Secondly, the form of the wedding banquet. People in China like to hold wedding banquets on lively occasions, which are always accompanied by firecrackers and music. China's wedding was very grand and lively. In ancient times, people would hold banquets in their own homes or restaurants to entertain relatives and friends as witnesses of new people. Nowadays, newcomers in China usually invite relatives and friends to restaurants or hotels. And it will make a lot of ostentation and extravagance, highlighting the grand and lively atmosphere of the wedding. However, in the west, people's weddings are usually held in churches or other quiet places, and they are well organized, not as lively as weddings in China. Western weddings mainly emphasize solemnity and sacredness, and mainly pursue romance and truth. The popular banquet forms in western society are cocktail parties and dances.
The third is the wedding ceremony. In China, the bride is usually taken to the groom's house by the wedding team, and the wedding is held at the groom's house. There is also an important rule in the traditional wedding ceremony: to pay tribute to the bride and groom, that is, to offer tea and kowtow to parents and elders to show their gratitude. Only after the bride formally meets, can she be considered as a real husband and wife; In western countries, more weddings are held in churches. The bride went to the church accompanied by her father, and the priest or priest presided over the wedding, which was held according to the established procedure. Corresponding to China's "meeting the bride and getting married" is the wedding speech read by the priest in the western church.
The fourth is the wedding dress. China's clothing emphasizes unity rather than individuality. In China, red symbolizes joy, happiness and good luck. In traditional weddings, both the bride and groom wear red dresses, which means wishing the couple a prosperous marriage. And the dragon and phoenix patterns on clothes are also essential. According to the tradition in China, the dragon symbolizes men, while the wind symbolizes women and good luck. Red happy characters are posted everywhere in the room, and red couplets are also posted on both sides of the door. Most of the items in the new house are mainly red. Although I am now influenced by the West and will wear a wedding dress, I still have to change into red clothes after the wedding and reception. In the traditional marriage in China, both the bride and groom wear red dresses, while the wedding in China is inseparable from red, and they are used to using bright colors to set off the atmosphere. This also shows the joy of the wedding. The bride wears a decorated dress and gold and silver jewelry; The groom is wearing a red robe and a red hat. Brides in modern society usually wear red dresses or white wedding dresses, and grooms usually wear dresses or robes. Western clothing emphasizes romance, purity and individuality, because white symbolizes auspiciousness, peace, goodwill, wealth and virginity in western culture. Western brides wear white wedding dresses or gowns, while Sina wears straight suits. The bride's bouquet and surrounding decoration are mainly white. White represents loyalty to the groom and holiness, white symbolizes celebration and white is also a symbol of wealth. In the west, the meaning represented by white is very good. Until now, after the concept of aristocratic class disappeared, the white wedding dress became an ordinary bride's dress.
Floats in the west are usually shiny and tied with balloons, but floats in China are usually decorated with roses. There are different weddings in China. In the west, wedding ceremonies are usually presided over by priests or judges, but China is neither. Among wedding gifts, in China, money is given, and gifts are rarely given, while in the west, guests should give gifts to the bride and groom.