中美婚俗差异

Abstract

There are many Chinese marriage customs. The book Propriety and Ceremony, which records earliest wedding ceremony, says that marriage includes six etiquettes, namely, proposing, asking the name, asking for fortune, sending betrothal presents to the girl's family, discussing the date of marriage and meeting the bride. In American marriage, there are three procedures, proposal, choosing the day and holding the wedding.

As the religions, cultural origins, marriage concepts and geographies are different, there are many differences existing in the two kinds of marriage customs. In old Chinese marriage custom, the matchmaker functioned almost all the time and the youths had no right to choose and women were not on an equal status with men. By contrast, in western marriage custom, the priest functions and the youths have legal right to choose whom they want to marry and besides men and women are equal.

The two sides also have something in common. They both have been maintained for thousands of years. But in recent years (especially after the founding of modern China), people have tended to discard some of the details and advocate simplified marriage procedures and wedding ceremonies. The main purpose of this article is to learn about the differences of marriage customs between China and US.

Key Words: marriage custom; differences; reasons

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