The Wedding Banquet is a movie about a gay Taiwan Residents immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. His plan backfires and things get out of hand when his pa...The Wedding Banquet is a movie about a gay Taiwan Residents immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. His plan backfires and things get out of hand when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet. Based on Hall's theory of high-context and low-context culture, this paper analyzes the cultural conflicts in the movie from six perspectives, and offers suggestions to the harmonious development of China and America. It is hoped that the paper can help readers get an in-depth comprehension of Hall's theory of high-context and low-context culture and discover some invisible conflicts between China and the West and finally raise people's consciousness of cultural conflicts and ways of handling the conflicts. With the advancement of globalization, intercultural communicative competence is becoming more and more important, and social communication between China and the West will become more relaxed and fruitful if people acquire more knowledge in intercultural communication.展开更多
After a review of current studies both home & abroad about face issue, the thesis analyzes the face issues in the movieThe Wedding Banquet from four perspectives with face theory to show the different degrees of c...After a review of current studies both home & abroad about face issue, the thesis analyzes the face issues in the movieThe Wedding Banquet from four perspectives with face theory to show the different degrees of concern, understanding, and views offace between Chinese and American.展开更多
The paper mainly presents three rituals in China and western countries with the documentary method,namely wedding dressand decoration,wedding ceremony,and wedding banquet,then discusses their similarities and differen...The paper mainly presents three rituals in China and western countries with the documentary method,namely wedding dressand decoration,wedding ceremony,and wedding banquet,then discusses their similarities and differences,helping people to know aboutwedding culture in eastern and western countries.展开更多
On November 10,China(Chaozhou)International Wed-ding&Evening Dress Week,sponsored by the China National Garment Association and the China Fashion Association,was inaugurated in Chaozhou.The 3-day wedding and eveni...On November 10,China(Chaozhou)International Wed-ding&Evening Dress Week,sponsored by the China National Garment Association and the China Fashion Association,was inaugurated in Chaozhou.The 3-day wedding and evening dress week attracted about 100 brands and tens of thousands of dealers from all over the world,including 11 well-known wedding dress brands including FAMORY,Lian Si,LUCLASSIC and NE.TIGER,etc.It also revealed the trends in the Chinese展开更多
If one receives an announcement of a wedding after it is over,a note of congratulation may be sent,but a gift is not necessary.InChina the equivalent of this is the newspaper announcement.If onereceives an invitation ...If one receives an announcement of a wedding after it is over,a note of congratulation may be sent,but a gift is not necessary.InChina the equivalent of this is the newspaper announcement.If onereceives an invitation to the wedding,however,one must reply im-mediately,accepting or declining the invitation,and accompanyingthe reply in either case with a gift.All gifts are sent to the bride,展开更多
Folk legends depict Naodongfang as an auspicious and positive custom,in contrast to the intellectuals’negative comments found in historical manuscripts concerning Naodongfang.The three types(stories of auspicious and...Folk legends depict Naodongfang as an auspicious and positive custom,in contrast to the intellectuals’negative comments found in historical manuscripts concerning Naodongfang.The three types(stories of auspicious and mythical figures who were incarnated as respected emperors and initiated Naodongfang;tales of folk heroes who were brave and courageous enough to fight villains such as bad emperors or demons;and urban legends of everyday people’s experiences),affirm Naodongfang as an essential component of a Chinese wedding.The beliefs and legends underlie the practice of lively and noisy weddings and led to the pervasiveness of Naodongfang that continues until today.Folk legends and their related beliefs speak to the longevity of Naodongfang and suggest its historical and present importance.展开更多
“Raise your bridal veil and let me have a close look at your face. Your brows are so thin and long, like the crescent in the sky. Your brows are so thin and long, like the bow-shape moon.”By singing this melodious U...“Raise your bridal veil and let me have a close look at your face. Your brows are so thin and long, like the crescent in the sky. Your brows are so thin and long, like the bow-shape moon.”By singing this melodious Uygur love song, I cannot help imagining the unique ethnic weddings of Uygur lovers and recalling the fascinating panorama of "the Second China Cultural Festival on Ethnic Wedding Traditions" recently hosted in Butterfly Lovers Park in Ningbo, a port city in the southeast coast of China.展开更多
The marriage customs and rites of wedding ceremony are different from country to country. By analyzing the differences of wedding ceremony between Chinese and Westerners, a conclusion will be made: different wedding c...The marriage customs and rites of wedding ceremony are different from country to country. By analyzing the differences of wedding ceremony between Chinese and Westerners, a conclusion will be made: different wedding customs reflect the differences between the Chinese culture and the western culture and different attitudes towards value and marriage of the Chinese and the western people. This paper aims at making the Chinese and the western people understand each other's culture and values well.展开更多
Having taken a night’s rest after our arrival at Likeng Village in Wuyuan County of Jiangxi Province, we were attracted to the riverside at the village entrance by bursts of firecrackers and the sound of gongs and dr...Having taken a night’s rest after our arrival at Likeng Village in Wuyuan County of Jiangxi Province, we were attracted to the riverside at the village entrance by bursts of firecrackers and the sound of gongs and drums. Both banks of the river were crowded with locals and tourists. Many women who had been washing clothes were crowded under a small bridge. They were wielding wooden clubs while talking and laughing loudly. It turned out that this was the day parents展开更多
Located in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, Chanang, some 130 km from Lhasa, is blessed with convenient transporta-tion networks and a longstanding culture. Despite modern progress, tradition still hold...Located in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, Chanang, some 130 km from Lhasa, is blessed with convenient transporta-tion networks and a longstanding culture. Despite modern progress, tradition still holds sway in some areas.A wedding party in Chanang generally lasts three days. On the first day, a number of people who are good at singing and dancing will be selected to greet the bride at her door. Relatives of the bride will come to offer their congratulations, too.On the second day, the bride leaves her home and enters that of the bridegroom at a suitable time chosen by divination.展开更多
It was May 22, 2002. A special wedding was held at the Henan Provincial No. 2 Prison. The bridegroom was Liu Jingli, who used to be sentenced to life imprisonment and was serving his term, and the bride was Guo Runhon...It was May 22, 2002. A special wedding was held at the Henan Provincial No. 2 Prison. The bridegroom was Liu Jingli, who used to be sentenced to life imprisonment and was serving his term, and the bride was Guo Runhong, who was released from prison a year earlier. Everything went in the traditional way. More than 100 prison inmates crowded the auditorium and 1,000 others standing outside. When the wedding reached the climax, the whole auditorium rose展开更多
On January 11, a lavish group wedding was held in a kindergarten in central China＇s Henan Province. Surprisingly, the brides and bridegrooms participating in the ceremony were not teachers, but more than 100 preschoo...On January 11, a lavish group wedding was held in a kindergarten in central China＇s Henan Province. Surprisingly, the brides and bridegrooms participating in the ceremony were not teachers, but more than 100 preschoolers. Dressed-up boys and girls walked down a red carpet to the Wedding March and said their vows. Their parents were also present to witness the ＂wedding.＂展开更多
Exactly what was going on in Guilin last Jamuary!?There were more marriages taking place here than nine months after the world's earliest sailors in Egypt had their first shore leave.Did any of these unsuspecting ...Exactly what was going on in Guilin last Jamuary!?There were more marriages taking place here than nine months after the world's earliest sailors in Egypt had their first shore leave.Did any of these unsuspecting couples knor exactly what a Chinese wedding inolves?展开更多
People born in 1980s’ is the first generation after the implementation of China’s family planning policy,so they are coddled in a relatively more affluent environment,hence they are with a grain of characters quite ...People born in 1980s’ is the first generation after the implementation of China’s family planning policy,so they are coddled in a relatively more affluent environment,hence they are with a grain of characters quite different from their parents and other generations before.Youth, energy,creativeness and full of fantasy ideas are the best annotation for them.When it comes to the time for them to turn a new leaf in their life--the marriage,those young people absolutely don’t miss the opportunity to show up their prime and taste.Just spurred by their individuality which is in pursuit of doing things unconventional or unorthodox, they are prone to try and accept new things in a bold way.So when they are set to announce their matrimony,they are also declaring that their time comes and they become domination of markets of all field including bedding textile……展开更多
By the 1930s, a variety of forces were chipping away at the traditional Chinese wedding in urban centers like Shanghai. ＂New-style＂ weddings--with a bride in a white wedding dress--took place outside of the home and...By the 1930s, a variety of forces were chipping away at the traditional Chinese wedding in urban centers like Shanghai. ＂New-style＂ weddings--with a bride in a white wedding dress--took place outside of the home and featured networks of friends, choice of one＇s spouse, autonomy from one＇s parents, and the promise of happiness and independence. With the publication of wedding portraits and detailed discussions of new-style wedding etiquette and its trappings, women＇s magazines further shaped the new-style bride as a consumer and an individual. Early reformers had envisioned the new-style ceremony as a streamlined and affordable alternative to traditional ceremonies, but for most city residents these weddings remained out of reach. After the Nationalist consolidation of power in 1928, Shanghai was deemed a crucial site for the promotion of ritual reform and economic restraint. Weddings were at the crux of this movement, which was buttressed by the Civil Code of 1931 allowing children to legally marry without parental consent. New Life Movement group weddings came next. These ceremonies co-opted urban wedding culture in an attempt to frame the new-style wedding as a ritual of politicized citizenship under the Nationalist government. The tension between the popular, commercial, new-style wedding and the Nationalists＇ Spartan political vision, as played out in the market, is examined below.展开更多
文摘The Wedding Banquet is a movie about a gay Taiwan Residents immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. His plan backfires and things get out of hand when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet. Based on Hall's theory of high-context and low-context culture, this paper analyzes the cultural conflicts in the movie from six perspectives, and offers suggestions to the harmonious development of China and America. It is hoped that the paper can help readers get an in-depth comprehension of Hall's theory of high-context and low-context culture and discover some invisible conflicts between China and the West and finally raise people's consciousness of cultural conflicts and ways of handling the conflicts. With the advancement of globalization, intercultural communicative competence is becoming more and more important, and social communication between China and the West will become more relaxed and fruitful if people acquire more knowledge in intercultural communication.
文摘After a review of current studies both home & abroad about face issue, the thesis analyzes the face issues in the movieThe Wedding Banquet from four perspectives with face theory to show the different degrees of concern, understanding, and views offace between Chinese and American.
文摘The paper mainly presents three rituals in China and western countries with the documentary method,namely wedding dressand decoration,wedding ceremony,and wedding banquet,then discusses their similarities and differences,helping people to know aboutwedding culture in eastern and western countries.
文摘On November 10,China(Chaozhou)International Wed-ding&Evening Dress Week,sponsored by the China National Garment Association and the China Fashion Association,was inaugurated in Chaozhou.The 3-day wedding and evening dress week attracted about 100 brands and tens of thousands of dealers from all over the world,including 11 well-known wedding dress brands including FAMORY,Lian Si,LUCLASSIC and NE.TIGER,etc.It also revealed the trends in the Chinese
文摘If one receives an announcement of a wedding after it is over,a note of congratulation may be sent,but a gift is not necessary.InChina the equivalent of this is the newspaper announcement.If onereceives an invitation to the wedding,however,one must reply im-mediately,accepting or declining the invitation,and accompanyingthe reply in either case with a gift.All gifts are sent to the bride,
文摘Folk legends depict Naodongfang as an auspicious and positive custom,in contrast to the intellectuals’negative comments found in historical manuscripts concerning Naodongfang.The three types(stories of auspicious and mythical figures who were incarnated as respected emperors and initiated Naodongfang;tales of folk heroes who were brave and courageous enough to fight villains such as bad emperors or demons;and urban legends of everyday people’s experiences),affirm Naodongfang as an essential component of a Chinese wedding.The beliefs and legends underlie the practice of lively and noisy weddings and led to the pervasiveness of Naodongfang that continues until today.Folk legends and their related beliefs speak to the longevity of Naodongfang and suggest its historical and present importance.
文摘“Raise your bridal veil and let me have a close look at your face. Your brows are so thin and long, like the crescent in the sky. Your brows are so thin and long, like the bow-shape moon.”By singing this melodious Uygur love song, I cannot help imagining the unique ethnic weddings of Uygur lovers and recalling the fascinating panorama of "the Second China Cultural Festival on Ethnic Wedding Traditions" recently hosted in Butterfly Lovers Park in Ningbo, a port city in the southeast coast of China.
文摘The marriage customs and rites of wedding ceremony are different from country to country. By analyzing the differences of wedding ceremony between Chinese and Westerners, a conclusion will be made: different wedding customs reflect the differences between the Chinese culture and the western culture and different attitudes towards value and marriage of the Chinese and the western people. This paper aims at making the Chinese and the western people understand each other's culture and values well.
文摘Having taken a night’s rest after our arrival at Likeng Village in Wuyuan County of Jiangxi Province, we were attracted to the riverside at the village entrance by bursts of firecrackers and the sound of gongs and drums. Both banks of the river were crowded with locals and tourists. Many women who had been washing clothes were crowded under a small bridge. They were wielding wooden clubs while talking and laughing loudly. It turned out that this was the day parents
文摘Located in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, Chanang, some 130 km from Lhasa, is blessed with convenient transporta-tion networks and a longstanding culture. Despite modern progress, tradition still holds sway in some areas.A wedding party in Chanang generally lasts three days. On the first day, a number of people who are good at singing and dancing will be selected to greet the bride at her door. Relatives of the bride will come to offer their congratulations, too.On the second day, the bride leaves her home and enters that of the bridegroom at a suitable time chosen by divination.
文摘It was May 22, 2002. A special wedding was held at the Henan Provincial No. 2 Prison. The bridegroom was Liu Jingli, who used to be sentenced to life imprisonment and was serving his term, and the bride was Guo Runhong, who was released from prison a year earlier. Everything went in the traditional way. More than 100 prison inmates crowded the auditorium and 1,000 others standing outside. When the wedding reached the climax, the whole auditorium rose
文摘On January 11, a lavish group wedding was held in a kindergarten in central China＇s Henan Province. Surprisingly, the brides and bridegrooms participating in the ceremony were not teachers, but more than 100 preschoolers. Dressed-up boys and girls walked down a red carpet to the Wedding March and said their vows. Their parents were also present to witness the ＂wedding.＂
文摘Exactly what was going on in Guilin last Jamuary!?There were more marriages taking place here than nine months after the world's earliest sailors in Egypt had their first shore leave.Did any of these unsuspecting couples knor exactly what a Chinese wedding inolves?
文摘People born in 1980s’ is the first generation after the implementation of China’s family planning policy,so they are coddled in a relatively more affluent environment,hence they are with a grain of characters quite different from their parents and other generations before.Youth, energy,creativeness and full of fantasy ideas are the best annotation for them.When it comes to the time for them to turn a new leaf in their life--the marriage,those young people absolutely don’t miss the opportunity to show up their prime and taste.Just spurred by their individuality which is in pursuit of doing things unconventional or unorthodox, they are prone to try and accept new things in a bold way.So when they are set to announce their matrimony,they are also declaring that their time comes and they become domination of markets of all field including bedding textile……
文摘By the 1930s, a variety of forces were chipping away at the traditional Chinese wedding in urban centers like Shanghai. ＂New-style＂ weddings--with a bride in a white wedding dress--took place outside of the home and featured networks of friends, choice of one＇s spouse, autonomy from one＇s parents, and the promise of happiness and independence. With the publication of wedding portraits and detailed discussions of new-style wedding etiquette and its trappings, women＇s magazines further shaped the new-style bride as a consumer and an individual. Early reformers had envisioned the new-style ceremony as a streamlined and affordable alternative to traditional ceremonies, but for most city residents these weddings remained out of reach. After the Nationalist consolidation of power in 1928, Shanghai was deemed a crucial site for the promotion of ritual reform and economic restraint. Weddings were at the crux of this movement, which was buttressed by the Civil Code of 1931 allowing children to legally marry without parental consent. New Life Movement group weddings came next. These ceremonies co-opted urban wedding culture in an attempt to frame the new-style wedding as a ritual of politicized citizenship under the Nationalist government. The tension between the popular, commercial, new-style wedding and the Nationalists＇ Spartan political vision, as played out in the market, is examined below.
