传统中式婚礼英文版.ppt

Team work Members: Gina Anne Susan Psyche Liu Xiaohui 2010-12-11 Traditional Chinese Wedding 传统中式婚礼 Introduction Good afternoon ,everyone. Our presentation is about the traditional Chinese wedding. Chinese wedding is complicated and joyous . Today , we will show you the main five parts of the process of Chinese wedding . Please enjoy our presentation . Five parts of the wedding ? Part 1 迎亲 Go to the bride’s home to escort bride  One day , a family whose surname is Shu will marry their daughter. Now , they are eating dumplings together. In traditional Chinese wedding, it is a ceremony before the daughter leaves her parents to show the departure. Then, the bridegroom is coming to pick up his bride with a brunch of flowers on his hand. However ,the friend of the bride will not allow the bride groom to come in easily unless he agrees some terms. Generally ,the bridegroom will give a red paper containing money . Then, the bride will kneel down to say goodbye to her parents while the bridegroom just bow to them. ? Part 2 送亲 Accompany bride to bridegroom’s family on wedding day After saying goodbye to the bride’s parents ,the bride should get into a sedan chair like this …and there will be some happy music .Then these people will escort the bride to the groom. In front of the groom’s house ,they will stop . Then , a child with an orange in her hand will come . The bride should touch the orange ,which can bring longevity . After that , a blissful （有福气的）old person will come to help the bride cross a brazier（火盆） ,which means that inauspicious（不吉祥的） things will be driven out . Then, the bride should cross the threshold （跨火盆），but her feet can not touch it. ? Part 3 拜堂 Perform the formal wedding ceremony In China , this part calls “baita