The Chinese Relationship between Husband and Wife
In the modern society, the gap between male and female is not very great. Many women take part in social work and keep economic independence relatively. To some extent, the majority of women depend on men. In China, people think that being full-time housewife is universal and the woman is happy, but they always look down upon the man who becomes full-time houseman.
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Western wedding ceremony
They hold the wedding ceremony in the church.
The bride’s father gives the hand of the bride to the bridegroom, then they will change their rings and kiss with each other.
The Chinese Standard of Choosing a lover
For Chinese ,the first factor to consider is the family’s background. Second, the two families should be on the equal social status. And the financial condition should be well. Then ,the education background is taken into consideration. The last factor to think is the person’s appearance and figures.
The Chinese Relationship between Husband and Wife
In China, the husband often plays a leading role in the marriage, and his wife is to the subordinate status. This kind of marriage structure is due to the traditional cultural division, that is "Male master outside and women master inside". The husband undertakes the family life's main economic responsibility while the wife’s tasks are managing housework ,taking care of their parents ,helping the husband and teaching their children.
The purpose of marriage
Love and both sexes are the ground of western marriage. The people who falls in love with each other expect to gain a full result. So they will choose to get married. They search for an opposite sex partner because of they desire to meet the long demand of physiology and psychology. They think that the marriage without love is immoral and low-quality.
The rest conditions such as the family background or education backgront.
They can obtain more freedom and equal. They can decide which lover to choose by themselves. They can talk about it with their parents.
Western wedding ceremony
The western wedding ceremony belongs to romantic types, the whole wedding from start to ending is full of romantic breath. The bride‘s dress is commonly white, and the bridegroom is in the black suit .
Chinese wedding ceremony
The whole wedding is red ,and it was the color representing joyous in the traditional China. This makes the wedding ceremony becomes cheerful. In the traditional Chinese wedding, the bride generally wear red clothes and a red silk in her head. And the bridegroom generally wear a gown jacket.
The purpose of marriage
Chinese traditional marriage is based on family rather than love. It means that: Marriage can make the two families bigger and bigger, enlarge the scale of relatives. While, nowadays, the purpose of traditional marriage acknowledge the heavy impact. The younger pay attention to the marriage which true love come first. But it is not a simple thing to change love into the main purpose in the highly traditional country.
Chinese and Western Marriage
Marriage
Marriage is an eternal topic people have to face when they grow up . Marriage may be regarded as one of the most important things in human’s life. Marriage is the process by which two people who love each other make their relationship public, official, and permanent. It included phenomenal love, happiness, and fulfillments. Everyone views it as a transition time for his whole life. When people fell in love, every thing in their eyes seems pleasant and
The Western Standard of Choosing a lover
For westerners , the most important factor is the two person’s feelings. If they feel nice with each other ,they may combine with each other.
The reason why Chinese and westerners have different marriage ideas is that they have different customs and faiths.
Although there are so many differences between China and west, all of them have their own happiness .And people will bless the new couples all the same.
The western Relationship between Husband and Wife
1、The westerners believe that the husband and wife should be equal . In their own words: “Husband and wife should be equal partners.” 2、In western countries, the husbands and the wives can all find jobs outside and undertake the family life's economic responsibility together. 3、The husbands also do some housework and cooking, sometimes their cooking skill may be better than their wives. 4、They also share the responsibility of taking care of children. They always educate and look after their children together.