We can see that the scholars have done lots of studies of marriage。 Through the comparison of the marriage concepts of between Chinese and Western, they have used their own methods to research the potential culture reasons。 However there are lots of factors in the marriage, so the more comparisons are needed。 Furthermore, what the researchers had done before was relatively limited in the discrepancy of marriage customs and beliefs, so we need to do more to penetrate into the cultural field。 

2。 Literature Review

     Before making comparison between Chinese and Western marriage concept, it is necessary for us to confine the current research to certain aspects to avoid confusion。 In this chapter, some notions and terms related to the research will be discussed。 In addition, some relevant researches done by both foreign and Chinese scholars will be reviewed。

     The western scholars mentioned that there are two opposite theories for human marriage。 First was proposed by Morgan and Engels, while the second theory was proposed by Edward Westermarck。 Morgan and Engels thought that there were different kinds of marriages in human history but finally those marriages have developed into a perfect monogamy。 However, Westermarck did not agree with the viewpoint mentioned above。 He thinks that the monogamy is the only marriage style。文献综述

     Sun Jianjun indicated there are clear discrepancies in the Chinese and western marriages。 First, is the discrepancy of marriage purposes。 Second, is the differences of the relationship between husband and wife in marriage, and the last one is the discrepancy of mate selection。 Gong Lixia indicated that there are similarities in the Chinese and western marriage。 She concluded the recent general marriage trends of the two cultural。 First, is the delay of marriageable age。 Second, is the customs are more simplified than before, Third, is that hold wedding is usually a kind of luxury, Fourth, is the shaping of new marriage customs and the last one is the appearance of naked marriage。 Zhang Li proposed that the Confucian culture is the core of Chinese civilization and formed the marriage concept should focused on the groups while the core of Western civilization is the freedom which has formed the marriage concept should focused on inpidual。

     From the above-mentioned, we can see that lots of books have been written and researches have been done on cross-cultural marriage concepts; however, the researches about the marriage concepts are comparatively very few。 Even if some research have been done。 They are scattered somewhere and haven't formed an own system, not to mention the equivalent researches on marriage cultures between countries。 Therefore, the research that has being done, to a certain extent, tries to add further researches in the development of cross-cultural communication, and to different marriage cultures in particular。

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3。 Different purposes in The Two Different Marriage Cultures

3。1 Purposes in Chinese Marriage Culture

     Chinese traditional marriage is based on family rather than love。 It means that: the two families could become larger and larger due to the marriage, and enlarge the scale of relatives。 In order to breed, expand the family, maintain and improve the family’s reputation and status ‘Book of Rites’ with justice says: Adult ceremony was begun with crown etiquette and basis on marriage。 In China, to get marry means to marry into another family, in order not to hurt the family’s reputation, the man will choose the marriage very carefully。 Therefore, marry a good wife are good for setting the needs of the family above their own interests。 In order to benefit your family, the man could get married with a totally stranger。来*自~优|尔^论:文+网www.chuibin.com +QQ752018766*