between China and Britain
PART 1
Every country has its own unique form of marriage. Today, our group would like to share the differences in marriage customs between China and Britain
Our presentation includes four parts
I. Cultural background and Marital Conception(婚姻观)
II. Wedding preparations
III. Wedding Ceremony
IV. More wedding customs
Now, let me introduce the first part to you.
PART I. Cultural background and Marital Conception
Culture is the origin of all acts, and Marital Conception derived from cultural
backgrounds. To give you a better understanding of the differences of Marital Conception between China and Britain, I will analyze their cultural background at first.
China
China is located in the east of the Eurasian continent（欧亚大陆）. Ancient China is the typical country of
1. River Civilization.
2. small-scale peasant（小农经济）, which is Self-sufficiency and Enclosed.
The main purpose of Chinese traditional marriage is
1. offspring,
2. strengthen the family（壮大家族）,
3. maintain and improve the family's reputation and status. Marriage is not a personal matter, but is related to the whole family.
In old china, unmarried men and women to know each other through a matchmaker under the arrangements of their parents.
SO, love is not the basis for marriage.
Next, let us look at the case of Britain.
Britain
Located in the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean ,
1. In the general sense, marine culture is more open and pluralistic,and politically more democratic.
2. By this culture, the British showed the characteristics of the pursuit of equality and freedom.
3. They pay more attention to personal wishes.
Compared with the Chinese marital conception, the British is more open.
1. Parents can not decide whom to marry their children.
Couples get married just for love, not for the family's reputation and status.
2.To British people, marriage is the consummation of love.
3. Most Westerners have a \"trial marriage(试婚)\" experience. Couples live together before marriage, to test whether he / she is really suitable for life companion.
There are two famous sentences,from Chinese 孟子and western 海明威. they perfectly reflect the marriage conception difference between China and Britain
The contents of this part has finished. My teammates will show you the next section. Thank you !
PART II
II. Wedding Preparations
1.China
China's traditional customs have a complex ceremonial custom called \"three letters and six rites\".
Three letters:
● Request Letter It is sent by the groom's family to the bride's family to confirm a marriage.
● Gift Letter It is actually a gift list that records the description and quantity of the gifts.
● Wedding Letter It confirms the act of bringing the bride into the groom's family.
Six rites:
● Proposing Proposal used to be practiced by a matchmaker.
● Asking Birthday The matchmaker would ask for the bride's birthday and birth hour record.
● Birthday matching Place eight characters at the ancestral altar to confirm compatibility.
● Presenting wedding gifts Groom's family will send wedding gifts to the bride’s family.
● Picking auspicious wedding date An astrologist will select an auspicious wedding date.
● Wedding ceremony On the selected day, the groom will pick up the bride from her home.
2.Britain
Compared with the Chinese customs, traditional British wedding preparations much simpler than Chinese.
The woman
● Preparing guest list and send invitations
Sending out invitations around two months before the wedding.
● Contacting with the church pastor
Discussing the adornment of the church, the invitation of the band and the date of the wedding.
● Wedding reception
Deciding what type of food and refreshments should be offered, pick a wedding cake and so on.
The man
● Decorating the new house
According to both sides of bride and groom’s liking, decorate a new house to live after marriage.
● Arranging the photographer
It’s necessary to remember the wonderful moments at the wedding day forever.
● Paying the cost of the church.
Giving bridesmaids and pageboy rewards and gifts, and paying the cost of the church.
PART III
III. Wedding Ceremony
一、China
1. Color: red Dajidali. So, traditional Chinese weddings are always filled with red things to bring auspicious blessings and respects.
2. Location：The bridegroom’s home
3. Dress: Bride: a chaplet and official robes Bridegroom: Kramer brown take
4. Transportation: The bridegroom always rent a sedan. The sedan will take the bride to bridegroom family..
5.Process：
1）fetch the bride（迎亲） After riding in the red bridal bride, the groom rode in front, with the matchmaker, and the Bridal teams to groom the family weddings.
2）Wedding Ceremony：
1 bow to the heaven and earth.
2 bow to their parents
3 bow to each other
3）offer a cup of tea, give red envelopes
4）Special food
5）Go to the bridal chamber
6）To tease the new couple
二、England
1.Color：White, present pure
2.wedding Location：church
3.Dress：bridegroom：western style cloth bride：wedding vell
4.Transportation：In traditional wedding ceremony, they didn’t use luxury car motorcade, the brides were often leaded by a flower girl to the church.
Flower road
5.Process：
1）The ceremony start. The Father arrives, broadcast approach music，the best man and bridemaid enter the church, nearby newlywed stand and face the guest. The ring child gives the wedding-ring to the Father.
2）Along with the wedding ceremony marching song, the bride pulls her father and enter church. Then bride's father personally puts her daughter's hand to the bridegroom's hand.
3）Music stop and entire audience are silent. Exchange the rings & take an oath.
4）Chief wedding witness gives a speech.
5）The ceremony finish. The newlywed leave the stage after music resounds, the guest applauds the celebration and strews the flower petal to them & Bride’s bouquet to single girls.
6）The newlywed cut the cake together, the guest dance or leave the banquet freely.
PART 4
IV. More wedding customs
Ladies and gentlemen,Now it's my turn to show you the fourth part of our presentation, More wedding customs.
1.Firstly, I will talk about the custom of “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in your shoe” ，which British brides should prepare for their wedding.
Something old
Brides must put on something old in the wedding to represent her continued ties to her family and her old life.
Many brides wear a piece of family jewelry as their old item. Some brides wear the wedding dress worn by their mother or grandmother.
Something new
Wearing something new is supposed to represent success and hope in the bride’s new life and in her marriage.
Something “new” is usually the easiest category to fill and most bridges will wear a new wedding dress.
Something borrowed
The borrowed item should be something borrowed from a friend that is happily married. It is suggested that their happiness will rub off on you and bring lasting happiness to your marriage.
Something blue
Wearing something blue dates back to biblical times when a blue wedding dress was worn to represent purity and love. Over time this has changed from wearing a blue dress to wearing just a blue band around the bottom of the bride’s wedding dress and in modern times, the brides wear a blue garter instead.
Sixpence in the shoe
Placing a silver sixpence in the bride’s left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth. This not only refers to financial wealth, but also a wealth of happiness and joy throughout her marriage.
Things of this custom have their own unique traditional meaning, but all of them are able to bring luck and fortune to the newly married couples.
2.Secondly, let’s take a look at what do the newlyweds do just after the wedding.
In China, the couple should go back to bride’s home at the third day after
the wedding,which is called “a bride's homecoming on the third day after matrimony”.
At that time, the bride’s family will diner guests and it’s just another get-together.
In Britain, the newlyweds will go for a Honeymoon after the wedding Banquet.
According to an ancient British custom, the newlyweds must drink a Special drink with honey for a month to symbolize a happy family life.Thus, this month is called the honeymoon.
The couples will have a personal trip during the honeymoon and have a good rest after the busy preparations of the wedding.
Our presentation is over, thank you!
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