What are the traditional Chinese etiquette

China has a history of five thousand years of civilization, known as the "state of etiquette", the Chinese people are also known in the world for their polite and courteous appearance. As an important part of traditional Chinese culture, the civilization of etiquette has had a wide and far-reaching influence on the historical development of Chinese society, and its content is very rich. Etiquette covered a wide range of topics and permeated almost every aspect of ancient society. In ancient China, "ritual" and "etiquette" are actually two different concepts. Rites" is a system, rules and a kind of social consciousness concept; "ritual" is the specific expression of "rites", which is based on the provisions and contents of "rites" and "rituals". It is a set of systematic and complete program formed according to the provisions and contents of "rites". In ancient China, etiquette was derived from the clan system and the hierarchical relationship between the nobility and the inferiority in order to meet the needs of the society at that time, and thus it was characterized by the characteristics and limitations of the era in which it was created. Today, modern etiquette is very different from ancient etiquette. We must discard those etiquette norms that serve the exploiting class, and focus on traditional civilized etiquette that is still of positive and universal significance today, such as respect for the elderly and the virtuous, appropriate etiquette, politeness, and neatness, etc., in order to transform and pass them on. This is of modern value for cultivating good personal qualities, coordinating and harmonizing interpersonal relations, shaping a civilized social atmosphere, and building a socialist spiritual civilization. I. Respect for the Elderly and the Virtuous Since the primitive society to the feudal society, the political and ethical relationship between people in China has been linked by the blood relationship between clans and families, therefore, we respect our ancestors in the family and elders in the society. Since ancient Chinese society respected the rule of propriety and benevolence, honoring the virtuous has become a historical requirement. Mencius said, "If you honor the wise in your old age, and if you are handsome in your position, then you will have a celebration" (Note: "Meng Zi-Guizi 下"). "Celebration" means reward. In ancient times, this traditional etiquette played an important role in the formation of warm and affectionate interpersonal relationships, as well as orderly and harmonious ethical relationships, both in the past and in modern times. When it comes to respecting the elderly, this is a major feature of traditional Chinese culture. In ancient times, respect for the elderly did not just remain in ideology and sermons, nor did it stop at the lives of ordinary people. From the monarchs, the scholars to the entire official and gentry classes, all of them practiced it and formed a set of rules and rituals for respecting the elderly. In the Book of Rites, it is written: "In the ancient way, no one was fifty years old when he became an apprentice, and the birds were given to the elders" (Note: Rituals and Sacrifices). That is to say, old people over 50 years of age did not have to go hunting, but they had to be given a generous share in the distribution of the prey. Some ancient books also set clear requirements for the volume of voice when talking to elders. For example, the Yumeng Shiyuan (养蒙便读) says: "When you serve your relatives and elders, your voice should be easy and solemn, and you should not shout and yell because of trivial matters" (Note: Yumeng Shiyuan (养蒙便读)). The Rules of Discipleship also says, "It is not appropriate to be heard, but not to be heard." In short, from the kings and aristocrats down to the common people, they all have to follow certain rules and express their filial respect for the elderly in various ways, as an important sign of whether a person has cultivation. In any form of society, there is a need to respect the elderly. Not only because the old people have deep experience, wide knowledge, much experience, long working hours, and great contribution to the society, they should be respected; at the same time, they are physically and mentally weak, and need the consideration, care and help of the young people. As a polite modern youth, the elders and the elderly, should do: the road encounter active humility, take the initiative to give up their seats, in stores, theaters and other public **** place, should try to take into account for the elderly to create convenient conditions. About honoring the wise, there is a story in the Three Kingdoms, called "Three Gu Gu". It is said that Liu Bei admired Zhuge Liang's talent and wanted to ask him to help him to fight for the world, so he took great pains to personally go to the hut where Zhuge Liang lived to ask him to come out. Again and again, Zhuge Liang agreed. From then on, Zhuge Liang's great talent can be fully realized, for Liu Bei's cause "bowing to exhaustion, until death". Throughout the ancient history of China, most of the successful monarchs attached great importance to respecting and employing the wise and regarded it as a decisive factor for the safety and security of the country. If they did not respect the wise in normal times, they would not share the worries of the country in times of emergency. It is not the case that virtuous talents do not think about the country, but that the country forgets the virtuous and forgets the wise, so "the one who can survive through his country has never existed before" (Note: Mozi - Kissing the Virtuous). Today, we advocate the development of the ancient "respect for the gift of wisdom", must be given to the content of the new modern concept of talent, that is, to respect knowledge, respect for talent. Today's society, all kinds of competition is getting more and more intense. All kinds of competition, in the final analysis is the competition for talent. As large as the country nation, small to the company's enterprises, in order to maintain an advantageous position in the fierce competition, we must have a strong talent team. Only from the ideological concepts to specific actions to respect, love and care for talent, so that society as a whole to form a respect for knowledge, respect for talent, the formation of a sufficiently strong team of talent, in order to be invincible. Second, the ceremony is appropriate Chinese people have always paid attention to the appropriate form, to express the richness of people's inner feelings. In the event of major festivals and important events, there are customary rituals and rules. For example, when they have a good harvest, they sing songs of celebration; when they are struck by a disaster, they pray to the gods for blessings. Over time, many festivals and rituals have been formed, such as the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chrysanthemum Festival, and so on, and almost every festival has specific rituals and customs. Walking etiquette - in the process of walking the same attention to interpersonal relationships, so there are walking etiquette. Ancient times often "tend to ritual", that is, the status of low people in front of the status of high people walk past, must bow their heads and bend down to small steps to walk quickly to the honored way to show respect, this is "tend to ritual". Traditional walking etiquette, there is a "line not in the road, stand not in the door" principle, that is, walking not walk in the middle of the road, you should walk by the side; stand not stand in the middle of the door. This not only shows respect to the honored one, but also to avoid pedestrians.

The courtesy of meeting--people should be warm and courteous in their daily meetings. There are certain rules on how to meet with people of different status. For example, the general greeting, in the traditional arching salute. Arch salute is the most common meeting etiquette, the way is the hands clasped (generally the right hand within the fist, the left hand on top of the right hand) raised to the chest, standing without leaning down, said the general courtesy. If you are a guest in the house, in the door and seat, the host and guest polite salute each other humility.