Chinese traditional etiquette and culture

1. The Chinese nation is one of the birthplaces of human civilization and has a long tradition of culture and education. As the foundation of Chinese culture, etiquette also has a long history. Since ancient times, people have done all sorts of discussions on the etiquette, summarized, there are roughly five etiquette origin: one is the god of the sky born etiquette, the second is the etiquette for the unity of heaven and earth, the third is the etiquette of the natural nature of man, the fourth is the etiquette for the contradictions of human nature and the environment, and the fifth is the etiquette is born in the rationale, from the common.

2, what is etiquette, etiquette is etiquette and ceremony. The essence of etiquette is the way of governance, is a derivative of the belief in ghosts and gods. People believe that all things are invisible ghosts and gods in the manipulation, fulfillment of etiquette that is to the ghosts and gods to please the blessing, therefore, etiquette originated from the belief in ghosts and gods, but also ghosts and gods is a special form of belief.

3. "Etiquette" generally refers to politeness and courtesy in other nations of the world, but in China it is a unique concept with multiple meanings. First of all, ritual is the highest natural law, the total order and law of nature. "Ritual is the scripture of heaven, the righteousness of earth, and the behavior of the people. The scripture of heaven and earth, and the people's actual behavior. Then the brightness of heaven, due to the nature of the earth, gives birth to its six qi and uses its five elements. Gas for the five flavors, hair for the five colors, chapter for the five sounds. Succubus will be chaotic, the people lose their nature. It is for this reason that rites are made to serve it." The growth, position, order, and interrelationships of all things in heaven and earth are explained as being arranged by rites.

4. Secondly, ritual is "the general name of Chinese culture" and politics, law, religion, philosophy, etiquette and even literature, art and so on into a whole, is the fundamental characteristics and symbols of Chinese culture. Ritual is the root of all this.

5, again, etiquette or the ancient Chinese had I think, the heritage and development of traditional Chinese etiquette is the key point of the development of traditional etiquette in the modern world we recognize the importance of the development of traditional etiquette: starting from the small things, from the beginning of the individual action.