Why is there a World Kissing Day and what country's tradition is it?

World Kissing Day is a British tradition, recognized by the United Nations in 1991. Some countries also set up kissing zones on International Kissing Day, where strangers can be kissed, and kissing has been practiced for 3,000 years, and is gradually being recognized as a way of expressing love.

The real "Kissing Day" is originated in France, for this romantic festival there is a small piece of romantic history. 100 years ago, France has a pair of romantic lovers, even climbed the Eiffel Tower kissing, in the love can not help it, but forgot to grab the railing, both fell to the ground and died.

The history of kissing began in about 3000 BC, ancient people in the worship of the gods to kiss them. During the time of the ancient Roman Empire, kissing was not only practiced with friends and family members, but also with merchants and passers-by as a sign of welcome. In the Middle Ages such meet-and-greet rituals were subject not only to interpersonal relationships but also to social class.

The lower the social status, the further away from the face the kiss was. For those equal to one's own status to kiss the lips, for those one's status higher than one's own to kiss the hands, and then to kiss his knees, and for those in whose presence one is insignificant (above all the clergy) to kiss the backs of his feet, and even the ground around his feet. In Italy, a man must marry the girl he kisses in public.

In China, some people always think that kissing is a kind of Western etiquette, and this World Kissing Day is as imported. In fact, it is not, the Chinese have long had the custom and behavior of kissing. This is evidenced by a picture of a man and a woman kissing found by Chinese archaeologists in a Han tomb in Longwangmiao, Juxian County, Shandong Province.

Nowadays, many people in China think that kissing is a fashionable way to imitate foreigners, but they do not know that it is a custom that their own ancestors have had for a long time. Chinese people are not not going to kiss, not like kissing, only in the traditional social concepts, kissing always seems to be and sex between men and women related. It seems that only young men and women use kissing to express their love.

But in the case of ordinary friends, parents and children, kissing seems to be inappropriate. This may have something to do with the fact that Chinese people have always been more introverted in their feelings. Even for those young men and women, many feel embarrassed to kiss in public.

Some people seem to look askance at others if they do so in a public place like nobody's business. To put it more seriously, kissing in public always seems to have the suspicion of "breaking the custom". It can be said that the Chinese people seem to kiss this kind of behavior labeled "colored label".