The etiquette of kowtowing and bowing?

Knocking and bowing are from ancient times, so do you know? Here is for you, I hope it can help you!

The kowtow salute of interpersonal relationship is a mediator for people to get along with each other. In the splash annoying life, from time to time there are transgressions. There is also a breakthrough in the moral bottom line as a human being, and will even reach the unmanageable realm. If so, there is a "scolding three days of worry, beating three days of sadness," the reflective mood, to comply with the "murder is not the head of the ground," the iron law, to others to apologize. This iron law is a folk law not legal regulations, everyone follows the rules, in the folk folklore in a high position. It is indifference to the high official salary, light material wealth, not close to the square hole patina, just a kowtow, all things are over. However, there are also complicated matters, or run into an old bull, stubborn stone eggs. Good words have said a basket, the error has recognized a whole lot, pinch a snot, wiped a few tears, please ask for forgiveness over this time. At this time the chest filled with gas stubborn dead ox tendon is still in the top of the cow, face taut as Yangzhou bow, mouth closed tight, did not say a word, at this time the air does not flow, the atmosphere is extraordinarily stagnant. There is a respected person, or some older old man out: "kneel down and kowtow one head!" At this time the petitioner with tears in his eyes, "pouncing" on both knees, head grounded, continuously came a three kowtow. Frightened angry people panicked and slipped out of the bed, hands to help up the petitioner.

However, there are still some stubborn stone eggs, ignore you knocked two or three back, or sitting on the kang towering, steady as a mountain. Only to see the guilty person kneeling on the ground does not get up. As such, the elder opened his mouth and said, "Dispense the wine," and someone had already handed the cup of wine to the purging offender, who knelt down and put the wine on his head, asking the master to come and take the cup of wine. Elder again opened his mouth and said, "Still not pick up the wine cup, and do not collect the head ......" and then played to persuade said, "Killing people but the head to point the ground ...... "The master thought for half a day, people kowtowed, raised the wine cup, to their own sins, only to take over the wine cup of Qi Mei, hands to help up the wrongdoer, a fight or death, or chicken skin spear quality, in the "kill but head point ground" iron law kowtow in the release.

The kowtowing rituals of the alliance, this ritual in ancient times, there is a blood oath ceremony, is for both sides of the mouth contains the blood of livestock, or in the mouth and lips coated with blood to show that the oath of faith, and the later people follow the ancient rituals, the top of the pavement and set up the cardboard tablets, the book of the gods and goddesses of the earth's king's name, and then a few kneeling in front of the god, the goddesses and goddesses of earth's king swore: "not to seek the same year, the same month of birth, the same month of life, the same year of birth, the same year of birth, the same month of death. Do not seek the same year and the same month of birth, only the same month and the same day of death. To enjoy the same blessings and to face the same difficulties." As such, after setting up the altar to swear, together to heaven and earth to kowtow, meaning that contains God to testify. This ceremony is known as the "Flick of the Incense", and later people will call each other "Worship", with the older ones being called "Worship" and the younger ones "Worship". The older ones were called "brothers" and the younger ones were called "brothers". In fact, the knot handle worship brother, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the "Peach Orchard three knot righteousness" is exactly such a ceremony, people have been so inherited down.

Between the northern Shaanxi Province, there is a lock doll to recognize the custom of calling "dry big", to dry big to keep the child locked up, is to hold a ceremony for the doll, the child to lie down to dry big to kowtow. Every child's birthday, dry big need to walk up to the door, to the doll with a red clue, is "lock". When the child grows to twelve years old, think "soul full", to open the lock, and then the lock line does not bring, but the dry big has been to call the old.

There are large and small temples all over northern Shaanxi, every February 2, March 3, April 8, May 13, etc., the temple has opened. At this time, some of the good men and women kneeling in front of the statue of God, divination, divining the good and bad, followed by a kowtowing and bowing performance. In real life, kowtow to God in awe, abound, such as praying for rain to the Dragon King, turn nine curves to invite the gods as well as wind activities, etc., can not be separated from the two knees kneeling down, the head pro and the ground and the *** egg high rise posture.

China's senior figures and international friends, has long been with the embrace and handshake etiquette, communication of international relations, affinity and interpersonal atmosphere, civilization and simplicity, much care. With the pulse of the times, some of the Shaanbei folk kowtow rituals have also been simplified, such as organizing a wedding, "worship heaven and earth" to make a bow, or nod instead of kowtow. During the New Year festivals, the family gods, such as the God of the earth, the God of the stove, etc. have long been exempted from the kowtow ritual. In life, why inherit the kowtow ritual, why no longer use the kowtow ritual, but also through the process of people's daily life in the long term to choose.

Bow-tow, a traditional Han folk etiquette, arching the hand as a gift, is a common etiquette used in ancient times when guests and hosts meet. Both hands clasped palms pushed forward, the body slightly bent, indicating that the salute to the person. Because there is no need to touch the hands, it has a more hygienic character compared to the handshake of foreigners. However, in recent times, with the introduction of Western culture into China, the Chinese have accepted and used the handshake, and such a beautiful way of meeting people has gradually been abandoned or even forgotten by the Chinese.

The gesture of bowing is used in different ways depending on the occasion, with the right hand inside and the left hand wrapped around the outside as the "auspicious bow", which is often used on festive occasions such as New Year's Eve, and vice versa, which is the "fierce bow", and is generally used in mourning. Women's gestures and men's is the opposite of the left hand fist right hand wrapped in its on is "auspicious worship".

Note: In the spoken language, the word "作" is pronounced as "一", in the written language, the word "作" is pronounced as "四声", and the word "揖" is pronounced as "yī ".("揖")。