What's a Manchu meet-and-greet like? Do you know?

The common manners of the Manchu people are to invite peace and play a thousand. In the past, the younger generation to the elders, three days an invitation, five days have to play a thousand. Invitation to peace for the small gift, standing with hands down, bowing and singing: "Please so-and-so peace." Thousand for the big gift, the form of men and women are different. Men see elders, the first waist, left leg forward and bent, right leg behind the trailing; left hand on the knee, right hand down, and at the same time sing: "please so-and-so an." The woman's head is slightly lowered, her hands are intertwined against her abdomen, her knees are squatting down, and at the same time she sings: "Please so-and-so An." A Dream of Red Mansions" the eighth description of family members to see Baoyu, playing the scene, it is written: "a see Baoyu, rushed to stand with their hands down. There was only one seller named Qian Hua, because he had not seen Baoyu for many days, and he was busy coming up to play the thousand to ask for peace." Manchu please good morning, "fixed province", that is, the younger generation to the senior elders fixed every day "please good morning", "please good night", which is also known as "morning and evening fixed province "

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Holding the waist to receive the face of the ceremony is the Manchu expressed the most intimate gift, generally used for the closest relatives to see each other. Its form is, the right hand holding waist, left hand caressing the back, neck and face. This custom since the Jin Dynasty on the rise, "the old and the pro see each other, must hold waist face, although men and women are also the same". To see the relatives also have to do "head salute", which is generally common between the two old, the old man back from the door, the old lady to meet the front, with the head of the old man's chest, the old man gently stroked the old lady's neck, or pat on the back of the head on the line.

Manchu "customary teeth, no order of nobility". Weekdays see elders, regardless of wealth and respect, are honored as "Mafa" (Manchu, meaning grandfather). Road to meet the elders, "must bow and drop hands" and ask "Saiyin" (Manchu, meaning "good"), to wait for the elders to go over, the younger generation can only act. Junior to the elder family, "although the guest must sit in the corner".

The elders to the younger generation home, the younger generation must play a thousand please. Women see the elders into the house on the bed to do work, then "kneeling and sitting, with the right finger on the end of the eyebrow", three times in a row; if it is not kneeling, only stroking the end of the eyebrow three times, to show respect.

Kowtow is common in the subordinate to the superior, junior to the elders. Expressing respect, service, pleading, or the Spring Festival to pay homage, are bowing ceremony. Salute, first take off his hat, kneeling left knee, kneeling right knee, horseshoe sleeve a pop, hands on the ground, even three kowtow. This custom since the Jianzhou female real when there, "Jianzhou heard the record" cloud: "will be Hu (refers to the female real people for the official) of the see the slave chief (Nurhachu), take off the hat kowtow, the pawn Hu will be Hu Hu will be the same." Sacrifices also kowtow.