Chinese Traditional Etiquette

China is known as the "state of etiquette", "etiquette" in the traditional society all the time, traveling etiquette, sitting and lying etiquette, feast and drink etiquette, wedding and funeral etiquette, birthday etiquette, sacrifice etiquette, war etiquette and so on. The Chinese tradition has five rituals, namely, auspicious rituals, joyful rituals, guest rituals, military rituals, and fierce rituals.

Walking etiquette -- in the process of walking the same attention to interpersonal relationships, so there are walking etiquette. In ancient times, often practiced "tend to salute", that is, the low status of people in front of the high status of people walking past, must bow their heads and bend over, in small steps to the way to show respect to the honored, which is "tend to salute". Traditional walking etiquette, and walking not in the middle of the road, you should walk by the side; standing not to stand in the middle of the door. This not only shows respect to the honored one, but also to avoid pedestrians.

The etiquette of meeting - in the tradition of the arching hand salute. It is the most common form of meeting etiquette, in which the hands are clasped together (usually with the right hand in a fist and the left hand on top of the right hand) and raised to the chest, standing up without bending down, as a sign of general courtesy.

The etiquette of seating - the honored on the seat, the humble end of the indoor seating to the east as the honored, 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 gift of pro-fourth guests," and future generations of dinner party drinking is often a scene of etiquette live theater. Welcome the guests of the banquet called "wind", "dust", send the guests of the banquet called "going away".

Baiheqing Hanging gift - Baihe gift is generally performed during the festivals, is the younger generation or lower status to the honor of the elders of the salute, there are also between peers to pay tribute to each other.

Sacrifices are auspicious rites, marriage ceremonies are joyful rites, guests are bingo rites, military rites are military rites, and funeral rites are bad rites. Folklore circles believe that rituals include four kinds of life rituals: birth, crown, marriage and funeral. In fact, rituals can be divided into two main categories: political and life rituals. Political rites include sacrifices to heaven, earth, temples and ancestral temples, sacrifices to ancestors and saints, honoring teachers, drinking rites, meeting rites, military rites, etc. The life rites include the five rituals, the high rituals and the funeral rites. Life includes five rituals, the sacrifice of the heir sacrifice, Nuo Yi, birth ceremony, crown ceremony, food etiquette, gift etiquette.

Etiquette from the belief in ghosts and gods, is also a special form of ghost belief. The emergence of the "three rites" ("Rites of Passage", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Rites") marked the mature stage of the development of etiquette. During the Song Dynasty, rituals were integrated with feudal ethical and moral sermons, i.e., rituals were mixed with rites and became one of the powerful tools for the implementation of rites.

The spirit of Chinese etiquette is to be kind and dear to others, and the principle of etiquette is to humble oneself and honor others. When interacting with others, one should lower one's posture, treat others with humility and respect, in order to win the respect of others.