Similarities Between Traditional And Western Marriage

Marriage is something that you can find throughout the world. It does not stop from one from country border to another and also involved with all religions. However, the views and beliefs of marriage vary throughout the world. The definition of traditional marriage according to Merriam-Webster “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law.” Throughout, will be a comparison of traditional Chinese beliefs to the beliefs of the traditional western marriage to see the similarities and differences of both ideologies and ceremonies.

Confucius philosophy is heavily followed throughout of the Eastern hemisphere, especially in China where Confucius comes …show more content…
This is called “Holy Matrimony”. The relationship is a lifelong bond between one man and one woman being one of the holiest gifts given by God. Like most religions, Christians cannot have children without first being married. If they do have a child that means that they broke the one of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are the rules given by God to the people to follow, “Thy shall not commit adultery.” If this was broken, many things could happen to the offenders. It could range to shaming or excommunication from the community and church to death depending on what they church decided what to do. Western marriage is very similar to what Chinese marriage is like. Some people married for love, however, it marriage was used as a political positioning. For example, princes in Europe would marry other princesses from other kingdoms and countries to build peace bonds. However, this also caused trouble if the King divorces the Queen, which then would lead the two countries going to war. Marriage was also used as with social status. Families would not allow others to marry someone from a social class that is below them. Upper class families would intermingle their families so that they would keep their family name tied with …show more content…
The culture around marriage and asking for the woman’s hand in marriage is a simpler process than in Chinese ways. However, the few points follow suit like Chinese. The first step is asking for the permission from the head of the family, or the person who raised the daughter her whole life. This usually is the father, stepfather, or grandfather. You must ask them for their permission to marry their daughter before the family accepts it. When you receive their blessing, then it is acceptable for the man to ask the women if she would like to