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Characteristics of the Western wedding

The western wedding ceremony is belongs romantically, the entire wedding ceremony from started to end to has filled with the romantic breath. The color of the bride dress has its specific meaning，for example, white represents purity, virginity and United States, Britain used the yellow dress is a symbol of the bride and affluent Venus. The bridegroom are the black formal clothes, causes the entire wedding ceremony gravity obviously and to the church marriage ceremony is the most important aspects of the wedding. At first, with the rhythm of the wedding march the father of the bride took her hand, walked in front of the groom. By her father, the groom handed the hands of her own hands.
When wedding ceremony ceremony , the bride always stands in bridegroom's left side. It is said that ancient times, so as to avoid the bridegroom must protect the new bride to rob by others. Once the love rival appears, may wield immediately matches the belt in the right side sword, the retreating in fear enemy.
And the pastor asks bride and groom to make a lifetime commitment to each other and this is the climax of the wedding. Then they will be priests and the blessing of all, the exchange of wedding rings and kissed each other. According to custom, the wedding ceremony ended by new person's kiss announcement.This kisses the rich profound meaning: through kissing, a person's breath and the partial souls keep another person in vivo, love cause them to combine.
But in the bridal hand's ball-flower is not the general decoration thing, flowers on behalf of passion and rewards, to convey a prosperous and rich, outstanding message. When the wedding ceremony ended, the bride will throw to the appearance female guest. If who receives the ball-flower who is the next marriage person. It makes the whole wedding ended in laughter.

When carries on the marriage evening banquet, must have custom-made the wedding cake specially. According to historical record, from Roman time start, the end of the wedding, the people will break off a bread on bridal the material------ Wheat symbol birth ability and the crumbly bread is representing luckily. The new person must perform the frost. conf. sugar, formed today's wedding cake.
However, the custom of holding the bride into the bridal chamber by some indigenous tribes evolved Marriage. Because in these tribe's single women are too few, the man must arrive at the neighbor the village to carry off a girl to be one's wife, and shoulders them, as soon as so as to avoid they will moisten will run away. The present generation believed that the bride cannot use the left leg to make great strides forward the new home the gate, therefore should better hug the bride by the bridegroom to enter the room.
The last part of the process of marriage, newlyweds ride in a carriage when embarks is on one's honeymoon, automobile's behind will tie up many cans. It stemmed from ancient times throws shoe's custom, participates in wedding ceremony's guest to throw the shoe to the new person body on, if had the shoe to hit the wedding car which the new person rode, will bring the good luck. Follows not to stop in a marriage vehicle following motorcade group blows a whistle, drives out the devil.
Through this time to West wedding ceremony different study and research, I have understood the very rich western culture and the energetic connotation. Also more and more has the interest to the Western culture. Finally is also most important , thanks teacher the opportunity which provides for us studies like this.
That’s all ,thank you !

By Michell.~Wang yimin
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