According to experts who study Hong Kong, the general characteristics of social customs of Hong Kong people can be summarized in the following words:
Hong Kong compatriots stress friendship, kindness and etiquette; Tradition especially likes auspiciousness, and everyone goes well; The numbers "8" and "6" are very kind, and I would like to meet more. Don't want others to ask personal questions, to avoid "homophonic" with bad intentions; Most of my hometown is Fujian, Guangdong, and my living customs are just like my ancestral home.
There are the following characteristics in the details of life:
Hong Kong people always like to tap on the table with a few fingers when accepting others to pour wine or tea. The word "3" is very popular in Hong Kong, because Hong Kong people pronounce "3" and "sheng" homophonic, and "sheng" means "promotion". "8" and "6" are also very fashionable in Hong Kong. In Cantonese, "8" is a homonym for "fa", which means "getting rich". "6" is homophone with "Lu" and also means "Shun". Hong Kong people often wish each other "Congratulations on getting rich" during festivals.
Etiquette etiquette
When Hong Kong people meet guests in social occasions, they usually shake hands as a gift. When friends and relatives meet, there are also hugs and kisses on the cheeks. When they express their thanks to their guests, they often use tapping ceremony (that is, bending their fingers and tapping lightly on the table with a few fingertips to show their thanks). It is said that finger tapping ceremony evolved from kowtowing ceremony, and finger tapping means kowtowing.
General etiquette
Hong Kong people are reserved and restrained on almost all occasions.
We should avoid all conflicts that may make China people lose face.
Blue and white are mourning colors of China people and should be avoided.
Prepare a large number of business cards, you will often need them.
Appellation and greetings
We usually shake hands when we meet and say goodbye. After the first handshake, hand in your business card.
Appointment and punctuality
It is still polite to "go in and out" for 30 minutes after the appointed meeting time, but business people are usually punctual.
Hospitality and gifts
When guests are invited to dinner, they can bring fruit, candy or cake as gifts and send them to the hostess with both hands. Don't send a clock, it is a symbol of death; Don't send scissors or other sharp objects, they symbolize breaking off relations.
Don't start eating and drinking in front of the host.
Chinese new year1mid-October to February is about 65438+. It's time to give gifts to each other.
Talk to each other
Say DOR-jay (homophonic, "thank you") when thanking the host for his gift, and Ng-GOI ("no", meaning "thank you") when thanking others for serving you.
China people are willing to listen to the west and speak their language. If you can speak a word or two of Cantonese, it will be greatly appreciated, but you must make sure your pronunciation.
It is considered polite to ask about health or business occasionally in conversation.
Belief taboo
According to experts studying in Hong Kong, Hong Kong people are afraid of being asked about their home address. Because people are not welcome to visit his home, they are generally happy to go to teahouses or public places. Newspapers are afraid to ask about personal salary, age, etc. And think that private affairs don't need others to ask. They are reluctant to accept the words "Happy Holidays". Because "happiness" and "fast decline" are homophonic. , very unlucky. They are afraid of the word "4". Because "4" and "death" are homophonic, unlucky "4" is generally not said. Gifts and so on. The number "4" should also be avoided, and when it is necessary to say it, "two pairs" or "two twos" are often used instead. In Hong Kong, restaurant employees are most afraid of choosing "fried rice" for the first customer, because "fried" means "fried" in Hong Kong dialect. It is considered unlucky to hear the sound of "speculation" when the furnace is turned on.
eating habits
Hong Kong people are very suitable for both western food and Chinese food, but they are particularly fond of Chinese food. They prefer their hometown flavor, and if they travel to the mainland, they are also willing to taste local food. Most of them use chopsticks, and others also use chopsticks to eat.
The eating habits of Hong Kong people have the following characteristics:
① Pay attention to the freshness, tenderness, crispness, bone and nutrition of dishes.
(2) The taste is generally light and sweet.
The staple food is rice, and I also like pasta.
④ Non-staple food likes to eat seafood such as fish, shrimp and crab, chicken, duck, eggs, pork, beef and mutton. I like fresh vegetables, such as water bamboo, rape, tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers. Seasonings like pepper, pepper, cooking wine, onion, ginger, sugar, monosodium glutamate and so on.
⑤ Cooking methods are suitable for dishes cooked by various cooking techniques, and prefer cooking dishes such as frying, roasting, stewing and frying.
Chinese food is no stranger to various local dishes, especially Cantonese and Fujian dishes.
⑦ Enjoy assorted dishes such as jambalaya, winter melon cup, crispy chicken, roast suckling pig, beef in oyster sauce, Long Hudou, colorful pork tripe, Dinghu cuisine, Buddha leaping wall, snowflake chicken, light-fried fresh bamboo, fried fish with orange juice, etc.
Shuijiu likes cocktails, beer, fruit wine and so on. Like mineral water, cola, cocoa, coffee and other drinks. I also like oolong tea and Longjing tea.
Pet-name ruby fruits such as bananas, pineapples, watermelons, oranges, peaches, lychees, longan and other fruits; Cashew nuts and other dried fruits.