浅析中美婚姻观念之差异.doc

浅析中美婚姻观念之差异
An analysis of the Differences of Sino-US Marriage Concepts
ChapterⅠ Introduction
Marriage as a human institution exists in all major civilizations since the drawn of time. With the trend of globalization, the cross-munication between Chinese and western countries is more and more frequent and the international Cross-cultural marriage e mon. But the cultural differences do have influence on international marriage. This paper is to analyze the cultural differences between Chinese and American, and to find out the causes of cultural differences. Also, it refers to the changes of concepts in marriage in order to make people fully aware of the situation of Chinese marriage and know more about western marriage and make some improvements. At the same time, it makes it easy for people to understand international marriage, so that both Chinese and foreigners could avoid cultural shock municating with each other. Besides, paring to the differences, we should use the cream of different culture in other countries for reference and help understand better our own culture.
ChapterⅡ The Difference between Chinese and America Marriage
Different Concepts of Marriage
Marriage, simply speaking, is that people’s views and attitudes on marriage and the family. There are many similarities in marriage between china and America. Who all give a dinner in honor of relatives, husbands all have heavier pressure than wives, and they all love each other very much.
But Americans concept of marriage and the Chinese concept of marriage are also extremely different. Because they believe that: marriage is purely private matter, no one can interfere at the same time. The marriage does belong to moral issues. They have the right to choose his or her favorite people to live together. Once the existing marriage is found a mistake, he or she shall have a second choice. If one of the couple fell in love with a third party, any party will not be condemned. In their view: forcing two p