How to kowtow to the New Year

The correct posture of kowtowing on New Year's Day:

1. Simple kowtowing is the kowtowing ritual of children to their elders; one bye and one kowtow is the kowtowing ritual of adults to their elders; one bye and three kowtow is the grand ritual to see elders for the first time, to see the ancestor elders or to see the elders with high status to pay respect to their masters, New Year's greetings, longevity, and thanksgiving, and other occasions.

2. When children kowtow, they should first say "kowtow to so-and-so's elders". Then they kneel down with knees bent, hands on the ground and head touching the ground, and stand up and stand sideways after completing the kowtowing action.

3. When adults kowtow to their elders, they should take the initiative to go forward and say, "I am kowtowing to so-and-so." And add a word of blessing, and then face the elders with a long bow, and then kneel down and kowtow.

The way to pay New Year's greetings:

1. Worship the members of the family

On the morning of the first day of the first day of the year, the younger generation gets up and pays New Year's greetings to the elders, blessing them with good health and longevity, and wishing them all the best. After the elders are worshipped, the "New Year's money" prepared in advance will be distributed to the younger generation.

2, visiting friends and relatives

On the first or second day of the year, you must go to your father-in-law's home, and must bring gifts. After entering the door, first to the ancestral images, plaques each line three kowtow salute, and then to the elders in turn kneeling. You may linger to eat, play, and talk.

3, courtesy visit

such as to pay a New Year's visit to a friend, a door into the house, such as the host and the Department of the same generation is only required to arch a bow, such as older than themselves, should still take the initiative to kneel down, the host should be off the seat to do to support the shape of the even said no gifts to show humility. This situation is generally not appropriate to sit for a long time, pleasantries two polite words to say goodbye. After the host is worshiped, should choose a day to return to worship.

4, thank you for visiting

Where a year to people owe love (such as lawyers, doctors, etc.) to buy some gifts to send, through the New Year's opportunity to express gratitude pillow.

5, string of visits

For the left and right neighbors of the neighborhood, not much interaction in the past, but meet them all to say, to the Jubilee, just to the yard, meet each other a fist, said: "Jubilee Fazhi," "a smooth hundred smooth", sit in the house for a while only. In the house to sit for a while, nothing too much etiquette.