中西方婚俗的差異

英語論文編號(hào):YY086字?jǐn)?shù):7063,頁數(shù):23

Contents

Abstract................................................................I
Key Words...............................................................I
摘要....................................................................II
關(guān)鍵詞..................................................................II
Introduction............................................................1
I. Chinese Marriage Custom .............................................2
A. Proposing ...........................................................3
B. Asking the Name......................................................3
C. Asking for Fortune...................................................4
D. Sending Betrothal Presents to the Girl’s Family.....................4
E. Discussing the Date of Marriage......................................5
F. Meeting the Bride....................................................5
II. Western Marriage Custom.............................................5
A. Proposal ............................................................6
B. Changing Surnames....................................................7
C. Choosing the Day.....................................................7
D. Holding the Wedding..................................................8
III. Differences .......................................................9
A. Different Marriage Media.............................................9
B. Freedom: Free or Not.................................................10
C. Right: Equal or Not..................................................11
Different Purposes of Marriage..........................................12
IV. Reasons for the Differences Above ..................................12
A. Religions............................................................12
B. Cultural Origins.....................................................13
C. Marriage Concepts....................................................13
D. Geographies..........................................................14
Conclusion..............................................................15
Acknowledgements........................................................16
Bibliography ...........................................................17

Abstract

       There are many procedures in Chinese marriage custom. 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 western marriage, there are four procedures. They are proposal, changing surnames, choosing the day and holding the wedding. As the different religions, cultural origins, marriage concepts and geographies, there are many differences existing in the two kinds of marriage customs. In Chinese marriage custom, the matchmaker functions almost all the time and youths have no right to choose and women are not on an equal footing 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 men and women are equal. There also exist common things in the two sides. They 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.

Key Words

Marriage custom; differences; reasons

摘  　要

      中國婚俗有著許多的儀式。最早記載婚禮習(xí)俗的《儀禮》云：“婚有六禮，納采、問名、納吉、納征、請(qǐng)期、親迎。”而在西方國家主要有4個(gè)程序，即建議，改姓，選期和舉行婚禮。由于宗教、文化根源、婚姻觀念以及地理環(huán)境的不同在一定程度上導(dǎo)致了中西方婚俗的不同。在中國婚俗中，媒人起著決定性的作用，而作為婚姻當(dāng)事人的青年男女卻沒有選擇的自由和權(quán)力，而且男女在婚姻中的不平等現(xiàn)象也屢有出現(xiàn)。在西方，是牧師在婚姻中起作用，并且青年男女有合法的權(quán)力去選擇自己的夫婿或妻子。當(dāng)然中西方的婚俗也存在相同的地方。它們存在了上千年之久。近年來（特別是新中國成立之后），中西結(jié)合的婚姻屢有出現(xiàn)。

關(guān)鍵詞

婚俗；差異；原因