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1、Americanweddingcustoms(美国婚礼习俗)Americanweddingcustoms:weddingcustomsareanationanimportantpartoftraditionalculture,includingthecharacteristicsofatraditionalcultureoftheAmericansinthemarriage,thefirstfeelingsofstress,communicationfreedom,freedomofmatechoice,lovefreedom.Lovebetweenmenandwomengenerally
2、donotneedmatchmakers,parentsrarelyinterfere.AmericansliketotietheknotinJune,sointheUnitedStates,"JuneGroom"argument,isthemeaningofwordsthroughouttheUnitedStateseachyearinJune,marriedcouplescanmeet.ThereasonwhyAmericansliketogetmarriedinJune,becauseinEnglishthe"June(JUNE)"andtheRomangodofloveandmar
3、riageinchargeofthe"goddessJuno(JUNO)"soundssimilar.AmericanswillbelievethattheweddinginJune,"thegoddessofmarriage"willbringjoyandhappinesstothenewlyweds.Accordingtocustom,marriedthedaybeforeembarkingonthechurchaltar,thebrideandgroomcannotbemet,thebrideisusuallydressedinwhiteweddingdress,withawhite
4、veil,symbolofpurelove.“somethingold,somethingnew,somethingborrowed,somethingblue”Iftheweddingday,brideswhowearsuchafewthings,theirweddingwillcertainlybeveryhappy.Thisisademand,thengoodluckGenerallyheldinachurchwedding,thewedding,thebrideholdinghisfather'sarm,slowlywalkedthroughthecorridortothealta
5、r,then,flowergirlwalkedinfrontofthebride,theflowerpetalsinapieceoffloatingdownthehallwaythen,thebridefatherbridetobringthealtar,tothegroom,thenthegroomontheleft,thebrideontheright,thefaceofpriesttostandbythepriestattheweddingoftraditionalform,thistime,peoplegiveeachothernewweddingring,ringsymboliz
6、esthecommitmentofmarriage,andfinally,thepriestdeclaredthetwoofficiallybecamehusbandandwife.Aftertheweddingceremony,oftenheldagrandwedding,cocktailpartywitharichvarietyoffood,aftereating,thebrideholdingflowers,theweddingbouquetthrowntothosesinglewomen,butthissymbolofhappiness.Afterthewedding,thecou
7、plebidfarewelltotheguests,theguestshavetosprinklethemrawrice,wishtheirfuturechildrenandgrandchildren。AndtheUnitedStatescomparedtothewedding,atraditionalChineseweddingisverydifferent,firstweddingdress,atraditional