Introduction of special Korean etiquette

In Korea, men meet with a slight bow and shake each other's hands or join hands. They also bow when parting. Men cannot initiate a handshake with women. Conversation should avoid topics such as Korean domestic politics, Japanese trade friction and the man's wife. Koreans have a strong sense of self-esteem and should avoid openly criticizing or disagreeing with them.

Korea emphasizes men, with women letting men go first when they leave the house, and speeches at banquets beginning with "Gentlemen and Ladies". Men and women socialize separately at banquets and other events. When two people are talking in the aisle, a third person should be allowed to pass between them.

Elders are given special respect in Korea, and it is not permitted to smoke in front of them, and sunglasses should be removed when talking to them.

Etiquette when visiting a Korean friend's home

Korea has been known as the "country of etiquette", and Koreans attach great importance to the cultivation of etiquette and morality, and respect for the long is a traditional ritual that the Korean nation abides by.

Koreans are hospitable, whenever guests visit, always according to the identity of the guests to hold appropriate specifications of the welcome ceremony, reception of foreign heads of state to visit, to be held in accordance with international practice, a grand welcome ceremony, hundreds of thousands of people to welcome the road or send off, the scene is grand. Regardless of the occasion to meet foreign friends, Koreans are always courteous, warm greetings, talk decently, take the initiative to make way, wave goodbye.

Invited to the home of Korean friends, the host family should be fully prepared in advance, and will be indoor and outdoor clean. Koreans have a strong sense of time, people always wait for the arrival of the guests according to the agreed time, some people have to go outdoors to welcome the whole family. When guests arrive, the hosts bow to welcome them and warmly welcome them into their homes with drinks, fruits and other treats. Koreans have always been generous to guests, the hosts always want to keep the guests for dinner, and many people also want to keep guests from far away to stay at home for a few days, with a hearty meal hospitality.

Korean social etiquette and food customs

Koreans like to use dog meat to entertain guests. When a guest arrives, they buy a dog, slaughter it, cook it with its skin in dog meat soup, serve it with cold vegetables, drink wine, tear the dog meat and eat it, and drink the meat soup.

The production of pork soup into, to cook the dog's original soup, plus cooked dog meat, salt, chili, parsley, green onions, cooked sesame seeds, modulation, and then feel free to with soy sauce, mustard sauce, chives and chili pepper, fresh, salty and spicy, and its taste is extremely boiled dog meat into a shredded, plus shredded green onions, minced ginger, minced garlic, parsley, clean salt, cooked sesame seeds, the meat of the meat does not smell fishy, spicy and refreshing.

Boiled dog's heart, waist, liver, etc. cut into slices, can also be added to the above seasonings, mixed into a dish, these are also the traditional hospitality guests wine dishes.

Korean food rituals

There are two types of structures inside a Korean restaurant: the use of chairs and the removal of shoes to the bed.

When eating on a kang, men sit cross-legged and women stand on their right knees - a sitting style that is only used when wearing hanbok. Nowadays, Korean women don't usually wear hanbok, so they just sit with their legs tucked together. After sitting down and ordering, it won't be long before the diner's older woman takes out first the cutlery and then the rice from a tray.

Koreans usually use stainless steel chopsticks with flat tips. Chinese and Japanese people have the habit of picking up their rice bowls to eat, but Koreans regard this behavior as unruly. It is also forbidden to touch the bowl with your mouth. The bowl sits on the table with a round bottom and a lid, and there is no handle for you to hold it in your hand. The heat that the rice transfers to the bowl makes it reasonable not to touch it. As for the lid, you can take it off and leave it on the table.

Since you're not carrying the bowl, your left hand must be obedient, honestly hidden under the table, and not "show your hand" on the table. The right hand must first pick up a spoon and take a mouthful of soup from the kimchi, then eat a mouthful of rice with the spoon, then take another mouthful of soup and another mouthful of rice, and then you can eat anything you want. This is the order in which Koreans eat. Spoon is more important than chopsticks in Korean eating life, it is responsible for serving soup, fishing for vegetables in the soup, loading rice, and when not in use, it has to be set on the rice bowl or other eating utensils. And chopsticks? It's only responsible for picking up vegetables. No matter how much the bean sprouts in your soup bowl can't be fished out with a spoon, you can't use chopsticks. This is firstly a matter of food etiquette, and secondly, the soup may run down the chopsticks and onto the table. When chopsticks are not being used, the traditional Korean practice is to place them on the table in the right-hand direction, with the two chopsticks close together, two-thirds on the table and one-third off the table, which makes it easier to pick them up and use them again.

Koreans are a good emotional nation, for us this kind of feelings through the potluck show, should give full understanding, but at the same time must be rationally recognized that it is a kind of unhygienic "food rituals".

Korean drinking etiquette

Korean people have a guest in their home, the host feels very honored, and will generally be treated with good wine and good food. Guests should try to drink as much wine and eat as much food as possible. The more they eat, the more honored the host feels.

When it comes to drinking, Koreans are very particular about etiquette. At the banquet, according to the identity, status and seniority in order to pour wine, the high first to raise a glass, others follow in turn. Those who are too different in rank and seniority cannot drink at the same table***. In special circumstances, the junior and subordinates can drink with their backs to their faces.

Traditionally, it is considered impolite to hold a glass or drink with the left hand, as the right hand is superior to the left.

With permission, a junior or junior may make a toast to a superior or senior. The person making the toast carries the bottle in his right hand and holds the bottom of the bottle in his left hand, bows forward, gives a speech, and pours wine for his superior and seniors, three glasses in a row, without the person making the toast drinking himself. It is important to note that the status of different people drinking together clinking glasses into the identity of the low to raise the cup low, with the rim of the cup to touch each other's cup, can not be flat touch, and can not be lifted higher than the other side, otherwise it is rude.