ANCIENT CHINA

CHINESE CUSTOMS

• Handshakes

TRADITIONS

• Chinese New Year
• Husband has to carry his wife over a pan of hot coals.

CHOPSTICKS

• Signs of kindness and gentelness
• Confucianism taught Chinese to abandon forks an knives at the dinner table
• Before eating their food is cut into bite sizes.

HANDSHAKES

• Sign of respect
• To the elder and parents
• After handshaking they give gifts to people.

TEA

• Was given to old people
• Sign of respect to elders when given
• People who were at a lower rank had to give tea to people who were at a higher rank.

HUSBAND HAS TO CARRY WIFE OVER A PAN OF HOT COALS

• They do this to pass their wife through labor
• Pregnant women are supposed to be careful in everything they do.

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SOURCES

• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ancient-chinese-traditional-customs.html