【正文】 women friends sang laments, mourning the bride’s separation from her family and “cursing” the go between, the groom’s family and even the girl’s own parents. This prewedding ritual often took place in the cock loft, so that the bride’s emergence on her wedding day was sometimes referred to as “ing out of the cock loft”. 6. The Wedding Day The bride’s “Hair D ressing” and the groom’s “Capping” Rituals are signs of their entering adulthood. Red is the traditional Chinese symbol of joy and is a theme repeated in the wedding clothing and other ritual wedding The author will mainly show the wedding day in the following part. B. Some Special Rituals of Western PreWedding 1. In the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, people are still keen on suitor way of the ancient Yorkshire in northern England. When girls grow up and want to get married, they will pay attention to the selection of clothing colors to give indication to the boys. The color of their selection is coordinate with the traffic lights. That is red, yellow and green. Although the girls are old enough to fall in love, when they are in red, they are not willing to be engaged. When in yellow, they tell the boys that if the boys are the ones they satisfied, they have the chance to get success. If the boys meet the girls who are in green tight clothes, they are so lucky. It means that they are longing for the love. According to the colors of the girls, the boys can know their feelings and choose the one they want. And the girls who have engaged always in red or light red, the colors means please don’t interrupt them. When the two have engaged, the fianc233。 and fianc233。e to indicate their affection. Moreover, holding a ceremony is necessary and sending the engaged ring is the most important part. 2. In America The betrothal is the private thing to the fianc233。 【標(biāo)題】 中西婚俗文化比較 【作者】 羅 涓 【關(guān)鍵詞】 婚俗文化；中國(guó)；西方國(guó)家 【指導(dǎo)老師】 劉 敏 向 俊 【專業(yè)】 英語(yǔ) 【正文】 Ⅰ. Introduction Wedding is one of the most important things in one’s whole life, and due to differe nt cultures, each country has different ways to hold the wedding ceremony. Different wedding customs convey different meanings. With the intercourse munication being more and more important, it’s necessary for people to learn more about the differences between China and western countries, which helps them to avoid the misunderstanding in cultural munication. Wedding ceremony contains deep cultural meaning of one country. However, it is not only a ceremony but a national mark to one country. Wedding is a kind of cultural phenomenon and also the reflection of multiple cultures, and the integrant wisdom of whole From every country’s wedding habits, the unique civilized phenomenon of one nation can be reflected. Therefore, searching on the wedding customs of one country is to search the unique civilization of this country. This paper will mainly take two kinds of wedding customs as samples for discussion: Chinese wedding custom and the western one. China is an old eastern country, which has profound meaning of civilization and its wedding custom is various. Western countries are the representative of Englishspeaking countries。 should send the engaged ring to his fianc233。e. The parents know the engagement when they noticed the engaged ring. This is quite different from the proposal in China, in which many things are arranged by parents. After choosing the date to hold the wedding ceremony, the bride will invite her girl friends to the Bridal Shower. Her friends will send some small but useful presents to her. The bridegroom will hold the Bachelor Party at the day before the wedding ceremony, all of them play crazily and happily, even invite dancing girl to the The meaning of the party is that the bridegroom is not a bachelor now, and his bachelor day es to the end. So it is significant to celebrate it. The rowdy bachelor parties were the invention of the Spartan Soldiers. It became customary for the groom to feast with his friends at the night before the wedding, often celebrating his last night of freedom by getting severely drunk. In modern times, women have decided they also want their night of fun, so now it is traditional for women to have Stagette or Bachelorette parties as well. Ⅲ. The Cultural Comparison in Wedding Ceremony The differences of the wedding ceremony between China and western countries can be seen in many aspects. This is mainly derived from the different cultural and historical backgrounds, different values and customs of China and western countries. But regardless of the country in which the wedding ceremony is held, it full of blessings and laughters. The Chinese wedding ceremony is jubilant, noisy and red, which is different from the pure, romantic and white one in western countries. Red is the traditional Chinese symbol of joy and is a theme repeated in the wedding clothing and other ritual wedding objects. White is the symbol of purity in western countries and many things used in the wedding ceremony are white. And the main differences could be found from the clothing, banquet, the wedding rituals and some symbolic things used in the wedding ceremony. A. Clothing 1. In China As the symbolic color of China, Chinese people like red best, this is used to be in a positive sense. Its associations originate from the sun and fire in the ancient time. According to the ancient Chinese legends and mythologies, people had been inclined to think of themselves as the product of nature, in which they got direct benefits from the warmth of the sun and Therefore, they connected the