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[[Per capita]] atheists marry significantly less (see: [[Atheism and marriage]]).
[[Per capita]] atheists marry significantly less (see: [[Atheism and marriage]]).
== Atheist weddings in the West ==
Due to the Christianization of the [[Western World]], in the West [[Atheism|atheist]] weddings are generally similar to Christian weddings minus the religious elements.
Due to the Christianization of the [[Western World]], in the West [[Atheism|atheist]] weddings are generally similar to Christian weddings minus the religious elements.
Due to the limited amount of atheist music about love and marriage (see: [[Atheist music]] and [[Atheism and romance]] and [[Atheism and love]]), atheist weddings feature nonreligious songs, but not atheist wedding songs.
Due to the limited amount of atheist music about love and marriage (see: [[Atheist music]] and [[Atheism and romance]] and [[Atheism and love]]), atheist weddings feature nonreligious songs, but not atheist wedding songs.
== Atheist weddings in China ==
In recent times, Confucian wedding rituals have become popular in China. In these type of ceremonies, which are a recent invention with no historic precedent, the bride and groom both bow and pay respects to a large portrait of [[Confucius]] hanging inside the banquet hall while wedding attendants and the couple are dressed in traditional Chinese robes.
=== The four bows in Chinese weddings ===
Before the bride and groom enter the nuptial chambers, they exchange nuptial cups and perform ceremonial bows as follows:[8]
1. First bow - Heaven and Earth
2. Second bow - ancestors
3. Third bow - parents
4. Fourth bow - spouse
== Weddings in atheistic Japan ==
== Weddings in atheistic Japan ==