Abstract This paper talks about the differences between Chinese and Western Marriage Concept through their different cultural contexts and histories, and then analyzes the different aspects in details, such as purposes, criteria and relationship between husband and wife in marriage。 Marriage plays a very important role in the world culture, and different countries have different marriage characteristics。 Through the analysis of differences between Chinese and western marriage concept, we can understand the influences of marriage on the social development, as well as Chinese and western communications。 75000

Keywords: Marriage concepts; Cross-cultural; Sino-US; Differences

摘要奔篇论文简述了中西方婚姻观的差异。通过从中西方的婚姻观念和特点，总体上分析两者的不同。之后再从具体的方面分析，例如婚姻目的，准则和夫妻间在婚姻中的关系等。婚姻在世界文化中起着非常重要的作用, 不同的国家有自己不同的婚姻观念和特点。。通过对中西方婚姻观念差异的分析，我们可以了解婚姻文化对社会发展带来的影响，促进中西方的交流。

毕业论文关键词：婚姻观念；跨文化；中美；差异

Contents

1。 Introduction 1

2。 Literature Review 1

3。 Different purposes in The Two Different Marriage Cultures 2

3。1 Purposes in chinese marriage culture 3

3。2 Purposes in western marriage culture 3

3。3 Reasons of these existing differences 4

4。 Different Criteria in Mate Selection 5

4。1 Chinese criteria in mate selection 5

4。2 Western criteria in mate selection 6

4。3 Causes of the differences 6

5。 Relationship between Husband and Wife in Marriage 7

5。1 Relationship in chinese marriage culture 7

5。2 Relationship in western marriage culture 8

6。 Conclusion 。。。。。。。。。10

Works Cited 11

1。 Introduction

     Family is the basic constitution of society while the couple is the most important factor of the family。 The marriage relationship is one of the most closely and long-lasting relationships in the interpersonal relationship。 Chinese and western marriage concepts have a huge difference due to the central concept of philosophy。 The Americans focus more on inpidualism while the Chinese are more focused on the mutual dependence between person and person。 The American’s like ‘discovery’, ‘novel’, ‘extremity’ while the Chinese people claims the golden mean。 Marriage is a permanent topic that all human beings must have to face when they reach legal age。 Marriage may be seemed as one of the most important things in human’s life。 Marriage is the process by which two people fall in love and want to make their relationship open, authoritative, and eternal。 It included phenomenal love, happiness, and self-fulfillment。 Everyone around the world views it as a most important time for his or her whole life。 When the two fell in love, they seem everything pleasant and lovely。论文网

     A Chinese encyclopedia describes the marriage relationship of the couple relationship is the most closely, long-lasting and earnest relationship in the interpersonal relationship。 The couple should understand and trust each other。 Meanwhile care, love, consideration, respect are the central points of Chinese marriage。