What is the etiquette of shaking hands when we meet? Shouldn't the elder reach out first before the younger one can shake hands? Please tell me in detail, thank you.

Shake hands with others, must pay attention to the order of reaching out. Generally speaking, elders, honored and young, late generation, should be elders, honored first hand.

Superiors and subordinates, by the superiors first reach out; students and teachers, by the teacher first reach out; women, men, by the women first reach out. If the woman does not extend her hand and has no intention of shaking hands, the man can just nod his head in greeting.

Married and unmarried people, the married person first. Social occasions, the first to arrive, after the arrival of the first to reach out first; guests arrive, the host took the initiative to shake the hands of guests; guests to say goodbye, the guests first hand. Of course, these basic rules, but also depending on the specific circumstances, for example, the leader to the grassroots inspection, the masses will be scrambling to shake hands with, the leader should try to meet.

One person needs to shake hands with more than one person, to follow the order of honor. Social and leisure occasions, the order of handshake, the main consideration of age, gender and other factors, the older, the lady first; and official occasions, it is more important to identity, position, the higher first. At the same time, shaking hands with people, pay attention to the interaction with each other. Reach out too early, sometimes may be trapped in passive; too late, it seems arrogant and rude.

Expanded:

1. Shaking hands with someone with both hands is commonly seen between close relatives; if you have something important to ask the other party for, in addition to the right hand, add the left hand to cover the other party's right hand. When shaking hands, use the left hand to support each other's right wrist, or each other's right shoulder, to show care and trust;

2, shaking hands and embracing or face-to-face salute in succession, the meaning of the deeper, more enthusiastic. Handshake should take off the hat, but because of the cold can not take off the hat, the left hand can be used to the brim of the hat upward gently a lift. Handshake time is generally mastered in 3-5 seconds, and long goodbye, can be appropriate to extend some time.

In addition, the handshake taboo does not look at the time and occasion, such as being on the phone, or just out of the toilet, you can not go forward to shake hands. When shaking hands, do not be perfunctory, look around, or shake hands with A, and with B greetings.

Except for the disabled, the left hand is generally not used to shake hands, especially the people who believe in Islam, the left hand is considered unclean, it is more taboo to use the left hand. Men are not allowed to wear gloves or shake with unclean, sweaty hands. If a woman is wearing long gauze gloves, she does not have to take off her gloves to shake hands. Muslim women do not shake hands with men, men who want to greet them, nodding their heads in greeting.

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