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1、OntheDifferencesandIntegrationbetweenChineseandWesternWeddingRitualsIIntroductionMarriageisformedinalonghistoricalevolutionoftheweddingritualsinanation.Itistheregularityoftheactivitiesthatpromotespeople'sawarenessofmarriage.Weddingrituals’foundingdoesnotdependonthelaw.Itcannotre
2、lyonsciencetests,butontheforceofhabit,traditionalcultureandnationalpsychology.Duringthedevelopmentofhumanhistory,themarriageinstitutionandfamilysystemhaveexperienceddifferentprocessesofdevelopment.Astheunionofamanandawoman,marriageincludesnotonlywedding,butalsothepreparationphas
3、eforthemarriageandtheperformancestageafterthefestivities.Itrunsthroughthewholeprocessoflife.Thesecustomsplayaveryimportantroleinethnicstudiesandthehistoryofmankind.Chinaisacountrywithanancientcivilizationandalonghistory,andmanyrituals.Amongsomanycustoms,thereisaparticularonewedd
4、ingritual.Thiscustomhasgonethroughvariousandlongstagesofdevelopmentfromancientsimpleweddingceremonytolatercomplexceremony,fromfeudalweddingritualtothemodernfreeweddingritual.Duringthesecourses,people’sideasareprogressing,thoughwecannotsaythattheirideasreachtothetopofmankind’side
5、asallovertheworldoverallthetimebecausetherearestillbackwardideasexistinginmanyplaces,inmanypeople’smindsandmaybetheywillstillexistforalongtime.However,theyreachtothetopofmankind’sideasinacertainstageoftheuninterrupteddevelopmentofidea.26Greekcivilizationisthebaseofwesternculture
6、.Britainplaysanimportantroleinethnicstudiesandthehistoryofmankind.Comparingwitheachother,theyaredifferentinmanyaspectssuchasinrightaspectandinfreedomaspectandtherearemanyreasonsthatresultinthesedifferencessuchasculturalandgeographicalreasons.Withthedevelopmentofthemodernsociety,
7、people’sconceptshavechangedalot.Moreandmorepeoplewanttohaveaspecialweddingceremonywhichisuniqueintheworld,andmoreandmorepeoplechoosetheirwivesandhusbandswithoutthinkingaboutwhichcountrytheyarefromorwhatracetheybelongto.Sothemodernweddingritualscomeintobeing,inbothEastandWest.The
8、integrationofChineseandWesternweddinghelpsustof
