Shanghai's customs and habits:
One: the exchange of relatives generally maintained to the third generation of blood relatives, that is, cousins, cousins and walking. Usually do not pay attention to gifts, something must have gifts, commonly known as "do guests", "do people guest".
Two: young people more swinging road, parks, on the entertainment venues, occasional dinners; middle-aged and elderly people to drink tea, chatting and catching up mainly. In the past, the public housing is small, friends rarely gather at home. Friends have red and white events, invite each other,
Three: usually do not prepare gifts, hospitality does not pay attention to the ceremony.
Four: When the wedding and funeral celebrations, friends and relatives routinely have to send gifts, said "send a favor". Door to visit the sick, or ready to eat in the host's home is generally to send gifts. The old custom of giving gifts is now mostly replaced by giving money.
Five: money traditionally used red bags. Only when the funeral with white paper. The amount of money into a double number of happy events, funerals into a single.
Sixth: the guest arrived, the host first took the guest in the hands of the goods. Guests with dirt, wet umbrellas, do not bring into the host's home, placed outside the door. In addition, the family has a funeral, generally before the first seven, should not go out as a guest (the rules of the big family to go out as a guest only after the five or seven).
Seven: stay for dinner, at least eight dishes, prepared wine, called "eat lunch".
VIII: meal, where the whole chicken, duck, hoof, whole fish and other dishes, the host is not invited, the guests do not eat.
9: dining with chopsticks have six taboos, one taboo food clip and put down; two taboo in the bowl of dishes stirring; three taboos hand holding chopsticks, eyes fixed on the dishes; four taboos mouth tearing food on the chopsticks; five taboos chopsticks as a toothpick; six taboos clip the food more than a drop of soup.
Ten: pouring only seven points of tea, turn around, if the right hand to press the counterclockwise direction, with the left hand must press the clockwise direction, put the teapot when the pot spout do not face others, there is an invitation to leave the meaning of quickly. Knocking finger salute, with a few fingers curved pro buckle desktop, to show gratitude to the master of the tea.
Eleven: drinking a cup of wine without a dry habit, most of the small mouth slowly sip, not a wine order. The elders ordered the elders to drink, the elders can raise their glasses; elders in the glass of wine has not yet finished, the elders can not drink first. Toast to three cups to the extent that the person who toasts and the person being toasted need to stand up and "avoid the table".
Expanded information: Shanghai Festivals and Holidays Folklore: One: New Year's Eve In the evening, the elders of each family gather together in the house, and sit down to eat with the group. The "New Year's Eve Dinner" is called "Family Rejoicing". Many of the elders of the family, after the New Year's Eve dinner, do not go to bed, around the stove to keep the New Year's Eve. Keep to the chicken early crowing, the day dawn, each family men, women and children are wearing new clothes, new hats, new shoes, in the long ago settled offerings in the hall, worship of heaven and earth, sacrifices to the ancestors. At midnight, some people also go to the city's temples to burn the "first incense" and ring the "first bell". The Jade Buddha Temple is usually the place to burn the head statue, and the Longhua Temple is the place to ring the head bell. Two: Spring Festival? Since the first day of each day, it is the period of relatives and friends to pay tribute to the New Year. Guests come with gifts, hospitality will be invited to drink "Yuanbao tea", is the tea put on the green fruit or tea lid on the top of a green fruit, and will be invited to eat wine and rice. At that time, the elders who see the younger generation are to send the new year's money. Shanghai people to New Year's Eve must go to the City God Temple to stroll, walk the nine curved bridges there. To the fifth day of the first month, for the God of Wealth (commonly known as "Road God") birthday, all over the world to receive the God of Wealth of the action. Three: Lantern Festival? Every family must eat "Lantern Festival", that is, dumplings, is to take the reunion, the meaning of good luck. But the Lantern Festival is also known as "Lantern Festival" because of the "Lantern". Households, stores and stores hanging lights in front of the door, temples, gardens, squares and other public **** premises, but also large lights. At that time, men, women and children in groups out of the appearance of lights. Four: Qingming? March Ching Ming Festival, people take the opportunity to sweep the graves to the countryside to go trekking, the Shanghai people, the green dumplings are Ching Ming ancestor essential offerings. On March 15th, people go to the Longhua Temple for incense. March 23rd worship Tianhou birthday, praying for Tianhou God blessing, Shanghai, Fujian businessmen, hoping to be on the sea, "An Lan Li Su".