Marriage Customs

In China And India

Fairy 马雨晴
 Contents

1 2 3 4
Sense Of Arranged Bride-Price Dress And
Hierarchy Marriage And Dowry Makeup
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Sense Of
Hierarchy
Sense Of Hierarchy

With the development of The Times,

China India
both countries are also developing
towards freedom of love and marriage

Equal In Social Status( 门当户对） Caste System

choose partner having matched family
background, such as official Family,
Literary Family, prosperous family
once unequal, one of the couple will be
excluded and criticized by others.
Rank people by occupation
Followed by Brahmins,
Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra
Interracial marriage is
theoretically prohibited
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Arranged
Marriage
 Arranged Marriage
In China
 “ 父母之命，媒妁之言”
 In ancient China, it was difficult to
get married without parents' approval
and matchmaker's matchmaking
 Today, despite the prevalence of free
love, asking for parental consent
before marriage is still common
In India
A girl's marriage is arranged by her
father. If authorized by the father, it
may be done by the elder brother
Arranged marriages are still popular
even today
In remote and poor areas, mercenary
marriages and snatches of marriage
often take place, sometimes with
daughters as young as several years old
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Bride-Price
And Dowry
 Bride Price And Dowry

 Since the Zhou Dynasty, Marriage in China

follows the "six rituals"( 六礼）
 An important part of marriage is the bride
price and dowry.
 A dowry is a wedding gift given to a
daughter by her parents to secure her
position in the man's family.
 Generally bride-price is more than dowry,
the wedding is conducted by the
bridegroom.
 Because the man through the wedding to
buy a woman's later life, is the main profit.
Bride Price And Dowry

Today, in China, a man

who wants to get a wife
must first have a car, a
house and a bride- price.

The national
bride- price ranking list
Bride Price And Dowry

A large amount of dowry is

Compared with required when getting
China, India pays married
more attention to The more the bride sends,
dowry. the higher her status she is

All the expenses Hinduism sees

of the wedding marriage as the only
were borne by means for women to
the bride achieve religious
liberation
Bride Price And Dowry

Some Social
problems like "The
A Huge
bride commits
Sum Of suicide or is killed",
Dowry "sell daughter".
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Dress
And Makeup
Dress And Makeup

In China
 Bridegroom: 状元服
 Bride: 凤冠霞帔

 Red is the dominant color

 represent good fortune and
warding off evil spirits
 Bridal sedans, wedding
characters and other items
will also be painted red
Dress And Makeup

 Influenced by the Buddhist

practice of "painting gold" ， in
ancient China, there was the
custom of yellowing forehead. ( 额
黄妆）
 Originated in the Wei-jin period,
prevailing in the Tang Dynasty

当窗理云鬓，对镜贴花黄

——— 《木兰辞》
Dress And Makeup
In India
The groom is usually
dressed in white, with
an elaborate headscarf
and flowers
 The Indian bride
generally wears the red
color with a gold
border, symbolizing
prosperity.
 The most elegant and
 Dress And Makeup

“A wedding is not complete

without Mehndi. ”
 Mehndi is a hand-painted pattern
that we see on the hands and feet
of Indian brides.
 Be painted by the mother-in-law
and other women in the bride's
family.
 Designs include flowers, peacocks,
lotuses, and elephants.
 The deeper it is, the more the
groom loves the bride
 Conclusion
 China and India are neighbors with a long history
and cultural tradition. The two countries both
have their own long history and rich forms of
marriage tradition.
 There are similarities and differences between
Chinese and Indian traditional marriage customs,
which still deserve our deep discussion and study.
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