowed, something blue
Traditional Marriage Convention Difference Between China and Britain
中英婚俗差异
I. Cultural background and Marital Conception II. Wedding preparations III. Wedding Ceremony IV. More wedding customs
and a silver sixpence in your shoe"
Something Old ... • Represent continued ties to her old life • Family jewelry • Wedding dress worn by their mother or grandmother
PART I
Cultural Background and Marital Conception
CHINA
• the east of the Eurasiancontinent
• River Civilization.（大河文明） • Small-Scale Peasant（小农经济）： self-sufficiency and enclosed.
• financial wealth • A wealth of happiness and joy
JUST AFTER WEDDING ...
China
• 三朝回门 ”A bride's homecoming on the third day after matrimony”
• Diner guests ——Another get-together
China—Three Letters and Six Rites（三书六礼）
Six Rites Includes：
• Proposing（纳采） • Asking Birthday（问名） • Making sure birthday matching（纳吉） • Presenting wedding gifts（纳征）
Wedding Process
Go to the bridal chamber（入洞房）
Wedding Process
To tease the new couple（闹洞房）
play some tricks
British Wedding
•1.Color
•2.wedding Location •3.Dress
Wedding Process
offer a cup of tea to mother-in law
give red envelopes
Wedding Process
The food for bride：
cultural significance

red dates, peanuts, longans and melon seeds. sounds like "Have a baby soon."（早生贵 子）
JUST AFTER WEDDING ...
Brain —Honeymoon（度蜜月）
• Origin：Drink a drink with honey for a month • Personal trip ——have a good rest
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by-L.