I think a thread should be devoted to discuss about the various ways of chinese greetings. In today's modern society, certain traditional greeting (such as bowing/kowtoy) have been abandoned, while some traditional greeting such as the Chinese Martial Arts (Wushu) Greeting of Fist-Wrapping are still preserved.
China was a land of Rites, and for this reason, social etiquettes in the past had been rather elaborate with various greetings symbolizing different meaning and purpose.
1. Hand-shake Greeting
This is probably the most common way of greeting for chinese.
This means that when two persons meet, they will shake hand with one another (usually using the right hand). When they say good bye to each other, they also shake hand. Hand-shaking is not just a chinese practice, it is common in almost every other culture. Hand-shaking is considered a polite way of making a relationship closer. Hand-shaking has actually become the most common way of greeting among the world.
A simple handshake would suffice, possibly combined with a slight bow. Strong handshakes are not really the norm and many an American or European has commented on the limpness of the Chinese handshake.
The exact years of its origin are unknown, but historians had pin-pointed that it probably have begun during pre-historic times (sometime when the tools and fires were invented). At that time, people were hunters and warriors and their right hands were usually carrying weapons. When they meet stranger, in order to symbolize that they have no hostile intent, they would put down their weapons/gadget on their right hand and then extend their hand and let the stranger touch their palm, in order to prove that they had no weapons. This practice later evolved into the common hand-shaking etiquette.
I think a thread should be devoted to discuss about the various ways of chinese greetings. In today's modern society, certain traditional greeting (such as bowing/kowtoy) have been abandoned, while some traditional greeting such as the Chinese Martial Arts (Wushu) Greeting of Fist-Wrapping are still preserved.
China was a land of Rites, and for this reason, social etiquettes in the past had been rather elaborate with various greetings symbolizing different meaning and purpose.
1. Hand-shake Greeting
This is probably the most common way of greeting for chinese.
This means that when two persons meet, they will shake hand with one another (usually using the right hand). When they say good bye to each other, they also shake hand. Hand-shaking is not just a chinese practice, it is common in almost every other culture. Hand-shaking is considered a polite way of making a relationship closer. Hand-shaking has actually become the most common way of greeting among the world.
A simple handshake would suffice, possibly combined with a slight bow. Strong handshakes are not really the norm and many an American or European has commented on the limpness of the Chinese handshake.
The exact years of its origin are unknown, but historians had pin-pointed that it probably have begun during pre-historic times (sometime when the tools and fires were invented). At that time, people were hunters and warriors and their right hands were usually carrying weapons. When they meet stranger, in order to symbolize that they have no hostile intent, they would put down their weapons/gadget on their right hand and then extend their hand and let the stranger touch their palm, in order to prove that they had no weapons. This practice later evolved into the common hand-shaking etiquette.
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