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* 第一页，编辑于星期三：五点 二十三分。 Chinese Marriage Custom Chinese marriage became a custom between 402 and 221 BC. Despite Chinas long history and many different geographical areas, there are essentially six rituals, generally known as the?three letters and six etiquettes?(三書六禮). * 第二页，编辑于星期三：五点 二十三分。 Proposal: When an unmarried boy’s parents found a potential daughter-in-law, they then located a matchmaker whose job was to assuage（减轻） the conflict of interests and general embarrassments when discussing the possibility of marriage on the part of two families largely unknown to each other. Birthdates:?If the selected girl and her parents did not object to the proposal, the matchmaker would match the birthdates (Chinese:?生辰八字) in which?suan ming?(Chinese fortune telling)is used to predict the future of that couple-to-be. If the result of suan ming was good, they then would go to the next step, submitting bride price. · * 第三页，编辑于星期三：五点 二十三分。 Bride price(betrothal（婚约） gifts): At this point the bridegrooms family arranged for the matchmaker to present a bride price (betrothal gifts), including the betrothal letter, to the brides family. Wedding gifts: The grooms family would then send an elaborate array of food, cakes, and religious items to the brides family. * 第四页，编辑于星期三：五点 二十三分。 Arranging the wedding:?Before wedding ceremony, two families would arrange a wedding day according to Chinese?tung shing（the oldest Chinese calendar）. Selecting an auspicious day to assure a good future for the couple is as important as avoiding what is believed to be an unlucky day. In some cases there may be no auspicious dates and the couple will have to review their potential date range. * 第五页，编辑于星期三：五点 二十三分。 Wedding ceremony: The final ritual would be the actual wedding ceremony where bride and groom become a married couple, which consists of many elaborate parts. * 第六页，编辑于星期三：五点 二十三分。 * 第七页，编辑于星期三：五点 二十三分。 Western Marriage Custom The western custom of a bride wearing a white wedding dress came