中西婚礼异同浅析_英语论文

The Comparison of Differences Between the Contemporary Chinese Wedding Culture and the Western One 

摘要

婚礼是一个人一生中的转折点，也是一种文化的有机组成部分，它在经济全球化与文化多元化发展中起着重要作用。在文化差异的影响下，中西方的婚礼习俗也各不相同。本文旨探讨中西方婚礼在礼仪，禁忌，仪式顺序，色彩和婚礼媒介等方面的差异。接着从历史文化、信仰、价值观等方面分析产生这些差异的原因，从而加大中西方不同文化的交流与融合。

关键词：中国婚礼习俗；西方婚礼习俗；差异；原因

Abstract

A wedding is not only a turning point in people’s life, but also an integral part of a country’s culture. It plays an important role in economic globalization and the development of cultural diversity. Today, under the influence of different cultures, marriage customs vary from China to Western countries. This paper focuses on the different wedding customs between China and Western countries from several aspects: etiquettes, taboos, order, color, marriage media, and so on. Then the reasons of forming these differences are displayed, which are historic cultures, religious values. Only in this way can we promote the integration and exchange of China and the Western countries.

Keywords: Chinese wedding customs; Western wedding customs; differences; reasons

Contents

1. Introduction……………………………………….……………………1

2. Literature Review………………………….………..…………………1

2.1 Opinions of Chinese wedding cultures……......…….….....……………1

2.2 Opinions of Western wedding cultures.....………………………..…….1

3. Chinese Wedding Customs ………….………………………………...2

3.1 Etiquettes and customs at the Chinese wedding…..........…………........2

3.2 Taboos at the Chinese wedding……………………..........…………...3

3.3 The order of Chinese wedding ceremony……………..........…………..4

3.4 Color…………….…………………..........……………………………..5

3.5 Marriage media………………………..........…………………………..5

4. Western Wedding Customs …………….…….……………………….5

4.1 Etiquettes and customs at the Western wedding…...............…………...6

4.2 Taboos at the Western wedding………….……..................…………….6

4.3 The order of Western wedding ceremony………..........………………..7

4.4 Color…….……………………….............……......…………………….8

4.5 Marriage media……………………………..........…..…………………8

5. Reasons for Differences………………………………………………..8

5.1 Different historic cultures……………….......………………………….8

5.2 Different religious values…………………....………………………….9

6. Conclusion………………………...……………..……………………10

Works Cited…………………………………….…………………….…...12