Cultural Connotation and Function of Marriage Custom

China traditional culture is the cultural accumulation of thousands of years of Chinese history. It embodies the process of a nation's growth, and shows the brand of the times left by historical changes in the daily communication and wedding customs of ordinary people. This paper takes the traditional marriage custom in China as a theoretical perspective, and on the basis of reflecting on the traditional culture in China, adopts the method of combining theory with concrete examples to demonstrate the contemporary outlet of China traditional culture under the background of globalization.

1, dowry

Step 2 date

Step 3 get married

Customs around the world

In Scotland, when a wedding is held, as soon as the bride enters the door, she must first throw a big cake into the air. The higher she throws, the happier her marriage will be. If she doesn't throw high, the groom and his family will be unhappy, because it indicates that their marriage will break up.

American weddings can be summarized as "new, old, borrowed and blue". "New" means that the bride's white wedding dress must be new. It is a symbol of purity and virginity, and also indicates that the bride will start a new life. "Old" means that the white gauze on the bride's head must be the old gauze used by her mother, which means that she will never forget the kindness of her parents. "Borrowing" means that the handkerchief in the bride's hand must be borrowed from her girlfriend, indicating that she will not forget her friend's friendship. "Blue" means that the ribbon worn by the bride must be blue, indicating the bride's loyalty to love.

In some places in France, young men and women hold "Burying the Bachelor Life" and "Farewell Banquet" for their friends, make a symbolic coffin, hold a "funeral", entertain relatives and friends, play funeral music, light candles, hold a prayer ceremony, and then carry the coffin to the garden, bury it in the ground, or throw it into the river.

In Pakistan, after the newlyweds have had a wedding reception, they should break the glass hard, and the guests will cheer in unison: "I wish you happiness!" " "Fragments can't be combined, which means that husband and wife will never be separated. The smaller the pieces are, the more they are, indicating that the husband and wife are happier. Parents will carefully pick up the pieces for their children, and some will even cherish them until they die.

In Java, Indonesia, the state authorities announced that in order to register for marriage, a man must first kill 25 mice and give them to the government, otherwise he will not go through the marriage formalities. ?