【正文】 tterOn the third day after the marriage, the bride must go back to her parents with her husband with roasted meat and some other gifts. There, they worship her ancestors again, and they can even stay for a period of time before they return their own home. Although the daughter is married, she shouldn’t forget her own parents who gave her birth and brought her up. And as a new couple, the bride may not be accustomed to her new life, and then she will miss her parents. So she can go back to see her parents and thank them when they stay.In China, the parents always prepare some dowry for their daughter. The bride’s dowry includes a scissor, a ruler,some sugar tablets, vases, a copper pot and a pair of shoes, which indicate fortune. There are also pairs of quilts, bed linen and pillows, 72 sets of clothes and so on, which means a good wish for their rich and nice life. Every item has its different “Happiness” in English on the doorframes and walls. And then they need to prepare some food, fruit, tea, and wine on the table, which will be used at the night of the wedding. At the same time the bridegroom must prepare some money packaged in red paper bags to thank some people on the day of the wedding, such as his bride’s brother and people who helped him. People think the money in a red paper bag from the bridegroom will bring them good luck and nice life.D. Taboos at the Chinese WeddingAt the Chinese traditional wedding, there are a lot of taboos.When the bride arrives at the bridegroom’s, she can’t touch the threshold when she goes across, or she will bring bad luck.When the happy time es, the bride will be led into the church by her father. The newlyweds go to the priest after her father gives her hand to her bridegroom, and then begins the ceremony.At first, the priest will ask the new couple and all people present several questions one by one, beginning with the bridegroom, and then they give their promises of marriage to each other. After that they can exchange their rings and kiss each other. Finally, the priest will declare their marriage, which means the end of the wedding.C. Etiquettes and Customs at the Western Wedding1. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and a Silver Sixpence in Her ShoeEach item in this poem represents a goodluck taken for the bride. If she carries all of them on her wedding day, her marriage will be happy.s family and the past.s new life ahead.Marry in blue, lover be true.And finally, a silver sixpence in the bride39。 in some other regions, white in the wedding and funeral instructs a variety of ceremony and significance.For example, in the Andaman Islands, white was the representative of the status change. Traditional white wedding dress was the privilege of nobility in the early days. In Liberia times, most of the brides can only wear the traditional national costumes, and only the upper class can wear white dress at the wedding, which was the symbol of power and identity. Until modern times, after the privilege of nobility disappears the bride can wear white wedding dress D. Taboos at the Western WeddingThere are also many taboos at the Western wedding, especially concerning the bride’s wedding dress. White wedding dress must not be matched with red shoes, because red shoes means to jump into the fire pit. Red flower, red belt and other red things mustn’t be matched with white dress, too, since white symbolizes pure while red is the opposite. White wedding dress should match white, golden or silver shoes.Ⅳ.Reasons of These DifferencesA. Different Thoughts between Chinese and Westerners1. Chinese ThoughtsThe above differences in wedding customs of Chinese and Western countries are directly related to the differences in their ideologies and the way of their thinking.Chinese people are always more conservative, and they like gathering together enjoying the jollification and they have a relatively rigid mind. Thus there is not much change in the wedding customs in the thousands of years’ history of China. The Chinese traditional culture didn’t have great changes until the Western culture was spread into China in the beginning of the 20th century. Many traditional wedding customs and etiquettes remain to nowadays. And the Chinese people’s character of loving jollification is fully manifested in the Chinese traditional plicated wedding Besides the marriage banquet, there is a luncheon before the bride leaves according to the Chinese traditional wedding customs. In the end of the wedding, the couple will be disturbed by friends and family in their bridal chamber, and people think that the more serious the new couple is disturbed, the happier they will be in their life. Therefore their friends and family use various methods to make things difficult for the bride and the bridegroom.2. Westerner’s ThoughtsWestern people are more openminded, and their requirement for the wedding is relatively lower. The climax of their wedding is in the church. With the sacreds father will put her daughter39。s life to him. Everybody is looking at the new couple who are filled with happiness. Today she is the most beautiful bride. The