中国婚礼习俗解析.ppt

Traditional Chinese Wedding In China,There are the three most happiest events in peoples life: 1.Have passed the examination 2.Wedding night 3.Run into an old friend in a Foreign land Today , we will introduce the Chinese traditional wedding to you. L Preparation of the wedding Wedding gown Day of the wedding Day After the Wedding The importance of getting married was far more than that a person found his better half, it also determined the prosperity（繁荣）and even the future fame of their family; Preparation of wedding In feudal society, a marriage would not be decided by a young couple’s love, but by their parents’ desires. So , a formal wedding should be introduced by a matchmaker（媒人） and the two parts parents considered the two family wealth and social status.If this were similar and then could be matched.（门当户对）. The main 6 necessary procedures of the wedding：（六礼） Match-making（说媒） Someone who are willing to matchmaking introduces the wedding and acts as go-between for betrothal?. Ask a horoscope and the birth (问名) Compare the two parts ’ eight characters（including the year , month , day and hour of a person‘s birth） Inform the wifes side the preliminary plan（纳吉） Engagement and present betrothal gifts.（定亲下聘） It is a critical part in the traditional wedding, represents the two family wealth and social status.The betrothal gift mostly includes : The ritual post（礼帖）,The ritual money（礼金）,all kinds of dried fruit , double meats gold –silver jewelry and so on. Please a nice date（请期） The brides family seeks a auspicious occasion ,but people would keep away from the March , the June ,the November. ?Escorting（迎亲） wedding gown（礼服） In Zhou State , the wedding is thought as sacred and solemn（庄重的）. So the bride and bridegroom are required to wear black gown. In Tang Dynasty , the gown was more vivid（鲜艳的） than Zhou , the gown of bridegroom is red and the bride is green. In Ming Dynasty , the civilian（平民）could dressed as officer during the wedding ceremon