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Korean customs

1 Koreans advocate Confucianism and respect elders. When elders enter the house, everyone should stand up and ask them how long they live. Take off your sunglasses when talking to the elderly. Greet your parents when you get up in the morning and after dinner; When parents come back from going out, their children have to welcome him to the table before they can eat. When riding, you should give way to the elderly. When eating, you should first serve meals for the elderly or elders. Only after the elderly move chopsticks can others eat. When riding, you should give way to the elderly.

2 The traditional etiquette for Koreans to meet is to bow. When the younger generation and the lower generation meet their elders or superiors, they should bow and greet them and stand aside to show their respect. Men greet each other, bow to each other and shake hands. When shaking hands, they use either their hands or their left hands, and only nod their heads once. Bowing etiquette is generally not used in businessmen. When dealing with Korean officials, you can usually shake hands or nod your head gently. In social groups and banquets, men and women socialize separately, even at home or in restaurants.

3 In general, women in Korea do not shake hands with men, but nod or bow as a common etiquette. Use honorifics and honorifics more in addressing, and rarely address each other directly by their first names. If the other party has a status title in society, Koreans will definitely use it repeatedly. South Korea generally does not use shaking hands as a courtesy to meet. Once you want to shake hands, pay attention to using both hands, or use your right hand alone. When the younger generation and subordinates shake hands with their elders and superiors, after the latter reaches out, the former must first shake hands with the right hand, and then casually put himself on the right hand of the latter.

4 No smoking and sunglasses are allowed when the elders are present. Use both hands when accepting items, and don't open gifts to your face. Gift money should be in a white gift bag, not a red one. When communicating with Koreans, we should avoid the relationship between Korean domestic politics and South Korea and Japan. It is not appropriate to talk with the host about his wife.

5 When giving gifts to Koreans, it should be noted that Korean men like brand-name textiles, ties, lighters, electric razors and so on. Women like cosmetics, bags, gloves, scarves and spices used in the kitchen. Children like food. If you send money, you should put it in an envelope. Koreans receive gifts with both hands, but they don't open them in front of guests. It is not appropriate to send foreign cigarettes to Korean friends. Wine is the best gift for Korean men, but you can't send wine to women unless you make it clear that this wine is for her husband.

6 The Korean dining table is a small table with short legs, which is placed on the kang. When eating, both the host and the guest should sit cross-legged on the floor. If you should kneel on your feet in front of your elders, no matter who you are, you must never straighten your legs or spread them apart, otherwise it will be considered impolite or insulting. Do not smoke in front of superiors and elders, and do not borrow or receive fire from them without permission. Don't make any noise while eating, let alone talk. You should take off your shoes when you enter a family house or a Korean hotel. Eating in the street and blowing your nose in front of people are considered rude. Photography is strictly restricted in South Korea. Military facilities, airports, reservoirs, subways, national museums and entertainment places are all prohibited, and taking pictures in the air and high-rise buildings is also prohibited.