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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,Differences of Matrimony between East and West,Four aspects of the differences:,The purpose of matrimony,The relationship between the couples,The standard of mate,The wedding ceremony,Chinese peoples purposes of matrimony,In the old society, the purposes are to form a connectionexpanding the alliances among the relatives by intermarriage and to help the mans family to carry the family line.,In the modern society ,these,traditional purposes have,encountered big strikes.,Teenagers tend to believe,“the God named Love”.,Westerners purposes of matrimony,Second, westerners want to seek a,contrasexual,mate who can accompany them permanently. Thus can meet their physiological and mental needs.,.,First, people who have fallen in love wish a consummate love.,Western society always emphasize on the development of independence. Therefore, westerners have strong awareness of self-centeredness and independence. In the society among which individualism is very popular, the marriage is only a combination of two individuals. And the marriage is based on love.,To them, the marriage without love is an immoral marriage.,The West,83%,According to the statistics, 83% Americans regard love as the foundation and requisite motion of a marriage. 90% Americans believe that the chief principle of marriage is also love.,90%,The East,Chinese traditional ideas of marriage is the “conjugal felicity”.,Pay attention to the responsibility.,Children are an most important reason that an maintain the marriage.,The proportion of the marriage which is based on love,2%,爱到极点,无法控制,25%,甜蜜预约,彼此相爱,56.5%,和睦相处,互有好感,16.5%,互不熟识,无感情可言,The standard of mate,The differences of purposes of marriage lead to the discrepancy of the standard of mates.,The East,Chinese traditional standards of mate are innocence and well-matched family background. Innocence is the basic request put forward by men ,because they think such girls will take a vow of chastity, respect the parents-in-law, and keep family harmonious. As for well matched family background ,it is always the parents demand.,In the classical Chinese love novels, the love between poor scholars and rich girls was often opposed by the parents. If a poor girl wanted to marry a rich man ,she would only become a concubine.,Nowadays ,people may not abide the two basic request, but most of the boys are in favor of those virtuous and innocent girls, and most of the girls will attach importance to the boys income ,family background, educational background as well a s their appearance.,The West,The westerners standard of mates is the imagination on each other.,Other conditions, such as the background of family and level of education, are beyond consideration.,The relationship between the couple,The East,Male master outside, while female inside,男主外，女主内,1,Housewife/House husband,家庭主妇,/,家庭煮夫,2,Equal rights,男女平等,3,Westerners believe that husband and wife should be equal partners.,The West,In west, husbands and wives can seek jobs outside and carry the possibilities of finance together. They also do housework together. If youre invited to a westerners home, youll find that its common for the husband to cook,.,In Chinese style marital relationships, husband is the breadwinner of a family .and shoulder the major economic responsibilities of the whole family.,The wedding in West,The wedding of west belongs to a romantic type, The whole wedding from beginning to ending is filled with romantic breathing. The wedding gown is white and the groom costume is black.,Romantic,Church,Laughter,Hold the wedding ceremony in the church is the most important part. They will exchange the rings and kiss each other under the blessing of priest and relatives.,At the ending of the wedding, the bride will throw the flowers to the females resent. The one who get the flowers will be the next person who get married. Then the wedding will end in,laughters,.,The white wedding gown and black groom costume make the wedding ceremony more solemn and serious,.,First, the bride goes close to the groom, pulling her fathers hand with the wedding march. Then her father deliver her hand into the grooms. The perish will demand the bride and groom to make promise.,The wedding in East,The whole weddings main colors are red. This is also the representative of the traditional Chinese festivity colors.,Marry,Festivity,Three bows,The groom goes to the brides home to welcome her.,The groom and bride firstly thank the heaven and earth, secondly thank parents, thirdly thank each other.,Different from the West, the whole weddings main colors are red. This is also the representative of the traditional Chinese festivity colors.,In the traditional wedding, the bride usually wears long,yi, a phoenix coronet with a piece of red scarves.,The groom wears a long gown and a jacket, a red hat.,The bride seats in a red sedan, following the groom riding a horse.,Ancient Chinese,confucianism,marriage etiquette was: firstly thank the heaven and earth, secondly thank parents, thirdly thank each other.,Teasing the bride is the upsurge of the entire wedding,.,Thank You!,
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