题型:阅读理解 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
甘肃省天水一中2018-2019学年高二下学期英语开学考试试卷
In Chinese customs, red is the main color for weddings. It is used in different ways as it signifies love, joy and happiness. The bride's wedding gown(女礼服)is often red, the wedding invitations, gift boxes and envelopes are red and the bride and the groom's homes are decorated in red on the wedding day.
Before the wedding, the married couples from the groom's family visit the bride's place with gifts in red baskets and boxes. One of those baskets has milk honey. Three days before the wedding, the women from the bride's family bring return﹣gifts to the groom's family.
On the wedding day, the groom arrives at the bride's place on his way to the chapel(佛堂). The groom has to give gifts in cash wrapped in red paper to the bride's friends for letting her go. The bride and the groom then leave for the chapel together.
The wedding ceremony is attended only by the couple's immediate relatives. Just after the wedding ceremony, the bride serves tea to her parents in﹣laws as a tradition. The couples will then go to get wedding pictures. Then a reception(宴会)will follow.
In the reception, a welcome speech is followed by a cake cutting ceremony. A Chinese wedding cake has many layers(层), and each one represents a step to success for the newly married couples. So couples cut the cake from the bottom
Travour.com describes and provides information on the wedding traditions of the Chinese and around the world. Below are some wedding traditions performed in Italy.
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