What are the taboos of Han customs?

The cultural psychology of the Han nationality is gradually formed after thousands of years of accumulation. Although the import of various modern cultural thoughts has greatly impacted this traditional cultural psychology in the past hundred years, its influence is still deeply rooted. This forms the unique pragmatic features of Chinese in people's verbal communication.

2. Strong feudal ideas.

First of all, the feudal society based on agricultural natural economy ruled China for thousands of years. This feudal patriarchal society has created two characteristics in national psychology: one is to attach great importance to blood relationship, and the other is to emphasize class differences. Therefore, a prominent feature in verbal communication is to pay attention to the use of kinship terms and strictly distinguish between seniority and inferiority.

3. Pay attention to address etiquette.

In the west, we can see the younger generation calling their elders by their first names, which is not allowed in the communication between China people. When talking with the elders among relatives, you must use appellation, which is a sign of courtesy and education. Moreover, kinship terms, as a kind of honorific, are widely used by non-relative speakers, such as uncles, grandmothers and aunts. They are regarded as a sign of respect and intimacy for each other.

4. Pay attention to the concept of seniority.

The patriarchal concept has been transferred to social interpersonal relationships and become a hierarchical concept. For thousands of years, feudal society has always advocated the order of the young and the old, and the order of respect and inferiority. Therefore, when people talk with people with official positions, they always have the habit of being commensurate with their positions, which was considered as a kind of honorific title in ancient times.

In communication, in order to raise each other's status, they often lower themselves, so there are a number of modest names relative to honorifics, such as your surname-my surname, your family-my humble family, my good brother-my stupid brother, my masterpiece-my humble work, my humble opinion-my humble opinion.

5. Emphasize interpersonal relationships.

Emphasize the harmony of interpersonal relationships, emphasize the sociality of people, emphasize the constraints of society and groups on individuals, and emphasize groups rather than individuals and personalities. This is also related to the patriarchal clan system in feudal society, which is in sharp contrast with the western self-centered, emphasizing independent personality and individuality and praising individual achievements and honors.

Because of this, in order to emphasize the intimacy of interpersonal relationship, China people often use kinship terms to address non-relative speakers; China people often greet each other's private lives after meeting, such as "Have you eaten?" I'm not really worried that you will starve. It's just that I'm very concerned and affectionate.

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