摘 要

婚礼一直以来被视为见证新婚夫妻之间爱情的一种媒介，是每一对新人最难忘的回忆，所以人们对婚礼上所穿的服饰选择尤为重视。婚服作为人类文明的重要标志，被赋予特定的时代意义。婚礼服饰文化的发展象征着时代进步的过程。同时，社会进步，经济发展等因素也改写了婚服进程。我们可以通过不同时期婚礼服饰的不同发展状态来认识人类社会的发展历史，探索婚服发展的本质原因。随着经济全球化，多元文化相互碰撞、相互融合，婚礼服饰文化也成为加强中西方交流的催化剂。此外，了解西方婚礼服饰文化也是加快我国婚礼服饰进步的途径之一。
本文研究了不同时期中西方婚礼服饰的演变和发展，呈现中西婚服各自的服饰特点。其次论述了中西婚礼服饰文化在发展过程中出现相互融合，相互学习的局面。对中西方婚礼服饰在不同时期的形态进行对比分析，探究中西婚礼服饰文化差异，并详细分析了产生这些差异的原因。通过以上对中西婚礼服饰的研究，有利于中西婚礼文化交流碰撞，促进中西婚礼服饰创新发展，希望对中西文化交流发展有一定的意义。

关键词：婚礼服饰；跨文化理论；对比研究

 

ABSTRACT

Wedding regarded as a medium to witness the love between newlyweds,is the most unforgettable memory of each couple, so people pay special attention to the choice of clothes on the wedding. As an important symbol of human civilization,wedding dress is endowed with specific significance of an era. The development of wedding dress culture represents the progress of The Times.At the same time, social progress,economic development and other factors have rewritten the process of wedding dress. We can understand the development history of human society through the different development states of wedding dress in different periods,and explore the essential reasons for the development of wedding dress. With the economic globalization, multi-cultural collision and mutual integration,wedding dress culture has also become a catalyst to strengthen the communication between China and the west. In addition, comprehending the western wedding dress culture is also oneof the ways to speed up the advancement of China’s wedding dress.

This paper studies the evolution and development of Chinese and Western wedding dress indifferent periods and presents the characteristics of Chinese and Western wedding dress. Besides, it discusses the situation of mutual integration and learningin the development process of Chinese and Western wedding dress culture. This essay makes a comparative analysis of the forms of wedding dress in every period, explores the cultural differences between Chineseand Western, and analyses the reasons for these differences in detail. The study of Chinese and Western wedding dress,is conducive to the cultural exchange and collision between Chinese and Western, promoting the innovation and development of Chinese and Western wedding dress, and facilitating communication in the development of Chinese and Western culture

Key words: Wedding dress; Cross-cultural Theory; Comparative study

Contents

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Research Significance 2

1.3 Research Method 2

Chapter Two Literature Review 4

2.1 Cross-culture Theory 4

2.2 Domestic Literature on Wedding Dress 5

2.3 Foreign Literature on Wedding Dress 5

Chapter Three The Development Process of Chinese and Western Wedding Dress 7

3.1 Definition of Wedding Dress 7

3.2 Chinese Wedding Dress 7

3.3 Western Wedding Dress 9

Chapter Four Similarities and Differences between Chinese and Western Wedding Dress 10

4.1 Similarities of Chinese and Western Wedding Dress 10

4.1.1 Simplified Style 10

4.1.2 Functional Consistency 11

4.2 Differences between Chinese and Western Wedding Dress 11

4.2.1 Color 11

4.2.1 Patterns 12

4.2.1 Structure 12

Chapter Five Reasons of the Differences between Chinese and Western Wedding Dress 14

5.1 Economic Factors 14

5.2 Cultural Factors 14

5.3 Religious Belief Factors 15

5.4 Political System 16

5.5 Ideology 17

Chapter Six Conclusion 18

Works Cited 19

Acknowledgments 20