Chinese Manners

1. Arching Gift

The arching gift, also known as making a bow, is the ancient Han Chinese etiquette for meeting each other. When performing the salute, both hands are clasped in front of each other's chest. Contemporary general right hand fist inside, the left hand outside; if the funeral ceremony, the opposite. It is said that the ancients respected the left, and some people usually use the right hand when attacking others, so when arching the left hand, the left hand is outside, to show people the left, indicating sincerity and respect.

2. Greetings

Ancient Han Chinese people's ritual of meeting each other originated before the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 3,000 years. After the death of King Wu, his son, King Cheng, who was young, assumed the throne and was regulated by his uncle, Zhou Gong Dan. The regent, Zhou Gong Dan, took a number of measures to consolidate his power, establishing the Zhou Dynasty's rules and rituals, and establishing a political system centered on the patriarchal system. Since then, the rites of greeting have been practiced all over the world.

3, bowing

"Bow" originated in China, the Shang Dynasty, there is a ritual of sacrifice to heaven "bow sacrifice": sacrifices such as cattle, sheep, etc., not cut into pieces, but will be the whole curved and rolled into a rounded bow, and then placed at the sacrifice to offer sacrifices, as a means of expressing respect and piety of the worshipper. respect and piety. This custom has been inherited in some places, people in real life, and gradually followed this form to express their reverence for the high status or elders.

4, hand-holding ceremony

Hand-holding ceremony, is a kind of etiquette when the ancient Han people meet each other. From the literature, the word "hand-holding" appeared very early, but its meaning is different from later generations.

5, worship

Worship is the word, in order to pay thanks or homage to the gift or to be worshipped and given. Worship is the most traditional Chinese etiquette, the ancients on important occasions will perform worship, traditional Han worship is different from the Qing Dynasty kneeling, traditional worship is not the same as the Qing Dynasty kneeling ceremony.

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