海外文化:西方結婚慶典新娘戴面紗的原因

【英文原文】

Wedding Veil

摘要：爲什麼在西方的結婚慶典上，新娘至始至終都戴着面紗？下面的解釋可以回答你。

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.

【中文譯文】

爲什麼在西方的結婚慶典上，新娘至始至終都戴着面紗？下面的解釋可以回答你。

婚紗的習俗要比婚服早幾個世紀。對此習俗的解釋不止一個，其中之一是：在包辦婚姻時代，新郎迎娶新娘的慶典前，新娘必須戴面紗。

這樣，等新郎見到新娘的臉，即便他不喜歡，爲時也晚了。另一個解釋是：戴面紗是爲了在慶典時保護新娘不受那些遊蕩在她周圍的邪惡魂靈的傷害。