Because of its tropical location, Cambodian people's clothes are very thin. Their national casual clothes are that men wear straight-collared and multi-button tops, but they don't wear tops when the weather is hot, and only wear "sarong" or "mountain park". "Sarong" is made up of several feet of cloth printed with various beautiful patterns sewn on both sides and tied around the waist, which looks like a skirt. "Shanpu" is a long piece of cloth, which is wound down from the waist to the calf without sewing, and then passes through the crotch, and is tightly tied to the waist at the back, with the rest sticking out like a fish's tail. Women's casual shirts are mostly silk short-sleeved shirts with round neck and double-breasted, and they also wear "sarong" or "mountain park" under their clothes. Usually, they have to wrap a long cloth towel with beautiful patterns around their waist.
Manners and Etiquettes Cambodians think that the left hand is unclean, and it is impolite to be kind to things or food with the left hand. They also believe that the head is a sacred part of people, so others can't touch their heads, and they can't touch children's heads at will. In some dances in Cambodia, gestures are often used to express specific meanings, such as "victory" with five fingers together and straight; Five fingers clenched into fists to express "dissatisfaction" and "anger"; Four fingers together, thumb bent to the palm, indicating "surprise" and "sadness".
Meeting etiquette: The Cambodian family name comes first, and the first name comes last. The names of nobles and civilians are different: nobles generally take their stepfathers' names, while civilians generally take their fathers' names as their surnames; Noble names are very particular, often with profound implications, and most civilian names are casually called, which has no meaning. Cambodians usually do not address their surnames, but only their first names, and add an article before their first names to show the difference between gender, age and seniority. For example, "call" means grandchild; "A" means a child; "Da" means Grandpa; "Ning" means girl; "Locke" means Mr. and so on.
namaste is the most common greeting ceremony in Cambodia. When saluting, we should grasp the height of the palm tip according to the object, such as women to their parents, grandchildren to their grandparents, students to their teachers, and should raise the folded palm tip to their eyebrows; When government officials salute their superiors, they should raise them to their mouths; When people with equal status salute, they should raise them to the tip of their noses. When you salute the royal family or Shang monks, you still need to squat or bow down. In rural areas, people only do ten rites; In the city, there are also people who shake hands now.
Dining Etiquette Cambodian people take rice as their staple food. Because they believe in Buddhism and avoid killing animals, they prefer vegetarian dishes instead of animal meat. However, on holidays, they still have no fish and meat on the table, and the dishes are very rich. They prefer spicy, sweet and sour taste. Pepper, onion, ginger and garlic are indispensable seasonings. They appreciate Guangdong cuisine and Yunnan cuisine in our country. Drinking is more common, and fruits can also be used as wine. They have the habit of gargling after meals.
Wedding and funeral etiquette Cambodia is located in the tropics, where men and women develop earlier. Generally, women are around 16 years old and men get married around 21 years old. Before the wedding, both men and women should dress up beautifully, accompanied by their parents and two witnesses, go to the relevant government departments for marriage registration and get a marriage certificate. According to local customs, all weddings are held in the woman's house, and husbands usually settle down with their wives after marriage, which is similar to the uxorilocal in China. Traditional weddings usually last for three days; The first day is "shed entry day", that is, the bride's family builds a groom's shed, a welcome shed and a drink shed, so that the groom can live in the groom's shed before the wedding; The second day is "Zhengri", including ancestor worship ceremony and haircut ceremony. The third day is "Visiting the Church Day", and the ceremony is usually presided over by an old man who is good at choosing "good days and auspicious days". Nowadays, weddings are usually simple, and urban residents and intellectual families often adopt modern wedding forms and hold various civilized weddings according to their own wishes.
In Cambodia, there are many festivals in a year, including New Year's Festival, Water Delivery Festival, Kite Festival, Buddhist Festival, and rainy season. Among them, Water Delivery Festival is the biggest and grand traditional festival in Cambodia, and it is celebrated for three days in the border areas every year when the Buddhist calendar is full in December. Water supply is designed to celebrate the end of the rainy season and the decline of the river. The Mekong River rises and floods in the rainy season, but it also brings a lot of fertile silt, which is beneficial to agricultural production. Therefore, when the river recedes, people express their gratitude to the river that brought benefits with joy. There are celestial burial, water burial, cremation and burial after death in Cambodia, and now cremation is mainly used. After death, family members usually plant one or two crocodile flags in front of the house to show that the family is dead. All relatives and friends wear white mourning clothes at the funeral, and the cremation time is usually arranged at night. Three days after cremation, the descendants take back the urn and put it at home for sacrifice, or build an urn in the temple for burial.
Business Etiquette Cambodia's export commodities are rice, rubber and corn, and other export commodities include pepper, kapok, tree sugar, miscellaneous beans and wood. Imported goods include hardware products, machinery and electrical appliances, automobiles, cotton cloth, cement, steel and so on. When doing business in Cambodia, it should be noted that some Cambodians are afraid to sell things on Monday and others to borrow money, but buying things on this day is considered auspicious.
Tourism Etiquette The best tourist season in Cambodia is from February of each year to February of the following year. Domestic transportation is mainly by road and inland river shipping, and there is a road network with Phnom Penh as the center and connecting all parts of the country. Cambodians are very devout in Buddhism. Not only are monks sacred and inviolable, but others are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks about their religious customs, otherwise they will be considered "sinful".
if you are visiting local people's homes during the tour, don't bring your shoes into the door. Houses in rural areas are mostly high-legged bamboo and wood structures, with floors about two meters above the ground and escalators. Guests should take off their shoes and put them under the ladder before going up, otherwise it is impolite.
The main taboo Cambodians believe that both cattle and buffaloes are protected by the gods who guard animals, and once they are hurt, they will get sick. Saturday is a favorite day for ghosts and demons, which is unlucky. Be careful when you do things or go out on this day. A family is like living in a dormitory, and the place where children sleep cannot be higher than their parents' beds. They are afraid to hang their trousers over other people's heads.