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Similarities and Differences in Wedding Culture between China and Japan

Marriage culture is a part of the achievements of human civilization, and marriage is a very important thing for every nation. And the wedding culture embodied by the marriage has ****ness and differences. China and Japan as a neighboring country, and because Japan will be China as a civilization on the country to learn, so the Japanese culture has a lot of Chinese cultural imprints. There are many similarities between Chinese and Japanese wedding culture due to history and environment, etc. In terms of historical origins and forms of wedding customs, Chinese and Japanese wedding culture are similar. However, Japan has been influenced by Chinese culture as well as Western culture, which has been digested and developed in their own country, and their culture has many differences with that of China. Chinese and Japanese wedding culture, the Chinese prefer red, that red is a symbol of good luck, the wedding in red, while the Japanese like to use white to dress up the bride and the wedding, in order to express the meaning of the blank start into a new life; Chinese people will be held at the wedding of the joyful and peaceful, while the Japanese will be held at the wedding of the solemn and serious; the Chinese people like to things in pairs, in the wedding, whether it is the dishes or the gift money is an even number! Chinese people like things in pairs, both dishes and gifts in the wedding are even numbered, to express the good wishes than the wings and fly together, while the Japanese people believe that the odd number is more stable than the even number, gifts, glasses, etc. are used in the odd number. Chinese and Japanese wedding culture has similarities and differences, cultural differences in today's economic globalization conditions, should eliminate each other's barriers and prejudices, *** with the development. We should absorb and accept the excellent culture of other countries to enrich and develop our own cultural construction.

Marriage culture is about the ideological concepts, behavioral activities and so on of marriage produced in the process of human historical development. Marriage culture is a part of human culture, marriage is very important for the creation, existence and development of human beings, therefore, marriage culture is also a very important part of the achievements of human civilization. Due to the differences in historical development, religious beliefs, geographical environment and other aspects, human culture has many differences

The same is true for wedding culture. Japanese wedding culture and Chinese wedding culture have ****similarities as well as many differences, the study of a country's wedding culture can enable us to have a more comprehensive understanding of their ideological traditions, values and other national cultures, and can better study and research a country's history and culture.