The Customs Of First Meeting In The World

Different countries have different customs when first meeting.

Handshake:

According to some experts' research, handshake is a relic left by ancient men. When there were both strangers meet, if each other harmless, to put down the sticks or stones for hunting and let opposite feel the palm. In the process of human evolution, these gestures have gradually evolved into the situation which two palm readings grasp. The open palm of the hand means that opened its sphere of influence to each other, while the palm said that combined contacts.

Today, in many countries, the handshake has become a common courtesy that intimacy and friendship. But it is not the same as the customary handshake in countries. French visits others must shake hands when walked into the room or leave with the host; the German people only shake hands once when go into the door; some Africans came up to shake hands after the fingers will be a slight noise, to represent freedom; in the United States, the handshake is very hard between the men, which may arise from Indian wrestling contest.

The Chinese will stresses "Hello" while shaking hands, this is no taboo; Russians do not allow two men separated by a door or shaking hands across the threshold, they think that this is unlucky. In the West, to run the politicians would use his right hand, holding each other's right hand, then left holding the back of the hand resting on each other, trying to make the recipient feel that he was sincere and honest enthusiasm, so called "politicians handshake".

Hug and Kiss

The different cultural grounds have the different politeness and the etiquette, its meaning is established by usage. In many developed countries of Western, two female hug together when meet is the common phenomenon, the husbands and wives meet again after a long separation, hugs and kissing to be also natural; But in the Arab, the Russian, the French, the bohunk, the Mediterranean Sea coast and some Latin America country, between two men will also hug and kisses the double volume.

The Arab does even smell the breath which sends out from opposite party body, to them, the good smell can make the person spirit more vigorous. The Burmese person, the Mounsey person and the Rapp person who distribute in Norway, Sweden, Finland will smell each other's cheek to express the regards. But in East Asia and the English-speaking country, between the men is only generally handshake to express welcome, very little hugs or kisses opposite party.

As far as European and American are concerned, statesman's kiss is false pronoun. This difference with hug and kiss, fully reflection different culture characteristic and strong social culture significance, is also surface layer concrete manifestation between the different national culture in-depth differences in the body potential language.
Other contact

As the follow above, some nationalities advocate the contact culture, but some nationalities believe in the non-contact culture, the different cultures have determined it about the contact definition. Stemming from the religious worship and the belief, the Buddhist thought that the living buddha executes to them traces kneels down is lofty and sacred; But in Thailand, forehead, but cannot trace, touches the forehead is one kind of crime; In addition, it is a taboo for the Thai clergy is touched by the female when they walking in the street, thought like this will cause his practice with hardship to waste all previous efforts.

The Chinese will stroke her forehead kindly or to embrace if like a child, but if will do this to US's children will cause the mother's repugnance, although she knows this is a kind of movement without harm, but in his culture, will do this by the human was thought that will be the impolite performance. In the Moslem state, the people regard the touching knowledge as one part of its whole cultural, they use the right hand feed or do the happy matter.

In China traditional culture, if touches a Chinese girl's face, that has violated the big death anniversary. Obviously touching must be different in the bodily different spot's utilization because of the region and the culture and is different. If does not distinguish, adopts the intimate contact entirely, perhaps carries out the non-contact culture entirely, this world could be in great confusion.