传统中式婚礼(英文版)PPT课件

1、Team work,Members: Gina Anne Susan Psyche Liu Xiaohui 2010-12-11,传统中式婚礼,Traditional Chinese Wedding,Introduction,Good afternoon ,everyone. Our presentation is about the traditional Chinese wedding. Chinese wedding is complicated and joyous . Today , we will show you the main five parts of the proces

2、s of Chinese wedding . Please enjoy our presentation,Five parts of the wedding,迎亲,01,送亲,02,洞房,04,奉茶,05,拜堂,03,Part 1 迎亲 Go to the brides home to escort bride,One day , a family whose surname is Shu will marry their daughter. Now , they are eating dumplings together. In traditional Chinese wedding, it

3、 is a ceremony before the daughter leaves her parents to show the departure. Then, the bridegroom is coming to pick up his bride with a brunch of flowers on his hand. However ,the friend of the bride will not allow the bride groom to come in easily unless he agrees some terms. Generally ,the bridegr

4、oom will give a red paper containing money . Then, the bride will kneel down to say goodbye to her parents while the bridegroom just bow to them,Part 2 送亲 Accompany bride to bridegrooms family on wedding day,After saying goodbye to the brides parents ,the bride should get into a sedan chair like thi

5、s and there will be some happy music .Then these people will escort the bride to the groom. In front of the grooms house ,they will stop . Then , a child with an orange in her hand will come . The bride should touch the orange ,which can bring longevity . After that , a blissful （有福气的）old person wil

6、l come to help the bride cross a brazier（火盆） ,which means that inauspicious（不吉祥的） things will be driven out . Then, the bride should cross the threshold （跨火盆），but her feet can not touch it,Part 3 拜堂 Perform the formal wedding ceremony,In China , this part calls “baitang”. That is , in the traditiona

7、l wedding ceremony , bride and bridegroom perform the marriage ceremony in which they pay homage (敬意) to heaven and earth and to the grooms parents. We can see the man seated in the left side is bridegrooms father, and the other side is his mother. And this is bride , this is bridegroom . I am the m

8、an who officiate the wedding like the priest in foreign countries. OK, lets show you the part. M: Now, bride and bridegroom ,please come here and kneel down. M: First, bow to the great heaven and earth! M: Second, bow to the great parents! M: Bridegroom and bride bow to each other! Now , the ceremon

9、y is over. please send the bride to the bridal chamber (洞房,Part 4 洞房 bridal chamber,The bridegroom and bride are sitting on the bed of the bridal chamber. The newlywed couple will drink wine from two cups tied together with a red string , arm crossed from each other.(交杯酒) When the night falls, the t

10、easing game starts. Usually , all the young men can participate in the game , except for the brides married brother-in-law. Those funny and silly game will ease the tension, since the newlywed never meet each other before the wedding. Four fruit:大枣（jujube), 花生(peanut), 桂圆(longan), 莲子(lots seed)(寓意：早

11、生贵子,Part 5 奉茶 Tea ceremony,A day after the wedding ceremony , the bride has to serve tea to the bridegrooms parents and elder in the morning. It is called the tea ceremony. The couple kneel down in front of the bridegrooms parents and serve them each a cup of the tea. W：“Dad ,please have the tea” D

12、: “ Thank you ,good kid!” W: “Mom ,please have the tea” M：“ Thank you ,good kid!” After parents drinking the tea, they will give the bride a red paper containing money as a gift and bless the couple . “Hope you two have a happy life and enjoy yourself in the marriage ” Drinking tea contains everyones hope and bless to the new couple . Hope that their relationship is a harm