What are the most important characteristics of modern Chinese etiquette

Modern etiquette not only integrates some characteristics of traditional etiquette, but also develops some new advantages of its own. Specifically, its characteristics are mainly as follows:

(I) Traditional

Etiquette is an integral part of the traditional culture of a country or nation. In our country, modern etiquette is centered on traditional culture and constantly absorbs the excellent culture of other nationalities, and gradually develops and improves in the long-term practice of social life. It is rooted in the fertile soil of traditional culture, and thus has a deep tradition. "State of Manners" thousands of years of civilization, the Chinese nation to repair the rituals, reverence for rituals, the traditional virtues of rituals, y integrated into the modern etiquette, constraints and norms of modern human behavior. Etiquette is the people in the long-term life and interaction in the habits, norms fixed and inherited, has a broad social and cultural basis, etiquette of this tradition is y rooted. In social life, etiquette is people's agreed norms of behavior, most of them do not form the text, no need to deliberately spread, it is in people's mutual interaction in the dissemination, inheritance, along the habit, precipitation. In this process, the traditional etiquette of those cumbersome, conservative content has been abandoned, only those who embodied the spiritual civilization of mankind and social progress, representing the essence of the traditional culture of the Chinese people and the mainstream of the etiquette, to be handed down from generation to generation, and is constantly improved and carried forward.

(2)***Sameness

Etiquette is formed on the basis of mankind's ***sameness of life, and it is the behavioral norms of all members of the same society to regulate their mutual relations. Etiquette with social production, living environment and changes in the form of life and constantly enrich and improve, and gradually become a social class *** with the code of conduct. The content of etiquette is mostly based on the agreed folk customs and specific culture, which centrally reflects the cultural psychology and living habits of a certain range of people **** the same, and thus carries obvious **** the same characteristics. Etiquette is applied to people's social interaction, its scope and guidelines must be widely recognized, in order to be in a considerable range of **** the same compliance, which also determines the etiquette of **** the same characteristics. Due to the expanding scope of communication, the original due to geographical and cultural exchange restrictions caused by the differences in the norms of etiquette is gradually broken, many forms of etiquette is more and more people to accept and recognize, etiquette of **** the same characteristics will become increasingly obvious.

(3) Difference

Etiquette as a kind of conventional behavioral norms, the use of its time, place and environmental constraints, the same etiquette will be due to the time, place or object of change and different. This is the characteristic of etiquette difference. The difference of etiquette is first manifested in the national differences, different national etiquette is colorful, each with its own characteristics. Customs and etiquette of all nationalities are condensed with the cultural complex of the people of the region, people strictly follow, painstakingly maintained, difficult to change. For example, the same meet, different peoples have different forms of expression. The difference of etiquette is also manifested in personality differences, each person due to their status, character, qualifications and other factors, in the use of the same etiquette will show different forms and characteristics. For example, when attending the same reception, men and women should have different performance styles. The difference of etiquette is also manifested in its era of variability, which is constantly developing, enriching and perfecting with the progress of society. Etiquette always reflects the requirements of the times and the spirit of the times, and thus will produce differences with the development of the times. Countries all over the world attach great importance to the reform of etiquette, and the trend of modern etiquette is to make etiquette more civilized, concise and practical.

(4) Self-discipline

Etiquette is a custom and rule agreed upon in social life. Etiquette has a wide range of binding force on people's various norms of behavior, but this binding force is not mandatory. Etiquette is not as majestic as law, nor as solemn as morality, the implementation of etiquette without the supervision and monitoring of others, someone offended by the norms of etiquette, will not be sanctioned by law. Therefore, the implementation of etiquette, mainly relying on people to consciously use etiquette norms to restrain their own behavior, which is the etiquette of self-discipline. This characteristic of etiquette requires people to set up an inner moral conviction and behavioral cultivation norms in the process of implementing etiquette, constantly improve the ability of self-restraint and self-restraint, and consciously abide by the etiquette norms in interpersonal communication. The self-discipline of etiquette does not mean that etiquette can be offended at will, people who do not pay attention to etiquette in social life will be everywhere, loneliness, embarrassment, disillusionment is always difficult to get rid of, and consciously pay attention to the etiquette of human interaction will be smooth sailing, respected everywhere.

(E) hierarchical

Hierarchical etiquette is manifested in the different status, the status of the people of different protocol treatment. In social life, people tend to use the distinction between young and old, male and female to regulate the degree of respect for each person. In official contacts, to determine the order of official protocol, the main basis for determining the order of official protocol is to hold public office or social status. This order of protocol with some kind of mandatory, different people therefore get different protocol treatment, but this does not mean that inferiority or superiority, but the normal order of modern social interaction performance, reflecting the social status of public officials at all levels and role norms. The hierarchical nature of etiquette in social interaction is also manifested in two-way reciprocity, that is, in different regions and different organizations, the two sides of the interaction, the two sides of the personnel in the status of public office and social status should be similar, the nature of the business should be similar, as a way to show respect for each other. Both sides of the interaction should also be a kind of respect for each other, emotional interaction process, in the etiquette to have come and gone, mutual reciprocity. This is the work needs and etiquette requirements of the combination of unity.