What are the traditional Chinese family etiquette

Walking etiquette - in the process of walking also pay attention to the handling of interpersonal relations, so there are walking etiquette. Ancient often "tend to ritual", that is, the status of low people in front of the status of high people walk by, must bow their heads and bend down to small steps to walk quickly to the honored way to show respect, this is "tend to ritual". Traditional walking etiquette, there is a "line not in the road, stand not in the door" principle, that is, walking not walk in the middle of the road, you should walk by the side; stand not stand in the middle of the door. This not only shows respect to the honored one, but also to avoid pedestrians.

The courtesy of meeting--people should be warm and courteous in their daily meetings. There are certain rules on how to meet with people of different status. For example, the general greeting, in the traditional arching salute. Arch salute is the most common meeting etiquette, the way is the hands clasped (generally the right hand within the fist, the left hand on top of the right hand) raised to the chest, standing without leaning down, said the general courtesy. If you are a guest in someone's home, in the door and seat, the host and the guest are polite to each other to salute and humility, this is the ritual of bowing, known as "揖讓". This is called "揖讓". The same is done by clasping the fists with both hands, arching them up and then pressing them down, while at the same time bowing the head and slightly bending the upper body forward. Greetings are common in daily life, and in addition to the social occasions mentioned above, it is also common to offer thanks, congratulations, apologies, and to ask for favors. It is also common for a person of high status to make a bowing gesture in return to a person of low status. In traditional society, there is also a kneeling ceremony for the supreme person, that is, both knees on the ground, head and hands rhythmically touch the ground to bow, that is, the so-called kowtow. Nowadays, the kneeling ceremony can only be seen in the remote rural New Year's activities, and is generally no longer practiced. In today's society, when people meet each other, they generally use the handshake ritual that has been introduced to Western society.

The ritual of sitting - traditional social etiquette is well organized, and there is a distinction between the primary and secondary seating, with the honored seated at the top and the humble seated at the bottom. What kind of status to sit where there are certain rules, if you blindly sit in the wrong seat, not only the host is not happy, they will also be rude afterward to regret. If you can not grasp what kind of seat, the best way is to listen to the master arrangements. Indoor seating to the east as the honor, that is, the guests sit on the west seat, the host is generally accompanied by the east seat. Elderly people can be arranged in the south position, that is, the north seat. The younger ones accompanying the guests are usually in the north-facing position, i.e. the south seat. The rules of sitting are, when eating and drinking, the human body is as close as possible to the food case, and when not eating and drinking, the body is as far back as possible, the so-called "virtual sitting after all". A guest, you should immediately rise to greet.

Dietary etiquette - dietary etiquette in Chinese culture occupies an extremely important position in the pre-Qin people to "to entertain the Yan's pro-fourth guests," and future generations of dinner party drinking is often a scene of etiquette live theater. Welcome the guests of the banquet is called "wind", "dust washing", send off the guests of the banquet is called "going away". Banquet rituals, whether welcome or send can not be separated from the wine, "no wine is not etiquette". There are many etiquettes for drinking wine at banquets, and guests need to wait for the host to raise their cups to urge them to drink before they can drink. As the saying goes: "Drinking with others, do not start the goblet first". Guests who want to express their gratitude for the host's hospitality can also raise their cups in the middle of the banquet to toast to the host. In the process of eating, the same first master chopsticks to urge food, guests can move chopsticks. The so-called: "with people *** food, careful not to taste first". In ancient times, there is a list of eating rules, such as "when the food does not sigh", "*** food is not full, *** rice does not Ze hand", "do not throw the bone in the dog", etc., the host and the guest to respect each other, to create a harmonious eating The good atmosphere of civilized eating.

Baiheqinghang gift - China is a humane society since ancient times, people care for each other, mutual sympathy, in the Baiheqinghang there are many rituals and customs. Bye congratulate the gift generally line in the festival period, is the younger generation or lower status to the honor of the salute, between peers also have mutual congratulations. Such as the ancient New Year's Day officials to congratulate, folk New Year's gift. When the worship ceremony, not only the attitude of respect, oral recitation of congratulatory words, bowing down and bowing, but also have to congratulate the gift. The ritual of celebrating a hanging is mainly performed in the major events of life. A person's life has to go through several stages such as birth, adulthood, marriage, birthday celebration, death, etc. A series of life rituals are formed around these life nodes. The reproduction of children and grandchildren is a major family event, the birth ceremony is naturally grand and lively. When the baby is one month old, relatives and friends come to the door to congratulate the baby, and give gifts of nutritious food and young children's shoes, hats and clothes. When a child reaches adulthood, he or she has to perform the rite of passage, which in traditional Chinese society is called the rite of passage of crown and maturity. At the age of 20, a man is crowned with a new name, which indicates that he is qualified to get married and take care of the affairs of the community. At the age of 15, a woman performs the ceremony of adding hair and maturity to her hair, indicating that she is old enough to get married. In modern times, bar mitzvahs are held at the age of 18, and schools hold collective oath-taking ceremonies to emphasize young people's sense of adulthood. Marriage is a major event in life, and is highly valued in traditional society. The traditional wedding has six procedures, the so-called "Six Rites of the Duke of Zhou", i.e. Nacai, asking for the name, Naji, Naji, Invitation to the period, and kissing and welcoming. The Song Dynasty simplified the procedure to three rites, namely, the bridegroom, the bride price, and the welcome. The climax of the wedding is the welcome, the groom will go to the woman's home to welcome the bride, and the newlyweds will go to the bridal chamber after paying homage to the bride, and perform the rituals of hair-tying and fm radio. On the wedding day, friends and relatives come to congratulate the bride, and the host has a big feast for the guests. Birthday ceremonies are usually held after the age of forty. On the day of the birthday, there is a ceremony to celebrate the birthday, and friends and relatives send birthday gifts to congratulate the family. The last rite of life is the funeral ceremony, which no one can escape. The Chinese attach great importance to sending off the dead, and funeral rites are well-developed. When a person dies, it is a happy event. Relatives and friends come to offer condolences. In order to express their feelings of mourning, people have to offer elegiac couplets, hanging scrolls, or gifts and gratuities. The deceased is usually buried in three or five days in the coffin. The rituals of worship and celebration show the spirit of social cooperation and social unity of people helping each other.

The spirit of Chinese etiquette is dear to the people, the principle of etiquette is to be humble and respect people. When interacting with others, one should lower one's posture, treat others with humility and respect in order to win their respect. If a person of high status condescends to befriend a person of lower status than him, he will get a good social effect, "If you want to be good, the big respect the small". And respect for others is not only a polite gesture, or only for ceremonial expression, but to have from the heart of respect for others. If there is no respect from the heart, etiquette becomes a sham, which is not in line with the traditional standards of propriety. The traditional etiquette principles of sincerity, respect and humility, and the cultivation of the body by all are still worth promoting in contemporary society. Of course, now our inheritance of traditional etiquette is a complex issue that needs to be carefully analyzed and chosen.