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1、DIFFERENCESBETWEENCHINESEMARRIAGECUSTOMANDWESTERNMARRIAGECUSTOM中西方婚俗的差异1IntroductionMarriageisformedinalonghistoricalevolutionofthemarriagecustominanation.Itistheregularityoftheactivitiesthatrestrainspeople'sawarenessofmarriageandmarriage.Marriagecustom’sbindingdoesnotdependonthelaw,andit
2、cannotrelyonsciencetestsneither,butontheforceofhabit,traditionalcultureandnationalpsychology.Duringthedevelopmentofhumanhistory,theinstitutionofmarriageandfamilysystemhasexperienceddifferentprocessesofdevelopment.Humanhaveexperiencedgroupmarriage,thedualsystemofmarriageandindividualmarria
3、gesystem(monogamy).2ChineseMarriageCustomLikeotherfolk,marriagecustomhasthesamedevelopmentandevolvingprocess.Intheearlydaysofhumanity,thehumanrelationshipinaverylongperiodoftimestillcarriedtheirregularrelationsliketheanimalworld.Therewasnomarriageatall,ifsuggestsome,theonly"arbitrarymarri
4、age."8InChina,marriagehasgonethroughforalongtime.Asamostgrandetiquette,ithasalwaysbeenahighdegreeofattention.Tocontrolthemarriage,thefamilyandthewholesociety,sincethebeginningofZhouDynasty,Chinesemarriageshouldcomplywithsixprocedures,whichistheso-called"sixetiquettes."AndLaterinTangandMin
5、gDynastyinChina,marriagealsocompliedwiththe"sixetiquettes".Astimegoesby,althoughmanyweddingcustomsexperiencedvariouschanges"Sixetiquettes"asthebasicpatternhasnotchangedmuch.Itisstillessentialandcoreinmarriagecustom.Marriagehaschangedmuchtoday,butinmanyplaces,therestillremainstraditionsuch
6、as:A.ProposingB.AskingtheNameC.AskingforFortuneD.SendingBetrothalPresentstotheGirl’sFamilyE.DiscussingtheDateofMarriageF.MeetingtheBride3WesternMarriageCustomditionalmarriagecustom.Inthemiddleageschildrenweremarriedatayoungage.Girlswereasyoungas12whentheygotmarried,andboysasyoungas14.Thea
7、rrangementofthemarriagewasbasedonmonetaryworth.Thefamilyofthegirlwhowastobemarriedgaveadowry,ordonation,totheboyshewastomarry.Thedowrywentwithherwhenthemarriagewasheldandstayedwiththeboyforeverafterthemarriage.Afterthemarriagewasarranged,aweddingnoticewaspostedon8th
