Mandarin Course Hong Kong – Traditional Chinese Marriage

Mandarin Course Hong Kong - Traditional Chinese Marriage

In traditional Chinese thinking, people in “primitive” societies did not marry, but had sexual relationships with one another indiscriminately.[citation needed] Such people were thought to live like animals, and they did not have the precise concept of motherhood, fatherhood, sibling, husband and wife, and gender, not to mention match-making and marriage ceremony. Part of the Confucian “civilizing mission” was to define what it meant to be a Father or a Husband, and to teach people to respect the proper relationship between family members and regulate sexual behavior[citation needed].

Unit 1 Traditional Marriage

Unit 1 传统婚姻

1.Traditional marriage customs lost its popularity due to the collapse of feudal marriage custom and its complexity.

1.由于封建婚俗的衰落和婚礼过程的繁琐,传统的婚礼风俗习惯已不再流行。

2.Traditional marriage can still be seen in the countryside,despite innovations.

2.尽管有了一定的创新,在农村我们仍然能看到传统的婚礼。

3.Now,traditional marriage custom revives in some places and attracts will-be-couples.

3.现在,传统婚俗在一些地方又盛行起来,吸引了大量即将走入婚姻殿堂的人们。

4.Although many Chinese still follow the traditional wedding customs, modern or western ceremonies are becoming more and more popular with the young generation.

4.尽管很多中国人结婚还是遵循传统的婚礼习俗,但现代或西方式的婚礼习俗在年轻一代人中越来越流行。

5.Chinese marriage was systemized into custom in the Warring States Period(402-221BC).

5.中国的婚嫁是在战国时(公元前402—221)形成的一种习俗。

6.Due to vast expanse and long history,there are different customs to follow in different places,although they are generally the same.

6.由于国家幅员辽阔,历史悠久,不同的地方就有不同的习俗,尽管它 们大体上是一致的。

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