【正文】 IV Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 1. Differences in the Concepts of Marriage between Chinese Culture and American Culture..................................................................................................... 1 The Differences in the Purpose of getting married ................................................................... 1 The Purpose of getting married in China ............................................................................... 2 The Purpose of getting married in America ........................................................................... 2 The Differences of Selecting a Spouse ........................................................................................ 3 How Chinese People Select a Spouse ....................................................................................... 3 How American People Select a Spouse .................................................................................... 4 The Differences in the Relationship between Husband and Wife in Marriage ...................... 4 The Chinese HusbandWife Relationship. .............................................................................. 5 The American HusbandWife Relationship ............................................................................ 5 2. The Factors contribute to these Differences in the Concepts of Marriage between Chinese Culture and American Culture ................................................... 6 Differences in Values .................................................................................................................... 6 Differences in Cultural Patterns .............................................................................................. 7 Individualism versus Collectivism ........................................................................................ 7 Differences in Religion .............................................................................................................. 8 Differences in Economic Way and Living Environment .......................................................... 9 3. Conclusion.......................................................................................................... 9 References ................................................................................................................ 11 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................12 桂林電子科技大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）報(bào)告用紙 第 1 頁(yè) 共 12 頁(yè) Introduction Intercultural munication is the process of people from different religion, society, ethnic group, and educational backgrounds engage in munication. Intercultural munication has the same meaning with crosscultural munication. In this sense it seeks to understand how people from different countries and cultures act, municate and perceive the world around them. It studies situations where people from different cultural backgrounds interact. Aside from language, intercultural munication focuses on social attributes, thinking patterns, and the cultures of different groups of people. It also involves understanding different cultures, languages and customs of people from other countries. Intercultural munication plays a role in anthropology, cultural studies, linguistics, psychology and munication studies. Intercultural munication is also referred to as the base for international businesses. Intercultural marriage is one of the typical and importantant embodiments of intercultural munication, for which the theory can be applied to resolve and analyze the conflicts and problems in the marriage. China and America are two different countries, and their understanding to marriage should be different,too. In this paper, I will use the intercultural munication theory to analyze the differences in marriage between Chinese culture and American culture. With the passing of the time, intercultural marriage is being incresingly popular both at home and abroad. However, the differences in the culture, environment, background, development and values between China and America result in the emergence of various problems. This paper will integrate the previous studies to analyze the differences in the concepts of marriage between Chinese culture and Ameria culture and try to find a solution, and this study is based on the theory of crosscultural munication. Through the study of the project, people will gain a better understanding of the differences in the concepts of marriage between Chinese culture and American culture, and futhermore to analyze the factors that contribute to the differences in marriage between China and America, and ultimately find a practical solution to these problems. In brief, the thesis tries to study the following questions: (1) What are the differences in the concepts about marriage between Chinese culture and American culture? (2) What are the factors that contribute to the differences in marriage between China and America? 1. Differences in the Concepts of Marriage between Chinese Culture and American Culture The Differences in the Purpose of getting married Both man and woman want to reach a certain expected result through the establishment of marriage relationship. And the differences in the concepts of marriage between Chinese culture and American culture are firstly manifested in the purpose of getting married, which is pletely 桂林電子科技大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）報(bào)告用紙 第 2 頁(yè) 共 12 頁(yè) different in China and America. The Purpose of getting married in China Chinese people pay attention to the interdependent relationship with their friends and relatives. In their eyes, marriage is not onl