浅析中西方传统婚礼文化的差异.docx
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浅析中西方传统婚礼文化的差异
AnalysisontheDifferencesinTraditionalWeddingCulturebetweenChinaandWesternCountries
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May10,2011
Contents
摘要ii
Abstractiii
1.Introduction1
2.TheoriginoftheChineseandwesternwedding2
3.ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterntraditionalweddingceremony3
3.1Thedifferenceinweddingcontractor3
3.2Thedifferenceinweddinglocation4
3.3Thedifferenceinweddingdress4
3.4Thedifferenceinweddingprocess5
4.ToanalyzethereasonswhichcausethedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternweddingculture7
4.1Socialsystem8
4.2Chineseandwesternvaluestowardmarriage8
4.3Religion9
4.4Behaviorcriterion10
5.ThemeasuresofreducingconflictinweddingculturebetweenChinaandwesterncountries,promotingcultureexchangeandintegration10
5.1Studyingwesterncountries’etiquette10
5.2Changingstudents’wayofthinkingbychangingteachers’wayofthinking10
5.3Guidingstudentstocontactwithwesternculturematerialsdiffusely11
5.4Blendingofweddingculture11
6.Conclusion13
Bibliography15
摘要
婚姻是一种人们为了维持正常的社会生活、社会风俗和法律规范化了的社会关系、社会行为。
婚礼是一种法律公证仪式或宗教仪式,用来庆祝一段婚姻的开始,代表结婚。
人们通过婚礼,把丈夫和妻子的关系公开并希望藉此能够得到大家的祝福。
婚俗是文化风俗的重要组成部分。
对于中西方婚礼文化来讲,两者有着自己不同的特点。
由于全球融合趋势的影响,许多分歧阻碍了人们的交流,因此,我们必须了解不同的文化,促进交流与融合。
婚姻是社会生活的重要组成部分,因此我们可以以婚礼文化为突破口,探讨中国与西方国家传统婚礼文化的差异,基于对两种不同文明之间存在不同文化的比较,找出产生这种差异的原因与历史背景,如社会系统,价值取向,宗教信仰,行为规范等等,从而我们可以采取措施减少这种差异给我们带来的负面影响,如学习西方的礼仪,改进教学方案,引导学生更广泛的接触西方文化,加大中国和西方国家文化融合等等。
本论文旨在通过研究中西方不同的婚礼习俗来分析中西方传统婚礼文化的差异,并对造成这种差异的原因进行初步的探讨,从而了解中外传统文化和历史背景,加强人们对中西方历史的学习,提高英语水平和开阔视野,促进中西方文化的交流与融合。
关键词:
婚俗文化差异文化交流
Abstract
Marriageisakindofsocialbehaviorthatpeopledoitinordertomaintainthenormalsociallife,socialcustomandsocialrelation.Aweddingisakindoflegalnotarialritualorareligiousritual,andit’stocelebratethestartofamarriage.Peoplewhoholdtheweddingtelleveryonetheirhusbandandwife'spublicrelationsandhopetotakethisopportunitytogeteverybody'sblessing.Marriageisanimportantpartofculture.ForChineseandwesternweddingculturespeaking,thetwobothhavetheirowndifferentfeatures.ThispaperistoexplorethedifferencesintraditionalweddingculturebetweenChineseandwesterncountries.Basedontheculturaldifferencesbetweenthetwokindsofdifferentcivilizations,wecanfindoutthereasonsanddifferenthistoricalbackground,suchassocialsystem,valueorientation,religiousbeliefs,behaviorstandards,etc.Duetotheinfluenceofthetendencyofglobalization,manydifferenceshamperpeople'scommunication,therefore,wemustunderstandthedifferentculture,promotetheexchangeandintegration.Marriageisanimportantpartofsociallife,sothatwecanmaketheweddingcultureasabreakthroughpointtoanalyzethefactorshamperingtheglobalization,thuswecantakestepstoreducethenegativeimpactthatthesedifferenceshavemade,suchaslearningwesternetiquette,improvingteachingplan,guidingthestudentstocontactwithwesternculturemorediffusely,andincreasingtheblendingofweddingculture,etc.
ThispaperaimstostudyChineseandwesterndifferentweddingcustomtoanalyzetheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterntraditionalweddingceremony,andthereasonswhythedifferenceshavebecausedcarriesonthepreliminarydiscussion,andtolearnChineseandwesterntraditionalcultureandhistorybackground,strengthenthestudyofChineseandwesternhistory,improveourEnglishlevelandbroadenourhorizons,promotetheChineseandwesternculturalexchange.
Keywords:
MarriagecustomCulturedifferencesCultureexchange
1.Introduction
Foranycountry,weddingcultureisoneoftheimportantreflectionsofsocialculture.Weddingisoneofthegreatimportanteventsinpeople’slifebecauseofitsspecialsignificance.Itmeanspeople’sanothernewlifebegins.AsChinahasbecomingmoreandmoreadvancedtheseyears,theconnectionbetweenChinaandWesternworldbecomecloserandcloser.Inordertogetabetterunderstandingofeachother,therearealotofpeopletakeexplorationandanalysis.Allofthemhavemadetheimportantsignificanceandinfluence,andhavemadealotofachievements.Chinaisatraditionalcountry,anditstraditionalweddingisalwaysbedeckedwithred,anditlooksjubilant.WhiletheWesternpeople’sthoughtismoreopen,thetraditionalweddingisalwaysbedeckedwithwhitewhichrepresentspurityandromance,etc.
ThisthesisaimstostudyChineseandwesterndifferentweddingcustomtounderstanditsrelatedcultureandhistory,promotetheChineseandwesternculturalexchange.HeretheauthorfirstanalyzestheoriginofChineseandwesternweddingculture.Second,theauthorhasadetaildiscussiononitsdifferences:
Thedifferenceinweddingcontractor,weddinglocation,weddingdress,andweddingprocesses.Then,theauthoranalyzesthereasonswhichcausethedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternweddingculture,andtalksaboutthemeasuresofpromotingculturalexchangeandintegration.
2.TheoriginoftheChineseandwesternwedding
InChina,theweddingisabigprocessinaperson’slife.“婚”(Hun,meanswedding),thereisanotherwordpronouncethesamewith婚:
昏(Hun,meansdusk).AccordingtothecommentsofZhenXuan(AgreatmasterwhowasaccomplishedinConfucianism),thebridegroommustmarrythebridebeforedusk.Sopeoplealwayschoosetheweddingtimeatdusk,becauseitisthetimethat“Yin”comesand“Yang”goes.Thenpeopleadd"女"(nv,meansfemale)besidethe“昏”,anditcomes“婚”.Inancienttimes,marriagewasnotonlyfulfillingthemaleandfemale’sdesirebutalsohaveonemission:
tohaveasontocarryonthefamilyname.Therefore,marriageisnotonlytheindividualbehavior,butalsoagreatfamilyevent,sopeoplealwayspaymoreattentiontoit.EveninmodernChina,parentsoftenworryabouttheirchildren’smarriagewhenthelattersareintheproperage.Thiskindofsituationisincomprehensibleinthewesterncountries.
Chinaconsistsofmanynationalitiessincetheancienttimesandallnationalitieshavedifferentmarriagecustomandetiquette.SinceChinasteppedintothecivilizedsociety–Shangdynasty,theweddingbegantohaveasetofetiquette,andthenwasrecognizedastheweddingruleslater.Thisisaclassicrule:
Confuciansixetiquettes.Itreferstoofferinginitialpresentsforbride’sfamily,requestingforbride’sbirthdate,diviningbrideandgroom’sbirthdates,givingtheformalgiftsforthebride’sfamily,selectingtheweddingdate,wivingthebride.
Inthewest,Greekcivilizationisthebaseofwesternweddingculture,theweddinghistoryisrecordedintheKoran.Itsays:
menandwomenarethereflectionofthespouse.Attheancienttime,theslaveshavenorighttomarryothersandwomenhavenorighttochooseherhusband,everythingwasdecidedbytheirfather,thiswasveryunequal.Until19century,thetraditionalwedding’spatternswereformed.Alotofweddingcustomhavedistinctivesymbolandconnotation.Thebiblesays,inancienttimes,menmustusearingtoproposetowomen,andthiscustomoriginfrom9centurythePopeNicholasIenactedthelawthatmenpresentaringtowomenisanabsolutelynecessarilyprocess.PeoplealwaysgetmarriedinJuneasJunewasnamedinJunowhoisagoddessoflove.ItsaysJunowilltakecareofthenewcoupleswhogetmarriedinJune.
3.ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterntraditionalweddingceremony
Eachcountryhasitsownweddingcustom,theweddingceremonyisanimportantpartofeachcountry’sculture.Withthedevelopmentofthesocietyandtheeffectsofglobalization,theformsofweddingareunceasingchanging.Ourweddingculturealsoconstantlyinfluencedbywesternweddingculture.NowadaysmostyoungpeopleinChinaoftenchoosewestern-stylewedding.HowmanydifferencessexistbetweenChinesetraditionalweddingcultureandwesterntraditionalweddingculture?
Inthisarticle,wediscusstheweddingcontractor,weddinglocation,weddingdressandweddingprocesstofindouttheirdifferences.
3.1Thedifferenceinweddingcontractor
InChina,fromtimeimmemorial,thereisaviewthatamanshouldgetmarriedataproperage,andsoshouldagirl.Onlytheboycancontinuefamily’sline.Aftermarriage,womenshouldobeyalltherulesthatthehusbandtoldher.So,inChina,thetraditionalweddingundertakingsideisgenerallythegroom'sparents.Thegroom’sparentsthinkotherpeople'sdaughtermarrytheirson,thenshebecameonepartofthefamily,sotheywillgivethebride’sfamilysomegiftsandthebride'sparentspreparesomedowrytotheirdaughter.Attheweddingdate,thegroom’sparentsinvitesomerelativesandfriendsattheirhomeorinahoteltohaveadinner.Butinwesterncountries,weddingcontractorisnotthegroom’sparents,whilethebride’sparentswillarrangetheweddingceremony.Becausetheythinkaftertheirdaughtergetsmarried,theywouldnevertakecareoftheirdaughterlikebefore;theyneedtheson-in-lawtakecareoftheirdaughterwell,thereforethebride’sparentsholdaweddingceremony,andsendtheirbestwishestothenewcouple.
3.2Thedifferenceinweddinglocation
ForourChinesepeople,theweddingshouldbegrandandlively.Theholderinvitesmanyfriendsandrelatives,sotheweddinglocationcommonlyischosenintheplacewherethetrafficisconvenientandthespaceiscapacious.WhiletheWesternweddinggivesprominencetosobrietyandsanctity.Theweddinglocationisgenerallyinachurchorsomeplacecomparativequiet.Theweddingisalwaysinperfectorder.ButcomparewithChinesewedding,itseemsnotsocheerful.
3.3Thedifferenceinweddingdres
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