In ancient times, people used to make changes when they met, why did it evolve into a handshake now?

Because of the influx of Western culture, the Chinese accepted a more concise Western handshake.

The handshake ceremony originated in the West, and it was not until modern times that it spread to our country and was widely used in our country.

Because with the penetration of Western culture, after the Xinhai Revolution, the original handshake was changed to promote the change of China.

China is a country of etiquette, in ancient times, the work is an important part of the ritual system, but with the evolution of the times, in order to suit different occasions, gradually evolved into the form of hand ceremony, fist holding ceremony, etc., and later the Opium War, some Western cultural ideas and values gradually affected the thinking of Chinese, including handshake etiquette.

Because it is easy to make mistakes or do not conform to the norms, it will be considered contempt by the other party, and later Confucius's etiquette became more and more prosperous, and the behavior became a different form, and later after the Western missionaries arrived in China, they brought a variety of etiquette to introduce Western countries, and then it evolved into a handshake.

With the opening of the country, more and more modern etiquette into people's lives, such as the Western handshake and bowing ceremony, are concise and generous, so that people at that time realized that etiquette is only to express respect, is based on equal exchanges, handshake etiquette is a good representative, the history of handshake etiquette in medieval Europe, when fighting on the battlefield, soldiers wearing armor will take off their bracers and other protective measures, indicating that they do not have ** and shake hands with opponents to express respect and respect, A handshake is more of an expression of intimacy and approachability than a handshake.

Because with the evolution of the times, kowtowing fingers are more and more in line with the needs of the times, and it is a bit too formal, and with the inflow of Western culture, many people feel that kowtowing is insulting, so it has become a handshake.

This is mainly because the prostration is very complicated, and China is influenced by Western thought, which makes the handshake more simple.

Because we still have to abandon bad culture, so replace it with this simple way.

Because in ancient China, the term handshake was associated with funeral, that is, an item tied to the deceased's arm with a black band. Therefore, in a sense, a handshake is an unlucky gesture that cannot be shaken casually.

In modern society, it is necessary to shake hands when meeting for the first time, shake hands when reuniting after a long absence, and shake hands at the end of the farewell. But in ancient China, you can't shake hands casually, do you know why?

Because in ancient China, shaking hands was an unlucky gesture. In history, as early as the funeral customs of the pre-Qin period, there was a handshake, which refers to the rolling items tied to the arms of the deceased with a black belt. This funeral custom was not only hereditary, but also carried forward.

When the ancients held a funeral ceremony, they would put coins and grains into the mouth of the deceased to show that there were food and flowers, and the things put were called Han; Stuff cotton balls into the ears of the deceased to show that they are deaf to the ghosts of the underworld crying wolves, and the cotton balls filled in this way are called ear fillers; The deceased is asked to hold jade or other objects in his hands to show that the deceased cannot be allowed to go to the other world empty-handed, which is called a handshake.

In the very famous ** "The Appearance of Officialdom" in the late Qing Dynasty, some ** foreigners in the Qing court were described with holding hands.

But in the ancient texts, there is another account of handshakes. The meaning of shaking hands in the idiom handshake is almost the same as the meaning of the modern popular handshake etiquette. And this idiom is derived from a historical fact.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty - The Biography of Li Tong records the scene of Liu Xiu and Li Tong's first meeting: and meeting, talking together, shaking hands and saying joy. It means that Liu Xiu and Li Tong met for the first time, talked for a long time, and shook hands with each other, and both parties were very happy.

It can be seen that the ancient Chinese people exerted a strong imagination on the body action of shaking hands, which is not only related to life, but also related to etiquette, and linked to death.

The evolution of these gesture etiquette is mainly an evolution from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Tang and Song dynasties, and after the Tang and Song dynasties, China's saluting gestures have been basically fixed, and the evolution of etiquette has mainly gone through a process from meddling to bowing hands.

The gesture of saluting ** In the book Zhou Li, it was originally to standardize the etiquette and imperial power of the royal family, and then after a long period of development, there is now a series of gestures.

The ancient people's saluting gestures were more complicated, and the saluting gestures of different classes were different, and women generally saluted with their right hand on top and left hand on bottom.

I think the ancient gestures of salutation evolved slowly and naturally. Most of them are from Zhou Li's book. And the etiquette was originally to strengthen the imperial power. It's all royal prescribed.

In ancient times, people attached great importance to etiquette and rank, so they must salute when people meet, otherwise it will be disrespectful, and the gestures of people of different levels are different.

Our country is a state of etiquette, very particular about the number of etiquette, in ancient times in the practice of "Ji Shou", "Dun Shou" ceremony, after the Zhou Dynasty, there are special people to study the number of etiquette.

From ancient times to the present, there is a saying about the number of rites, and the ancients attached great importance to the number of rites, so they studied a lot of etiquette mathematics in the book of Zhou Li, and it has slowly spread to the present.

China is known as the "State of Etiquette", and the bow ceremony has a history of two or three thousand years, and it has been used when people of the same generation meet and interact since the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The reason why the ancients wanted to hold their fists or make a fist was because it could better show their politeness and respect.

Because hugging fists or making gestures shows respect for others, suggesting friendship and trust on both sides, so greetings will be so.

Because this is the ancient etiquette, it is only when you greet or meet each other that you should hold your fists.