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Comparison of Chinese and foreign wedding customs中外婚礼习俗对比 婚礼地点 Wedding Location For Chinese, the wedding should be grand and happy.The bride and groom invite many relatives,so the wedding location should a capacious hotel or courtyard. Foreign wedding Foreigners emphasize solemn and sacred wedding, so usually wedding holds in church or some quiet place. 婚礼服饰Wedding Dress Red is the major color in Chinese wedding. White is the major color in foreign wedding. wedding veil Similarities between Chinese wedding and foreign wedding. 1.throw China foreign throw an embroidered ball 2.Host 3.Ring ancient times---three most delightful moments in ones life 1. imperial examination（科举考试） 2. marriage 3. the birth of a son In feudal society, a marriage would be decided not by a young couples love, but by their parents desires. Only after a matchmakers introduction and when parents considered the two family conditions were similar and could be matched, would the marriage procedures go forward. Conditions that should be taken into consideration included wealth and social status. Essential to the marriage process: three Letters---the betrothal [bitr?ue?l] 订婚letter, the gift letter with a gifts list and the wedding letter six etiquettes: (1)Proposing求婚 (2) Birthday Matching生日匹配 (3) Presenting Betrothal Gifts展示订婚礼物 (4) Presenting Wedding Gifts (5) Selecting the Wedding Date (6) Wedding Ceremony most common dowries:scissors, rulers, vases indicating acres of fields peace and wealth On the arrival of the sedan at the wedding place, there would be music and firecrackers. The bride would be led along the red carpet in a festive atmosphere. The bridegroom, also in a red gown, would kowtow [,k?utau]叩头three times to worship the heaven, parents and spouse配偶. On the night of the wedding day, there was a custom in some places for relatives or friends to play jokes on the groom and bride.