What are the characteristics of etiquette

The four characteristics of etiquette: respect for the elderly, respect for the wise, appropriate, courteous, neat

One, respect for the elderly, respect for the wise:

Since primitive society to feudal society, the political and ethical relations between people are linked by the blood relations of the clan and the family, so in the family respect for the ancestor, and respect for the elders in the society. Because ancient Chinese society respected the rule of propriety and benevolence, honoring the virtuous has become a historical requirement.

Second, the rituals are appropriate:

Through appropriate forms, people express their rich inner feelings. In the event of major festivals and important events, there are many conventions and rules. For example, if you get a good harvest, you have to sing and celebrate; if you get a disaster, you have to pray to the gods for blessings.

Three, politeness:

Any civilized society, any civilized nation, people always pay great attention to civilized manners. Because politeness is one of the moral norms according to which human society promotes friendly and harmonious interpersonal communication, is to build a bridge to live in harmony with others. It marks the civilized procedure of a society and reflects the spiritual outlook of a nation.

Fourth, the appearance of a whole:

A person's instrumentation, grooming, is its cultivation, the degree of civilization. Ancient people believe that a dignified demeanor, in and out of polite, respectful, refined, not only can maintain the dignity of the individual, but also help to promote moral cultivation. Ancient thinkers used to take the fur of beasts and human instrumentation compared to the grooming, beasts without fur, can not be beasts; people lose rituals, that is, do not become a person.

Origin of Rituals:

Rituals originated from sacrifices. Xu Shen's Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining and Explaining Characters) of the Eastern Han Dynasty explains the word "ritual" in the following way: "Crawl is also used to serve the gods and bring blessings from the gods, from 豊, and from 豊, which is also a sound". It means practicing what is agreed upon and using it to show the gods in order to ask for blessings.

The word "ritual" is a synonym, and the word "show" refers to the gods, from which we can analyze that the word "ritual" has something to do with the ancient rituals of sacrificing to the gods. In ancient times, sacrifices were not performed arbitrarily, but strictly in accordance with certain procedures and in a certain way.

Guo Moruo pointed out in the Ten Criticisms that "the beginning of rituals, starting from the sacrifice of gods, and then expanding into people, and even more after that for auspicious, fierce, military, bing, jia and other kinds of rituals." The origin of rites and the process of development of rites are talked about here.

Etiquette originated from customs and habits. People can not leave the society and the group, people and people in the long-term interaction activities, gradually produced a number of agreed-upon habits, and over time these habits have become the norms of human interaction, when these habits of interaction in the form of words were recorded and at the same time consciously observed by the people, it gradually became a fixed etiquette of people's social interaction.

Obeying the etiquette, not only make people's social interaction activities become orderly, rules and regulations to follow, but also can make people in the interaction with people more affinity.

In 1922, the book "A Collection of Western Manners" came out, and in the opening chapter, it is written: "Ostensibly there are countless puritanical rules and regulations in etiquette, but its fundamental purpose is to make the world a place full of the joys of life, and to make people approachable."

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