Grassland custom

First of all, when visiting a Mongolian family, it is forbidden to tuck your skirt in your belt, arm in arm, and don't bring a whip into the house. Regardless of the host and guest, we should let the elders and the elderly enter the house first.

Don't sit in the wrong position after entering the room. When a newcomer is a guest, the host will usually let the guest sit on it, while the guest will let the old man sit first. In yurts, elders always sit in the front, with men doing the west and women doing the east.

It is forbidden to lose your temper with children when guests are present, and you can't beat and scold children. Elders and elders are forbidden to interrupt and expose shortcomings. If you have any questions or need to explain the situation, don't ask until others have finished.

If you come to visit Mongolian yurts, the host will immediately offer a bowl of steaming milk tea, followed by fried rice and a bowl of cream, milk tofu, milk skin and other dairy products. When the host asks you to taste it, don't refuse it, otherwise it will break the host's heart and make him feel sorry. Mongolians are not afraid of others not eating too much. The more they eat, the happier their owners will be. After accepting the host's tea and rice, don't eat at all; Taboo eating milk food with chopsticks and drinking milk and eating milk food standing up; Taboo to pour milk casually; You can't turn a blind eye when you meet someone passing by with milk. You must have a taste before you go.

Taboo for drinking tea: when drinking tea, it is forbidden to fill the cup; Avoid pouring tea with your left hand; Taboo pouring tea from the door; Don't sigh when eating and drinking tea.

Taboos for eating red food: When tasting Deji and eating sheep's back, it is forbidden to be disheveled, and it is forbidden to sprinkle water with other fingers except the ring finger; When eating bones, it is forbidden to leave meat crumbs; When eating scapular meat, it is forbidden to bite. You should tear it open with a knife or hand. After eating bones, it is forbidden to beat each other; In the usual meat food, it is forbidden to eat ox gall, fox meat, dog meat and cat meat.

Taboo to eat: it is forbidden to give guests salt-free tea and rice; Avoid blowing with your mouth when eating hot meals; Avoid food spillage; Don't stretch after meals.

Compared with hospitality, the host family usually has taboos when preparing: for example, it is forbidden to break bones and joints when cutting meat; Avoid putting meat upside down; Don't pour rice into the pot in a bag; Avoid counting when mashing tea leaves; Don't talk loudly, speak unlucky language, etc. When pancakes and fried food.

In short, when visiting a pastoral area, we must pay attention to these daily etiquette taboos, which is not only a respect for the Mongolian people, but also a guarantee for our happy mood. Of course, if you don't know anything about these taboos and offend Mongolian compatriots, they can forgive you, and people who don't know won't blame you.