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Differences between traditional Chinese and Western Wedding
Wedding Location
Wedding dress Wedding processes Related activities
Wedding Location
The wedding ceremony hold in the hall of a hotel or in the home of the groom in China.
Wedding Processes
Chinese traditional wedding
Step1: Proposing 做媒 Step2:Engagement订亲
Step3：Betrothal presents 聘
礼
Step4：meeting the bride 迎娶
Step5：wedding ceremony 婚
礼仪式
wedding ceremony 婚礼仪式
• 一拜天地 1 bow to the heaven and earth . • 二拜高堂 2 bow to their parents • 夫妻对拜 3 bow to each other
• When the new couple bow to the parents and serve tea to the parents, the parents would give the couple red packets with money or something valuable.
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Activities
• Wedding cake
• DancesLeabharlann • Toasts22
Wedding Invitation
Thanks for your listening !
The bride will wear a white bridal gown and holding a bouquet.
There are four trational things in western wedding.
• Something Old continuity with the bride's family and the past. • Something New optimism and hope for the bride's new life ahead • Something Borrowed an item from a happily married friend or family member, whose good fortune in marriage is supposed to carry over to the new bride. • Something Blue love, modesty, and fidelity
Drinking wedlock wine
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• The host declares the beginning of the ceremony. • The bride's father takes the bride to the groom. • The host asked the guests whether there are any objection to their marriage and if each of the couple is willing to marry. • Each of them recites his or her marriage vows（誓言） and exchanges the rings. • The host proclaims they become couple.
• 主持人宣布开始的仪式。 • 新娘的父亲带着新娘走到新郎身边。 16 • 神父问客人是否有任何反对他们的婚姻,如果每个这对夫妇
Before the wedding...
Bachelor Party
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Traditional wedding vows
I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for
richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to
love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.
Exchanging Wedding Rings
• Throwing the bouquet.
Would You Marry Me?
Word List
◆ bride 新娘 ◆ groom/bridegroom 新郎 ◆ priest 牧师 ◆ bridesmaid 伴娘 ◆ best man 伴郎 ◆ bachelor 单身汉 ◆ spouse 配偶 ◆ wedded wife/husband 已结婚的妻子/丈夫 ◆ wedding vows ◆ 结婚誓词 ◆ bridal gown ◆ 结婚礼服（婚纱） ◆ veil 面纱 ◆ bouquet 捧花 ◆ ceremony 仪式 ◆ Reception(仪式后）招待会
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Reception
• A wedding reception is a party held after the completion of a marriage ceremony. • The couple receives society, for the first time as spouses. • It applies to any social events such as dinners, balls or tea to show hospitality（殷 勤款待） to the guests.
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The wedding ceremony hold in a church or outdoor in a western country, presided by a priest.
Wedding Dress
Chinese: the dominant tone is red
Bride:a chaplet and official robes （凤冠霞帔） Bridegroom: Champion robes（状元服）