【正文】 hing new means optimism and hope for the bride39。Something old symbolizes continuity with the bride39。The pregnant women and the women who lose a parent or her husband recently can’t attend the wedding, and they can not touch the bride’s new clothes and all of the items in the bridal chamber. If they did this, she had to crawl through the new couple’s unmarried brother’s legs before she can go The main color of Chinese wedding is red. The whole wedding is presided over by the master of the ceremony, under whose mand the newlyweds bow down to the god, their parents and themselves, and then go into the bridal chamber. Chinese wedding is relatively plex, filled with laugh and happiness, which reflects the rackety character of Chinese people. Chinese wedding is also conservative, they stress a lot and there are many taboos at the wedding. But Western wedding is much simpler and different from Chinese wedding.Ⅲ.Western Wedding CustomsA. EngagementIn Western countries, people always engage first and then they can hold the formal wedding. Many etiquettes and symbols need paying much attention to, especially the diamond ring at the engagement ceremony. Diamond is considered as the best symbol of love, but why? The diamond is produced by heat energy and press, which makes it the hardest material discovered by human beings so far. In ancient times, human beings couldn’t cut diamond for they didn’t have such tools and skills. So the diamond naturally became the symbol of forever love, at the same time the heat energy that gestates the diamond means the passionate love. Thus, the bridegroom must send a diamond ring to his bride to show his promise of forever unchanged love at their engagement ceremony.B. Order of the Western WeddingMost Westerners are Christians, so Western wedding is always held in the church, presided by the priest. On the day of the wedding, the new couple’s relatives and friends gather at the church to celebrate their wedding and to be the witnesses of their marriage.On the day of the wedding, people can’t say bad words. People say it will bring something bad if they don’t follow the customs. Everything prepared for the wedding must be in pairs, such as the candle etc.At the bridegroom’s home, there are also many things to be prepared. At first they must tidy and layout the bridal chamber, and the whole chamber must be decorated with red things, such as red candles, red quilts. People paste congratulatory couplets and large red Chinese character meaningC. Etiquettes and Customs at the Chinese Wedding(already bound on long bamboo poles) to celebrate the important moment. One of the bridegroom’s elders will go to lead the bride out, and then the most important time es. The person who is in charge of the ceremony will start to preside over the ceremony with the wedding music playing on. The bride and bridegroom will be led across the red blanket, the colorful paper strips and one kind of spray stuff will be setting off above the new couple’s heads. They walk shoulder by shoulder to the front of their parents who have already sat in a row of chairs at the end of the blanket. They bow down before their parents three times, and then they bow to each other three times, too. After that they formally bee a couple.2. Performing the Formal Wedding CeremonyIn China, people will select a good date very carefully for a big event, especially for one’s marriage or death, for there are many taboos to avoid and they think a good date may bring good luck. Usually, they consult professional Mr Fengshui（The one who studys the geomantic omen professionally） for advice. Mr Fengshui will choose a good date for marriage and a good time for the ceremony of the wedding, and then they begin to prepare for the wedding.People paste congratulatory couplets and large red Chinese character meansOn the day of the formal wedding, the bride is dressed up by the elders at her home, waiting for the bridegroom.B. Order of Chinese WeddingThere is a certain order in Chinese wedding. Generally speaking, the whole process of the wedding includes a series of details. Such as worshipping the ancestors，starting the trip，setting off the firecrackers, waiting for the bridegroom, Taoxi(The bride’s friends or relatives ask the bridegroom for money), saying farewell to parents and bride’s relatives and friends, setting out, the car for the newlyweds, throwing a fan, setting off the firecrackers, touching the orange, leading by the bride, Baitang(the formal ceremony of marriage at the wedding), the wedding banquet, sendingoff the guests, disturbing the nuptial, and going back home three days later.s customs so as to get the best effect of munication.Ⅱ.Chinese Wedding Customs Chinese traditional wedding ceremony includes a series of procedures. From engagement to the formal wedding ceremony, every procedure must be taken into serious consideration. The course below mainly describes the Chinese wedding customs in order.A. Three Papers and Six EtiquettesAccording to Chinese wedding customs, the first etiquette is Three Papers and Six Etiquettes, which is as important as the engagement at Western wedding.【標(biāo)