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1、中国婚礼习俗（英文版）Eversinceancienttimes,therehasbeenasayingthatthethreemostdelightfulmomentsinone'slifecomewithsuccessintheimperialexamination,marriageandthebirthofason.FromtheQin(221BC–206BC)toQing(1644–1911)Dynasties,thefeudalsystemdominatedovertwothousandsyears.Duringth
2、isperiod,theimportanceofgettingmarriedwasfarmorethanthatapersonfoundhisbetterhalf.Forthemaleside,itdeterminedtheprosperityandeventhefuturefameoftheirfamily;whileforthefemaleside,itmeantthatparentslostthechanceofseeingtheirdaughterforalongtime.Thustochooseanidealpart
3、nerwasvitalforboththeindividualandthefamily.Infeudalsociety,amarriagewouldbedecidednotbyayoungcouple'slove,butbytheirparents'desires.Onlyafteramatchmaker'sintroductionandwhenparentsconsideredthetwofamilyconditionsweresimilarandcouldbematched,wouldthemarriageprocedur
4、esgoforward.Conditionsthatshouldbetakenintoconsiderationincludedwealthandsocialstatus.Ifaboy'sfamilywaswell-offoranofficialfamily,hisparentswouldneverpermithimtomarryagirlfromapoorfamily.Essentialtothemarriageprocesswerethecommonlyrecognized'threeLettersandsixetique
5、ttes'.Thethreeletterswerethebetrothalletter,thegiftletterwithagiftslistandtheweddingletterusedonthedaythebridegroommethisbrideatherhome.Sixetiquettesthenledtothefinalweddingceremony.Infeudalsociety,amarriagewouldbedecidednotbyayoungcouple'slove,butbytheirparents'des
6、ires.Onlyafteramatchmaker'sintroductionandwhenparentsconsideredthetwofamilyconditionsweresimilarandcouldbematched,wouldthemarriageproceduresgoforward.Conditionsthatshouldbetakenintoconsiderationincludedwealthandsocialstatus.Ifaboy'sfamilywaswell-offoranofficialfamil
7、y,hisparentswouldneverpermithimtomarryagirlfromapoorfamily.Essentialtothemarriageprocesswerethecommonlyrecognized'threeLettersandsixetiquettes'.Thethreeletterswerethebetrothalletter,thegiftletterwithagiftslistandtheweddingletterusedonthedaythebridegroommethisbrideat
8、herhome.Sixetiquettesthenledtothefinalweddingceremony.Proposing:whenaboy'sparentsintendedtomakeamatch,theywouldinviteamatchmakertoproposew
