1、Chinese and Western Marriage ViewHave you ever want to talk about a foreign boyfriend?Have you ever want to marry foreigners?What your standard of choosing a lover?The Chinese Standard of Choosing a loverThe Chinese Standard of Choosing a loverFor Chinese,For Chinese,the first factorthe first factor
2、 to consider is to consider is the familys background.the familys background.Second,Second,the two families the two families should be on the equal should be on the equal social status.And the financial social status.And the financial condition should be well.condition should be well.ThenThen,the ed
3、ucation background ,the education background is taken into consideration.is taken into consideration.The last factorThe last factor to think is the to think is the persons appearance and figures.persons appearance and figures.The Western Standard of Choosing a loverThe Western Standard of Choosing a
4、 loverFor westerners,the most important factor is the two persons feelings.If they feel nice with each other,they may combine with each other.The rest The rest conditions such conditions such as the family as the family background or background or education education background,background,they may n
5、ot they may not take into take into account.account.They can obtain more freedom and equal.They can decide which lover to choose by themselves.They can talk about it with their parents.The purpose of marriageChinese traditional marriage is based on family rather than love.It means that:Marriage can
6、make the two families bigger and bigger,enlarge the scale of relatives.While,nowadays,the purpose of traditional marriage acknowledge the heavy impact.The younger pay attention to the marriage which true love come first.But it is not a simple thing to change love into the main purpose in the highly
7、traditional country.The purpose of marriageWestern countries Love and both sexes are the ground of western marriage.The people who falls in love with each other expect to gain a full result.So they will choose to get married.They search for an opposite sex partner because of they desire to meet the
8、long demand of physiology and psychology.They think that the marriage without love is immoral and low-quality.Chinese wedding ceremonyThe whole wedding is red,and it was the color representing joyous in the traditional China.This makes the wedding ceremony becomes cheerful.In the traditional Chinese
9、 wedding,In the traditional Chinese wedding,the bride generally wear red the bride generally wear red clothes and a red silk in her head.clothes and a red silk in her head.And the bridegroom generally And the bridegroom generally wear a gown jacket.wear a gown jacket.They hold the wedding ceremony i
10、n the church.The brides father gives the hand of the bride to the bridegroom,then they will change their rings and kiss with each other.Western wedding ceremonyWestern wedding ceremonyThe western wedding ceremony belongs to romantic types,the whole wedding from start to ending is full of romantic br
11、eath.The brides dress is commonly white,and the bridegroom is in the black suit.The Chinese Relationship between Husband and WifeIn the modern society,the gap between male In the modern society,the gap between male and female is not very great.Many women take and female is not very great.Many women
12、take part in social work and keep economic part in social work and keep economic independence relatively.To some extent,the independence relatively.To some extent,the majority of women depend on men.majority of women depend on men.In China,people think that being full-time In China,people think that
13、 being full-time housewife is universal and the woman is happy,housewife is universal and the woman is happy,but they always look down upon the man who but they always look down upon the man who becomes full-time houseman.becomes full-time houseman.The Chinese Relationship between Husband and WifeIn
14、 China,the husband often plays a leading role In China,the husband often plays a leading role in the marriage,and his wife is to the subordinate in the marriage,and his wife is to the subordinate status.This kind of marriage structure is due to the status.This kind of marriage structure is due to th
15、e traditional cultural division,that is Male master traditional cultural division,that is Male master outside and women master inside.outside and women master inside.The husband undertakes the family lifes main The husband undertakes the family lifes main economic responsibility while the wifes task
16、s are economic responsibility while the wifes tasks are managing housework,taking care of their parents managing housework,taking care of their parents,helping the husband and teaching their children.,helping the husband and teaching their children.The western Relationship between Husband and Wife1、
17、The westerners believe that the husband and wife should be equal.In their own words:“Husband and wife should be equal partners.”2、In western countries,the husbands and the wives can all find jobs outside and undertake the family lifes economic responsibility together.3、The husbands also do some hous
18、ework and cooking,sometimes their cooking skill may be better than their wives.4、They also share the responsibility of taking care of children.They always educate and look after their children together.Why have these difference between china and western?the reason why Chinese and westerners have dif
19、ferent marriage ideas is that they have different customs and faiths.Although there are so many differences Although there are so many differences between China and west,all of them have between China and west,all of them have their own happiness.And people will bless their own happiness.And people will bless the new couples all the same.the new couples all the same.