What are the manners and etiquette of ancient women?

Ancient women were different from our modern women, they were not so free;

I. Standing Rituals:

When standing by the scripture, one is upright, flat-footed, with both hands joined together and hidden in the sleeves. Hands from the chest to the lower abdomen, placed in any position can be, even holding, leaning on something;

Two, sitting capacity:

Han Dynasty, the Jing sitting (which in the ancients was called sitting, and now, in order to differentiate, exclusively referred to as Ya sitting) is the knees and tightly, the hips sit on the heels, the backs of the feet to the ground, hands on the knees, and look ahead. For Hu sitting, the reasoning is the same, upright, legs must not be crossed, hands on the knees. Hands can be clenched fist, rushing forward; can also be closed to hold in the abdomen.

Three, salute:

1, the formal bowing ceremony: the left hand presses the right hand (the woman's right hand presses the left hand), the hand is hidden in the sleeve, raise the hand plus forehead, bow ninety degrees, and then rise, at the same time, the hand along with the eyebrow again flush, and then the hand down.

2, general bow: upright, arms together straight forward, right hand slightly curved, left hand attached to it, both arms from the forehead down to the chest, while the upper body bowed forty-five degrees. Formal occasions, to friends.

3, arching hands: class clasped hands, only the body and arms do not have to move.

4, nodding greeting.

5, formal obeisance: upright, raise the hand plus forehead as in greeting, bow ninety degrees, then straighten the body (this section is called bowing), at the same time the hand along with the eyebrow again flush. Then both knees on the ground at the same time, slowly down to worship, palms on the ground, forehead on the palms of the hands (this is called worship), and then straighten up the upper body, at the same time the hand along with the Qi brow (this is called Xing) - and then according to the etiquette, the flat body or then worship ...... flat body, the two hands of the Qi brow, get up, upright after the hand Put down.

6, general worship (used when sitting elegantly): raise the hips, straighten the upper body, knees to support the body, and then worship hands (hands to the ground, head to the hands) or kowtow (head buckled to the ground) or kowtow (long time) or pause head (short time).

7. Women's salute: In the spirit of equality, women are not required to make a special salute. But in the grace of forbearance - women salute both hands together in front of the chest, slightly bent knees, slightly bowed head can be; if the worship, the upper body straight, knees on the ground, close the hands down, head slightly lowered, can be.

Four, welcome:

Ancient people pay attention to welcome the guest of honor, so if the host and the guest at the door unexpectedly, then the host will pretend not to know, ignore the door closed, and so on to change the clothes and then open the door to welcome the guest of honor. When welcoming the guest, the master stood in the door right (in fact, the master in the east, the guest in the west - if you meet the guest outside, it is more so), the guest walk door left. After welcoming the guests into the door, for the guests to show the way, every corner, to say "please", the guests answer "please", to open the door for the guests, lifting the curtain ...... masters invite the guests to the seat (that is, to do the right side of the The guest is invited to take a seat (that is, to the right side of the chair), the guest resigned - ultimately, depending on the situation to decide to sit.

Fifth, banquet:

The host first said "please", the guest resigned, the host solid please, while taking chopsticks on it, do not have to be too modest.

When drinking tea or wine, use your left hand's big sleeve to block the cups for elegance.

All in all, the principle is: if the heart is at peace, then do it, if you can do it, then do it - the rest is not forced.