Koreans are polite and warm in their hospitality. When meeting, guests are usually served with coffee, non-alcoholic beverages or barley tea, sometimes with a moderate amount of sugar and light milk. These refreshments guests must accept.
Koreans often exchange business cards when they first meet. Many people in South Korea have developed the habit of informing the last name, and "Mr." and other honorifics used in conjunction. More than half of the residents of South Korea surnamed Kim, Lee, Park. Korean business negotiations are often held in hotel cafes or similar places nearby. Most offices have a set of comfortable furniture for meeting guests, and it is vital to behave in a polite manner before establishing a close working relationship. Koreans emphasize dress, with men wearing suits and ties.
If you are invited to a Korean's home, it is customary to bring a bouquet of flowers or a small gift and present it with both hands. Do not open the gift in front of the giver. When you go inside, take off your shoes and leave them at the door.
Korea's lunar calendar festivals are similar to those in China, including the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.
Koreans to rice as the main food, breakfast is also accustomed to eating rice, do not eat porridge. Also like to eat chili, kimchi, eat barbecue with chili, pepper, garlic and other spicy seasonings. Soup is essential for every meal, sometimes put pork, beef, dog meat, chicken boiled in soup, sometimes also simply pour some soy sauce, add some bean sprouts. Koreans also have a strong aversion to talking while eating.
Koreans revere Confucianism, respect for the elders, the elders into the house when we have to stand up and ask them to high life. And the elders to remove sunglasses when talking. Wake up in the morning and after the meal to parents to greet; parents go out back, children have to welcome others before they can eat. When traveling by car, give way to the elderly. Eating should be the first for the elderly or elders to feast on food, the elderly move chopsticks, others can eat.
The traditional etiquette for Koreans to meet is to bow. When a junior or subordinate meets an elder or superior while walking, he or she should bow, greet, and stand aside, counting his or her precedence, as a sign of respect. Men meet and greet each other bowing and shaking hands, shaking hands with both hands, or with the left hand, and is limited to one nod. The bowing etiquette is generally not used among businessmen. When dealing with Korean officials, you can shake hands or give a slight nod of the head. Women generally do not shake hands.
Men and women socialize separately in social groups and parties, even at home or in restaurants.
In Korea, if you are invited to dinner or a banquet at home, you should bring small gifts, preferably picking out packaged food. When toasting at a banquet, you should hold the bottle in your right hand, rest the bottom of the bottle in your left hand, then bow and make a toast, and then pour the wine at the end, and do it three times in a row. The person making the toast should hold his or her glass a little lower and touch the other person's glass with the rim of his or her own glass. After the toast, one should bow again before leaving. When you are a guest, your host will not let you visit the whole house; don't wander around by yourself. When you are leaving, the host walks you to the door, or even to the door, and says goodbye.
Koreans receive gifts with both hands, but do not open them in front of their guests. It is not advisable to give foreign cigarettes to Korean friends. Alcohol is the best gift for Korean men, but you should not give alcohol to a woman unless you make it clear that the alcohol is for her husband. It should be noted when giving Korean gifts that Korean men tend to like designer textiles, ties, lighters, and electric razors. Women like cosmetics, handbags, gloves, scarf-type items and spices for the kitchen. Children, on the other hand, like food. If money is given, it should be placed in an envelope.
If there is a visit it must be pre-arranged. Koreans value hospitality in their dealings, and banquets are usually held in restaurants or bars, with the wife seldom present.
Government regulations require Korean citizens to honor the national flag, national anthem and national flower. Not only is the national anthem broadcast regularly on the radio, but it is also played in theaters before shows, and the audience is required to stand up. Foreigners who show excessive disrespect at these places are considered to be disrespectful to Korea and the Korean people.
Koreans have many taboos. When meeting each other on New Year's Day, you cannot say unlucky words, and you cannot get angry or quarrel. The first three days of the first month of the lunar calendar can not take out the garbage, sweeping, not to mention killing chickens and pigs. Do not make fire on the cold food festival. The Chinese zodiac is not good for marriage, and the wedding date is avoided on a single day. Fishermen eating fish are not allowed to turn over, because of the taboo of capsizing. Avoid going to other people's homes to cut nails, or the two families die after the feud. Avoid eating with a hat, or life-long poverty. Sleeping taboo pillow book, or read nothing. Avoid killing a dog born in the first month, or you will die within three years.
When sitting with older people, sit upright. Since the Korean table is a small table with short legs, placed on a floor bed, both guests and hosts should sit cross-legged on the floor during meals. If you are sitting on your knees in front of your elders, you should sit on the soles of your feet, and no matter who you are, you should never straighten or spread your legs, as this will be considered rude or insulting. You should not smoke in front of your superiors or elders without asking for permission, and you should not borrow or catch fire from them. Do not make random noises while eating, let alone talking. Take off your shoes when entering a family house or a Korean restaurant. Eating on the street and blowing your nose in front of people are considered rude.
Photography is severely restricted in South Korea, with military installations, airports, reservoirs, subways, national museums and entertainment venues all off limits, as is taking pictures in the air and from high-rise buildings.
Koreans don't show their feelings easily and don't laugh or talk loudly in public **** places. Women, in particular, cover their mouths with handkerchiefs when they laugh to prevent them from making rude noises. In Korea, women respect men so much that when they meet, women always bow and greet men first. When men and women are seated together, it is often the case that the man is in the upper seat and the woman in the lower seat.
Koreans have a strong aversion to the "4". Many buildings are strictly forbidden to appear in the number of the word "4"; hospitals, the military will never use the word "4" number. Koreans drink tea or wine, the host is always 1, 3, 5, 7 digital units to toast, tea, cloth dishes, and taboo force with double digits to stop the cup.