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e flower or a cloth on her, and sixpence in the shoe. In China, people support that it is lucky to make bridal array by the bride herself. However, in English, Some people believe it is lucky to make wedding dress by the bride herself, but others feel it is unlucky for the bride to make wedding dress. In English, the bridegroom wears a black tuxedo with white shirt and a tie.
B. The Aesthetic Function of the Clothing
From the subject sense, "aesthetic culture" refers to the cultural part of the human society which establishes or is some beauty and aesthetics. There are many differences between Chinese and western dress aesthetic culture. "If the Oriental art inspiration is from landscape, westerners' consciousness inspiration will be from the human body."4 The partition of historical culture has existed in myth and legend of the early human. About the origin of mankind, it is thecreation of the world by Pan Gu in our myths and legends. This myth reflects a kind of simple nature in Chinese ancient: The human beings and the world have the same source and man is part of the world. Therefore, man and nature is not opposite, but in harmony. The most famous is the Bible "genesis" in the western legends of human origin, which reflects the western view of the world: Although man and nature are created by God, the relationship between man and nature are opposites. God creates the nature, which is for people. People are not part of nature, but natural managers and dominator. There are many differences between Chinese and western dress aesthetic culture. 1. Western culture originated in Marine civilization, cultural instinct is more open and easy to fuse outland costume culture. Chinese culture originated in mainland civilization, cultural instinct is more closed. It has stubborn "the original body" consciousness in the clothing. Traditional costume forms stable position for thousands of years, it is relatively difficult to absorb foreign clothing. 2. Western culture is good at expressing contradiction and conflict, which emphasizes stimulation and extreme form in apparel structure. Chinese culture is a harmonious culture, which emphasizes the equilibrium, symmetry and unified costume modeling method. It is beautiful for rule and stable. 3. Western culture is a simile culture, which lays stress on modeling, line, design and color with visual comfortable for the first. Chinese culture is a metaphor culture, whose art lays stress on lyricism. It pursues the spiritual implication and cultural grade of the clothing inscape. 4. Western culture advocates the beauty of human body, which takes seriously to show human sexual difference. It does not taboo on performing sexy. Classical mode is a performance of secondary sex characteristics, women like the nude neck, nude shoulder, scoop-back and half chest. It displays the bodily curve of female with tightening waistline and filling up buttock. Modern model shows the body's natural shape through the contracted form and shows modern fashion through short, nude and tight. 5. Chinese culture disregards the existence of "sex", the clothing does not manifest bodily curve, which don't have a sensual elements. The clothing is wide and covers with human body, which expresses is a grave, implicit beauty. The aesthetic characteristics of Chinese clothing reflect the Chinese nation's aesthetic mentality and cultural characteristics. Chinese people pay atte