中国传统婚礼 英文.ppt

The most happiest 4 events in peoples life Have passed the examination Wedding night meet rain with the long drought Run into an old friend in a Foreign land ;Traditional Chinese 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; In feudal society, a marriage would be decided not by a young couples love, but by their parents desires. Only after a matchmakers（媒人） introduction and when parents considered the two family wealth and social status were similar and then could be matched（门当户对）. If a boys family was well-off(富裕的) or an official family, his parents would never permit him to marry a girl from a poor family.;Chinese Wedding Customs ;;Chinese Wedding Customs 2. 六礼：是指由求亲到媒到迎娶，完婚的手续。分别为 “纳采”——俗称说媒，即男方家请媒人去女方家提亲，女方家应议婚后，男方家备礼前去求婚 “问名”——俗称合八字，托媒人请问女方出生/年月日和姓名，准备合婚的仪式 “纳吉”——即男方家卜得吉兆后，备礼通知女方家，婚事初步议定 “纳征”——又称过大礼，男方选定吉日到女方家举行订婚大礼 “请期”——择吉日完婚，旧时选择吉日一般多为双月双日，不喜选三，六，十一月，三有散音，不选六是因为不想新人只有半世姻缘，十一月隐含不尽之意。 “亲迎”——婚礼当天，男方带迎书亲自到女方家迎娶新娘;Chinese Wedding Customs; 旧时富家女子出嫁时的装束，以示荣耀。也指古代贵族女子和受朝廷诰封的命妇的装束。 明朝皇后至九品文官妻皆可穿着，按地位等级高低在颜色、花纹、装饰和用料上有所不同． 明朝庶人女子在结婚时也可穿着凤冠霞帔 ;;顶带花翎，身着蟒袍玉带;Groom costume -- red jacket;Chinese Wedding Customs 4.开脸 中国古方美容法，是去除面部的汗毛，剪齐额发和鬓角的仪式。中国旧时女子嫁人的标志之一。开脸人须是父母子女双全的妇人。用具有新镊子、五色丝线或钱币等。 开脸要选择在背人眼的地方举行，坐的方向或坐南朝北，或坐北朝南，忌坐东西向。 ;先用粉涂在面部，尤其是头发边缘处涂擦。之后用红色双线，??化成有三个头的“小机关”，两手各拉一个头，线在两手间绷直，另一个头只好用嘴咬住、拉开，成“十”字架的形状。这时，只需双手上下动作，那红色双线便有分有合。线挨到人的面部，便可将汗毛绞掉。两线贴近姑娘的脸面，扯开、合拢三下、绞掉脸上的汗毛，脸上呈现出三条线，因此又叫“弹三线”。而后反复在脸上绞掉四周的汗毛，再将辫子散开，在后脑壳上挽成“转”（发髻），并插上簪子及各种饰品，这时姑娘的形象霎时改观，脸面皮肤变白了，发型也变了，这就标志着做姑娘的时代已结束。;《开脸歌》 左弹一线生贵子，右弹一线产娇男，一边三线弹得稳，小姐胎胎产麒麟。眉毛扯得弯月样，状元榜眼探花郎。我们今日恭喜你，恭喜贺喜你做新娘 束发结簪表示已为人妇，为少女生涯的完结，为之结束，这是“结束”一词的由来;Chinese Wedding Customs 5、Combing Hair ;Chinese Wedding Customs6、food;Chinese Wedding Customs  7、crying with mother; Chinese Wedding Customs 8.shake the sedan chair;9、kick the curtain of the sedan chair;Procedures of the wedding ceremony ;P