Etiquette and taboos of Spring Festival greetings
New Year's greetings are a traditional custom among the Chinese people. They refer to visiting family elders and relatives and friends to congratulate them during the New Year. It is a way for people to visit each other to congratulate each other on the Spring Festival and to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. But do you know the many etiquettes involved in New Year’s greetings? For more details about the 2018 Spring Festival, please visit Fortune Teller.com for consultation.Etiquette and taboos of Spring Festival greetingsNew Year greetings etiquette:1. Appointments for New Year's greetings should be made in advance to avoid "clashes" with other guests visiting the host, or making a wasted trip because the host is also out paying New Year's greetings. This also gives the host time to prepare in advance. It is best to give the host some room to choose the appointment time. Do not set a time unilaterally. The time agreed upon by both parties should be convenient for both parties. 2. The time of choosing New Year’s greetings is usually chosen in the morning. Don’t get up too early during festivals. As people are usually busy during normal times, they usually get up late during festivals. If you go to pay New Year’s greetings too early, it often catches the host off guard. If the person you are greeting is treated to a New Year's Eve dinner, you can determine the time of your greeting based on the dinner time. You should arrive early and not wait until the dinner starts. You should leave time for greetings and chatting. 3. When preparing New Year gifts, you should choose appropriate gifts according to the person you are greeting. If you know the person well, you can choose gifts that the person likes, which is also considered to be a favor to the person. If you don’t know much, you can choose flowers, fruits, food... and you won’t go wrong. The type of cigarettes and alcohol should be determined according to the recipient. Giving cigarettes and alcohol to someone who does not smoke or drink is meaningless and seems abrupt and impolite. If there are children in the host's family, you can also choose gifts that the children like. 4. Clothing for New Year’s greetings: A new year brings a new look. When visiting relatives and friends to pay New Year’s greetings, you should pay attention to the appropriateness of your clothing. It should be mainly casual and fashionable. Don’t wear something too sporty, and don’t wear something too formal like an evening gown. If the clothes are dark or depressing, you can add some small accessories to embellish them and increase the festive atmosphere. Try to coordinate the colors of family members' clothes to increase the sense of harmony and warmth in the family. 5. Etiquette for visiting: When entering a friend's or relative's home, you should ask to change shoes according to the environment; greet the friends and relatives' families one by one (you can find out the situation and names of the friends and relatives' family members in advance); present gifts politely; use the living room as the main activity place, and do not take the initiative to visit each room without the host's permission; follow the host's living habits, and do not be as casual as you are at home; chat with the host mainly with greetings and pleasantries to enhance mutual feelings. 6. Control of the time for New Year's greetings. If there is no dinner party, it is generally appropriate to control it within half an hour to one hour. If there is a dinner party, you can arrive about one hour before the dinner and leave one hour after the dinner. There is no fixed limit on the time, which can be determined according to the relationship with the person you are greeting, so as not to increase the reception burden of the person you are greeting. 7. Table etiquette: When attending a New Year banquet hosted by the host, you should respect the elders and give up the main seat to them. The main seat in a hotel is usually the farthest from the door or has its back to the host desk. At home, the main seat is mostly facing the kitchen door. The main seat position can also be seen through the home furnishings, with the left being the largest. The Chinese dining table is a platform for communication. Don’t just eat in silence, but don’t talk too much either. Don’t take away the food when others serve you, don’t urge others to drink when others toast. The food during the Spring Festival is about having surplus every year, so don’t eat up all the dishes on the table. 8. Tips for chatting during New Year's greetings: Say more compliments during the New Year, praise the complexion and health of the elderly, give them more opportunities to speak, praise the career, health, and family relationships of young and middle-aged people; praise children for their intelligence, academic performance, politeness and understanding. Talk more about happy things and less about complaining and grumbling topics. We should "say good things during the New Year and say auspicious things when we speak." Focus on talking about the other person, don't turn it into a show-off or a speech for yourself, and keep jokes and teasing in moderation, and find the right balance. If you are not very familiar with the host's family, do not ignore them, take the initiative to greet them. New Year's greetings taboos: 1. If you owe someone a favor in the past year, you should buy some gifts and send them to them, using the opportunity of New Year's greetings to express your gratitude. 2. If the neighbors do not have much contact with each other in normal times but can still get along well when they meet, during the New Year, they just need to go to the courtyard, clasp their fists together and say "Congratulations on getting rich" and "Everything goes well" to each other, and then sit in the house for a while. There is no need for too much etiquette. 3. Choosing the right time is the first element of New Year’s greetings. If you visit someone's home too early to wish them a happy new year, you will often catch the host off guard. Some people like to choose to pay New Year’s greetings at night, sitting for several hours, which will inevitably disturb the host’s rest. 4. When paying New Year’s greetings, if you walk in, say “Happy New Year” and then leave in a hurry, it will give people the feeling that you lack sincerity. Therefore, the appropriate length of stay for a guest is generally half an hour to 40 minutes, which is neither impolite nor affects the host's reception of other guests. 5. Gifts should be given appropriately. When paying New Year's greetings to elders, teachers, and masters, you should bring appropriate gifts. Gifts should not be too expensive or luxurious, but should also be presentable. 6. New Year gifts should be hygienic. For example, cakes given to you by others should generally not be given to others, otherwise the food will inevitably rot and spoil during its "travel". When wishing a happy new year to the elderly or the sick, the fruits and other gifts given should be beneficial to their health to avoid waste or even misunderstanding. 7. You should pay attention to frugality. For example, you can make a beautiful little gift by yourself and give it to your classmates, lovers, colleagues, etc. This can express your sincere friendship and show your talent. 8. In the morning, after getting up, the younger generation should first greet the elders and wish them good health, longevity and all the best. After receiving the greetings, the elders will distribute the "lucky money" prepared in advance to the younger generations. 9. After paying New Year’s greetings to the elders at home, people should also congratulate each other with a smile when they meet outside, and say auspicious words such as "Congratulations on making a fortune", "Good luck in all seasons", "Happy New Year", and "Good health" to each other. 11. Neighbors or relatives and friends also visit each other to wish each other a happy new year or invite each other for drinks and entertainment. 11. You must visit your parents-in-law’s home on the first or second day of the Chinese New Year and bring gifts. After entering the house, kowtow three times to the ancestor's image and tablet, and then kneel down to pay respect to the elders in turn. You can stay to eat, play, chat, etc. 12. When you are wishing a happy new year to a friend, when you enter the house, if you are of the same age as the host, you only need to bow. If the host is older than you, you should still kneel down and the host should get up from his seat as if to support you, and say "no need to be polite" to show his humility. In this situation, it is generally not advisable to sit for a long time. You should just say a few polite words and then leave. After accepting the worship, the host should choose a day to return the worship. |
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