1. Dietary taboos

There are many unique etiquette and taboos in Japanese diet. (1) When entertaining guests, don't overfill or tip the rice. You can't fill the bowl with a spoonful in front of the guests, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful to the guests. (2) When eating, you can't put chopsticks in a bowl full of rice. Because chopsticks are often placed in this form on the altar in front of the dead. (3) When serving meals to guests, it is forbidden to divide the whole pot of rice into bowls of rice, because this method was often used when serving meals to prisoners in the past. (4) When dining as a guest, it is enough to avoid eating only one bowl. Even if the second bowl of rice is symbolic, you should ask for extra rice. Because eating only one bowl means no chance. (5) It is forbidden to knock on the rice bowl when eating. It is said that this is because people are superstitious that knocking on the bowl will attract hungry ghosts. (6) it is forbidden to sprinkle salt on the cake and tear it to eat it. (7) Don't cut things on the lid. (8) Avoid putting soup in white water. (9) You can't eat the food with chopsticks and the soup with your mouth. When taking food out for an outing, it is forbidden to leave leftovers in the mountains. It is said that this is worried that leftovers will attract ghosts. (1) It is forbidden to pour red bean rice with miso soup. Superstition will get rained on when you get married. (11) Food taboos with fishy smell are used as offerings for offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas. (12) It is forbidden for girls to eat food that has been given to the gods, and it is thought that this will make the girl's marriage incompatible when she grows up. (13) When dining as a guest, it is forbidden to pay too much attention to your clothes or touch your hair with your hands. (14) When eating at a banquet, it is forbidden to talk loudly with people who are far away. When speaking, it is forbidden to gesture and say sad or critical things. (15) It is forbidden to talk about politics, religion and other issues at banquets about weddings and funerals. (16) When you have to leave halfway at a large banquet for some reason, it is forbidden to make a secret, otherwise the host will be unhappy and others will be disappointed. (17) When eating, it is forbidden to add chopsticks to your mouth or tongue. It is forbidden to speak with food or stand up with something in your mouth, otherwise it will be considered as a lack of education. There are still many taboos in Japanese diet in different regions or families in Japan. For example, some people avoid eating and cooking in the first month; Some villages or tribes do not eat chicken or eggs. However, when eating or drinking soup, the noise is not taboo but welcomed by the Japanese. Because this kind of behavior is often considered as the performance of the diners' praise for the food or eating sweetly.

2. Etiquette

The most commonly used traditional salutations in Japan are generally divided into standing ceremony and sitting ceremony. When standing, your hands naturally droop, your fingers are close together, and your body leans forward with the bending of your waist. When standing with the highest respect, bend your waist until your face is almost flush with your knees, and then slowly straighten up. When accepting the salute of the younger generation, the back and neck should be straight, and the head should not hang down. Sitting ceremony is usually performed on tatami in Japanese-style rooms. This kind of sitting ceremony can be divided into nine forms, but now it has been greatly simplified because of the influence of western lifestyle. At present, there are three most common types: (1) refers to the ceremony. First of all, you should kneel down on the tatami, hang your hands on both knees, touch the ground with your fingertips and lean forward about five degrees. This kind of ceremony is mostly used when the younger generation salutes and asks questions to each other. (2) hand bending ceremony. When performing this ceremony, you should hold your hands on the ground, lean forward about 45 degrees, and face down, which is higher than the etiquette expressed by referring to the ceremony. It is often used between peers and asking questions from each other. (3) two-handed ceremony. When performing this ceremony, the palms of your hands are close to the ground, your spine and neck are straight, your whole body leans forward, and your face almost touches the ground. This is the highest etiquette, which is often used when subordinates salute their superiors or distinguished guests. There are also three different ways to salute when taking a chair as a seat. When the superior salutes the subordinate, just sit in the chair and lean forward slightly. When saluting peers, you should stand up from your chair and perform almost the same etiquette as standing. When you salute a distinguished guest or superior, you should salute deeply in front of the other person's seat, and then return to your seat after the other person is seated.

3. Taboos in words and deeds

Japanese people have many taboos in their daily behavior and speech. (1) When getting married, Japanese people are forbidden to say such words as "leaving", "cutting off", "parting" and "going home", because these words mean "breaking up" and "incompatible marriage". (2) When you get married, you should return the container empty and avoid putting anything in it to avoid the suspicion of "repetition". (3) It is forbidden to go to the toilet naked. (4) The most taboo is to talk about it anywhere. (5) When eating, it is forbidden to pour sauce soup on rice, and it is forbidden to pass things with chopsticks. (6) Don't step on the seat cushion when visiting others. (7) Avoid hanging washed things at night. (8) Don't put the bamboo basket on your head. (9) Don't sleep with your feet facing south and your head facing north, because the coffin is usually parked with your head facing north. (1) Do not wash your face with hot water. (11) Do not cut your nails at night. (12) Departure on the eighth day and return on the seventh day are forbidden when traveling abroad. (13) It is forbidden to send a gift to the baby born on the seventh day, because the seventh day after the funeral is the anniversary of the 17 th anniversary. (14) Don't look at other people's kitchens for nothing. (15) It is forbidden to chew gum alone in front of people. (16) The construction industry is forbidden to break ground on "Three Neighborhood Days" (January, April, July and October, February, May, August and November, and March, June, September and December), because it is said that houses built on these days will be on fire. (17) Commercial departments are forbidden to say words such as "siri" and "nasi", and try to use other terms for products that are homophonic with them.