The custom of ceremony and propriety

Paying attention to cultivation and attaching importance to ceremony and propriety are the praiseworthy traditional custom of Russian nationality in our country.

Russian nationality has the habit of saying hello when meeting each other. The well-acquainted people will say hello to each other when meeting for the first time every day, they say "hello" or "good morning", etc. When asking the strangers for information, they also firstly say hello to them, and express their thanks after asking it. When meeting well-acquainted people and having dinner together with them, they will say: "May you have a good appetite"; when meeting patients, they will say "May you be healthy"; when seeing other people off for a long journey, they will wish them "bon voyage", and so on. 

Russian people are warm-hearted and hospitable, having the custom of entertaining guests with bread, jam, tea with milk, or delicious dishes. When having dinner, the guests cannot place the used knife, fork and  spoon on the surface of the dining table, but put them over the edge of the plate. After having dinner, the guests should express their thanks to the hosts. The hostesses should wear scarf when meeting guests to show their respect.

Russian nationality has strict contact custom. When the strangers come to visit, they must firstly knock at the door, and can only enter the yard after getting the permission of the host. Before entering the room, they must rub and clean their shoes. After entering the room, they should take off the hat, and sit on the seats offered by the hosts, and absolutely cannot sit on the bed. If the guests want to smoke, they must first get the agreement of the hosts. When offering cigarettes, they must not just offer a cigarette, but to hand over the whole cigarette box. When kindling the cigarettes, they cannot use a match to light the cigarettes of three persons, but lend the match or lighter to other persons. The lighted cigarettes cannot light the cigarettes of another person. When meeting for the first time and talking, people should not ask each other the life details, such as the age and salary, etc, they think to ask as this is a kind of behavior in lack of manners. When talking, people cannot sneeze or dig nostril facing another person. When some person sneezes, the surrounding people should wish him/her to be healthy, and this person should express his/her thanks to the wishes of all the people.

Russian people attach great importance to relative relationship and friendship. When meeting again after a long time of separation, the relatives or good friends have the habit of warm embrace and kissing each other's face. When the elder generation meet the younger generation, generally the elder generation kiss the face of the younger generation three times, from right to left and then from left to right, to show their affection. And some people only kiss the forehead of the younger generation. When the younger generations show their respect to their elder generation, generally they kiss the elder generation's left face and right face respectively once. When the female relatives and friends meet, the double parties will not only embrace but also kiss each other. While between men, they only embrace each other.

Russian nationality has the traditional habit that the male should give precedence to female. In public occasions, the male always gives ways, positions and seats to the female. When buying products at shops, it is up to the ladies to make choice firstly. When holding balls or in other entertainment places, men should firstly salute before inviting the ladies to dance, and should express their thanks when the dance is over. When the well-acquainted people meet, the male party should firstly open his mouth and extend greetings to show his respect to female, such virtues have been passed on from generation to generation.


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