Hometown Customs! This is How to Raise Children
Etiquette
Old rules, both education and etiquette…
Nowadays, old rules, understood by fewer and fewer, old rules, both education and etiquette.
Every subtle body language reveals information to those around you: upbringing, character, preferences, and manners.
These rules must be remembered:
1. Don't chatter;
2. Don't sit with your legs crossed;
3. Don't look sideways;
4. Don't shirk responsibility;
5. Always address elders respectfully;
6. Don't wave your sleeve;
7. Don't roll up your trouser legs;
8. Don't mess with the serving dish;
9. Don't stick chopsticks into your bowl;
10. Don't suck on toothpicks;
11. Don't wiggle your legs;
12. Don't speak without using honorifics or names;
13. Don't shout out;
14. Don't tell lies;
15. Don't take food across the midline of the dish;
16. Don't eat with chopsticks in your mouth;
17. Don't let the teapot face people;
18. Don't randomly pick at food on the table; only pick up what's in front of you;
19. Before eating, politely greet your elders; only when they sit down and say it's time to eat can you eat;20. When visiting, the host must start eating before the guest does;
