海外文化:西方结婚庆典新娘戴面纱的原因

【英文原文】

Wedding Veil

摘要：为什么在西方的结婚庆典上，新娘至始至终都戴着面纱？下面的解释可以回答你。

Why does the wedding veil cover the bride's face throughout the ceremony in the West? The explanations below are　some of the reasons for you.

The custom of the wedding veil should predate wedding dress by of the explanations for this is that during the times of arranged marriages,the bride's face was covered until the groom was committed to her at the ceremony.

So it would be too late for him to run off if he didn't like her there is another explanation that the veil was worn to protect the bride from evil spirits that may be floating around her at wedding ceremony.

【中文译文】

为什么在西方的结婚庆典上，新娘至始至终都戴着面纱？下面的解释可以回答你。

婚纱的习俗要比婚服早几个世纪。对此习俗的解释不止一个，其中之一是：在包办婚姻时代，新郎迎娶新娘的庆典前，新娘必须戴面纱。

这样，等新郎见到新娘的脸，即便他不喜欢，为时也晚了。另一个解释是：戴面纱是为了在庆典时保护新娘不受那些游荡在她周围的邪恶魂灵的伤害。