American wedding customs(美国婚礼习俗).doc

American wedding customs（美国婚礼习俗）American wedding customs : wedding customs are a nation an important part of traditional culture, including the characteristics of a traditional culture of the Americans in the marriage, the first feelings of stress, communication freedom, freedom of mate choice, love freedom. Love between men and women generally do not need matchmakers, parents rarely interfere.Americans like to tie the knot in June, so in the United States, June Groom argument, is the meaning of words throughout the United States each year in June, married couples can meet. The reason why Americans like to get married in June, because in English the June (JUNE) and the Roman god of love and marriage in charge of the goddess Juno (JUNO) sounds similar. Americans will believe that the wedding in June, the goddess of marriage will bring joy and happiness to the newlyweds.According to custom, married the day before embarking on the church altar, the bride and groom can not be met, the bride is usually dressed in white wedding dress, with a white veil, symbol of pure love.“something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”If the wedding day, brides who wear such a few things, their wedding will certainly be very happy.This is a demand, then good luckGenerally held in a church wedding, the wedding, the bride holding his fathers arm, slowly walked through the corridor to the altar, then, flower girl walked in front of the bride, the flower petals in a piece of floating down the hallway then, the bride father bride to bring the altar, to the groom, then the groom on the left, the bride on the right, the face of priest to stand by the priest at the wedding of traditional form, this time, people give each other new wedding ring, ring symbolizes the commitment of marriage, and finally, the priest declared the two officially became husband and wife.After the wedding ceremony, often held a grand wedding, cocktail party with a rich variety of food, after eating, the bride holding flowers, the wedding bouquet thrown to those single women, but this symbol of happiness.After the wedding, the couple bid farewell to the guests, the guests have to sprinkle them raw rice, wish their future children and grandchildren。And the United States compared to the wedding, a traditional Chinese wedding is very different, first wedding dress, a traditional Chinese wedding, the bride dress for the wide sleeves Zhai breasted suits, wearing a pearl coronet, the bride in the wedding day with a red bonnet masked, a symbol of virginity, young, pure, but the United States wedding, the bride wore a white wedding dress symbolizes pure love. Personally opened by the groom after the wedding. Second, wedding transport, a traditional Chinese wedding wedding unlike the United States, to marry the bride with the wedding car, but with the Da Jiao, carrying eight people to use this kind of thing, so-called eight Dajiao,Finally, the wedding is held at different locations, the United States is generally in the church wedding, and the traditional Chinese wedding ceremony held at the grooms home. 婚礼习俗是一个民族传统文化的重要组成部分,包含着一个民族传统文化的特点.美国人在婚姻问题上,讲求感情第一、交往自由、择偶自由、爱情自由。男女恋爱一般不需要媒人介绍,父母也很少干涉。美国人喜欢在6月份喜结良缘，因而在美国有“六月新郎”的说法，此话的含义是每年6月份在美国各地都可以遇见结婚的新人。之所以美国人喜欢在六月结婚，是因为英语里的“六月（JUNE）”和罗马神话中主管爱情和婚姻的“女神朱诺（JUNO）”的发音相似。美国人便认为，在6月举行婚礼，“婚姻女神”就会给新婚夫妇带来欢乐和幸福。 按照习俗，结婚当日在走上教堂的圣坛之前，新郎新娘是不能见面的，新娘通常穿着雪白的结婚礼服，带着洁白的面纱，象征着纯洁的爱情。如果结婚当天，新娘身上穿戴有这样几样东西，他们的婚礼就一定会幸福无比。这是一句求好运的话婚礼一般在教堂举行，婚礼开始，新娘挽着其父的手臂，缓缓地通过走廊向圣坛走去，这时，花童走到新娘的面前，把花篮中的花瓣一片片洒落在走廊上，然后，新娘父亲把新娘带上圣坛，交给新郎，接着，新郎在左，新娘在右，面对牧师站好，由牧师举行传统的婚庆形式，此时，新人们互赠结婚戒指，戒指象征着对婚姻的承诺，最后，牧师宣告两人正式结为夫妻。婚礼仪式后，经常会举行盛大的婚宴，酒会上备有各种丰富的食物，吃完后，新娘手捧鲜花，把花束抛给 那些参加婚礼的单身女性，这样乃是幸福的象征。 婚宴结束后，新婚夫妇向宾客道别，客人纷纷往他们身上撒生米粒，祝愿他们今后儿孙满堂。 和美国婚礼相比，传统的中国婚礼则大大不同，首先是婚礼服饰