When did etiquette originate?

Primitive society. Etiquette originated in primitive society, and in the middle and late period of primitive society, the bud of early etiquette appeared. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, etiquette began to gradually enter the formation period. The change period of etiquette was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During this period, a hundred schools of thought contended in academic circles, so the study of a hundred schools of thought contended developed ethics. The strengthening period of etiquette is from Qin and Han Dynasties to the end of Qing Dynasty, and the development of modern etiquette is after the Revolution of 1911.

China is known as "the state of etiquette" and "the summer with etiquette". Zhou is the most important etiquette in China, which was widely practiced in ancient China. In ancient China, there were five rituals: auspicious ceremony, wedding ceremony, guest ceremony, military ceremony and funeral ceremony. According to folklore, etiquette includes four kinds of life etiquette: birth, coronation, wedding and funeral. Actually, etiquette can be divided into politics and life. Politics includes offering sacrifices to heaven, land, ancestral temples, teachers, kings and sages; Rural drinking, meeting ceremony, military ceremony, etc. Life includes five sacrifices, high sacrifice, Nuo ceremony, birth ceremony, crown ceremony, food etiquette, gift etiquette and so on.