Chinese Custom: how to KOWTOW 🙇♂️🙇♀️ how to BOW - and when to use them
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- According to the book Rites of Zhou, which was written around the 2nd century BC, there are nine major types of kowtow and three major types of bowing.
This video will show you the basics of Chinese greetings, such as how to kowtow, how to bow, when to use them, and how to do them properly.
The tradition of kowtowing and bowing is based on the core of Chinese people's conduct and thinking - 禮 (Lǐ). It has multiple definitions: propriety, rites, Chinese ritual, Chinese custom, Chinese etiquette, Chinese manner, Chinese courtesy, etc.
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2:44 Too cute. That's the "I'm pretty, don't you think?" look,,,,,, when she darn well already knows it ;-)
This was absolutely brilliant! This is deliberate use of body language, right? Communication without words. Fantastic.
This was really interesting!!! Haha I never knew this was something I wanted to know till you made this video!
I love 💕 it thank you 🙏🏾
Me too
Yes that's what I aldo wanted to know. The video is wonderful.
@@sannivasadhukhan6741 sadly...ur either super ignorant or malicious...why don't u go get a communist citizenship there in their country so that you get to practise KOWTOW on a daily basis lol
Western cultures also had their own form of formal bows 100+ years ago. Though not as exaggerated and closer extended nodding, things such as hat tipping, courtesy-ing, and hand sweeping bows were common in most reaches of Europe and also North America post colonization.
Truly, it was far more sanitary than handshaking, and with plagues being common place every 50-100 years, it stifled the spread of epidemics.
Throughout the 1920's, the Spanish Flu killed more people in Europe than any other epidemic since the Boubonic Plague. You can call it speculative evidence if you wish, but I believe it was doing away with non-contact forms of greeting which allowed influenza to spread so rapidly in the beginning stages of the outbreak.
I hope bowing comes back in all cultures. It's as classy as it is sanitary.
Black folks still kinda have it haha
I usually greet friends with a head nod. There's a certain kind of nod you do with friends vs other people to be respectful. Like, speed and depth of the nod, stuff like that.
I read a lot of wuxia novels and wanted to see the difference, so thanks. It pains me to see people's culture die out under western influences.
You might want to thank Mao for that. Have you never read History?
oh well, its no ones fought. it only showed the fact that we were weak, but since young chinese now have much more cultural self confidence, the old culture is coming back
@@yilongliu2353 Was that even a thought? The old confucian ways have nothing to do with how people in modern China are living in a state of capitalist self interest. How many people did you see kowtowing today? lol You probably are old and simply nostalgic.
shywifey86 The whole “handshake” thing was originally holding hands through the whole conversation to prove to the conversants (usually armed) that they weren’t going to stab each other.
The European peasantry picked up on it like a social meme but cut it short much like the fist bump is used today.
Bowing is simply more dignified.
As a Westerner, it actually pains me to have to acknowledge that this traditional method of greeting has fallen into disuse, much to the detriment of human culture.
@@nneuhaus84 ........idiot if u cant read then go back to primary school. cultural = kowtowing? u makes me laugh, stupid ass. nowadays students still bow to their teachers
Thank you so much for this. I watch alot of dramas and I wondered about the different kinds of bows.
Ancient Chinese were way more sanitation
Thank you Ally, just discovered your channel for someone like me came to the US at an early age, I’m very glad you are bringing the 礼 back
I really hope it will get revived again soon... Its the most beautiful thing ever.. honor and respect and compassion... That the way
It's amazing how many different types of bowing there are! I've only seen 4 of them.
That's really interesting! Chinese culture is so rich! ❤️🇧🇷
This is a great video! Thank you for the opportunity to learn something new!
I really enjoy your videos! They're always so interesting.
I came here because I'm writing a story and had no idea how to put into words exactly how individuals bowed. This is very helpful. Thank you!
Wow! This episode is great. I learned about traditional Chinese mangers from viewing it. Thanks!
Fascinating! I used to teach at a small college and one semester I had this student from Africa. He told us that whenever he went home to visit his parents, he was never allowed to directly look his father in the face. He had to lie with his entire body flat on the floor, face-down and arms outstretched before his father. His father would then converse with him, asking about his studies, his grades, etc. During the conversation he had to remain the entire time face-down on the floor. I thought he was making this up, until I actually found CZcams videos of this practice!
To be honest these are some of the most eccentric/respectful greetings I've seen in any culture! 🙇♂️
It's a 5,000 year old civilization, so many things have a much more deeper significance.
Thank you for sharing this Ally, I am oversea Chinese and I never actually got to learn this, thank you for your amazing content! I feel so much closer to my Chinese heritage
Oh, thank you Thats so charming, classy and upper class.
Thank you very much! Beautiful and enlightening.
Why don’t these lovely, delightful videos have millions of views already?
I really appreciate this video. I hope one day that China will regain its rich culture.
Very informative and interesting. Thank you Ally!
im so glad you made this video my vietnamese elders did this to me and i did the same but i am always confused as to bow so this is very helpful
Just discovered your channel and instantly subscribed! Appreciate you sharing the richness of the vastly more evolved culture from ancient China. There is so much we can benefit from the things you share in your videos and their gracious and informative delivery. Thank you for putting this positivity and higher standard content into the world. 🙏
I thank you for this education. I've been educating myself on cultural customs and histories of different places around the world. Very much appreciated
The practice of meaningful manners is beautiful and also disciplines the mind.
Super fascinating and it is very useful and informative to see the various forms of bowing performed by both sexes. What a wonderful channel this is.
I'm an overseas Chinese. I watch Chinese tiktok a lot and I really admire the interns wearing hanfu and started learning about other parts of traditional Chinese culture. I really love how you're spreading traditional Chinese culture and bringing it back. It really is almost lost!
Thank you, I didn't know there was a difference between male & female salute/greeting
This video is very interesting, I am learning English but Spanish is my native form of speaking, ‘kowtow’ and ‘bow’ in the translator appear as the same word ‘reverencia’ which translates to ‘reverence’, and the reason why I watched this video was because I was reading a horror novel and the word ‘kowtow’ appeared so thank you for explaining it!
Thanks for making this video to recall the memories of the best culture in Ancient China of the Day! The bowing etiquette is a great daily exercise for the mind, the heart, the soul and the body which had kindled the social civilization of China for thousands of years.
i remember my bajiquan shifu told me about left hand must be on top and you only can use right hand on top when we are at funerals. Since then i realize that i was did wrong every Chinese New Year XD. I guess still many people don't know how to do it right but thanks for this video. i hope many people know how to do it right.
This is so cool, thank you for sharing
I have to tell my Chinese husband-to-be that he has to learn the Korean bow (to the floor) to ask for my hand in marriage. My family is so traditional.. =_=...It's so awkward to teach him so while looking for a youtube example I stumbled across this video. I was surprised to see that China used to have it too! But the bow we do to our parents is the bow the Chinese did to the emperor/gods. So I'm feeling even more panicky hahaha.
@A L actually, both Korea and Japan were influenced by China but also developed and kept their own customs and traditions. Their philosophies and developments also influenced China. Presently, Korea and Japan are both heavily influence by Americans.
The Mongolians conquered Korea also, not just China. The manchus defeated Korea before the Ming, but sent a second invasion to official make Korea a tribute state after they ruled China.
Bowing to the ground to parents is not something the Chinese did as a greeting, ever.
@A LDon't be ignorant. Chinese started turning away from their traditional customs after the May Fourth Movement in 1919, long before the communist take over. And culture is more than just traditional customs.
A L Then, that’s your problem.
A L fuk, oops, I replied to the wrong personnnnnn.
John Yossarian ignorant, why is she he being ignorant. He she’s talking facts. What are you doing huh? Your doing shit. Turning away, ur turning away.
Beautiful tradition and beautiful presentation :D
谢谢你让我知道了这么多传统知识
Nihao from Turkey, dear lady. You have a great channal, I really thank you for all your efforts on the videos, duo xie...
TIL these aren't just synonyms and personal flair. Awesome!
Beautiful video, so much wonderful culture and structure came from the old world and I am very saddened so much of it has been lost to the new age. You both demonstrated this beautifully, with much grace and poise. Thank you for sharing this with us, this will help me greatly in my writings and if I ever visit China in my life.
Hi, Ally! Thanks a lot for such a detailed explanations! I was searching for the roots of greetings used in traditional wushu for quite a bit of time and couldn't ever imagine that they come from the bows in the kneeling position, it now makes great sense! I loved your channel! Thanks for sharing traditional culture, as a taiji practitioner I appreciate you so much for without the understanding of the underlying cultural basis probably none of Chinese traditional arts could be understood(not even talking about mastered) correctly. Great LIKE ans subscribe from me!
I just finished reading The Story of The Stone book one, and I wanted a better visualization of Kowtows. Thank you very much.
Thank you! Very informative! (It also shows me where historical dramas may be lacking such attention to detail.) Best of luck reviving your culture!
I feel like the politeness was lost when it was everyone for themselves, trying to survive the 1950s/1960s.
Chinese culture is really fascinating
How did I go from looking for Skyrim mods to watching an excellent video on Chinese traditions?
lol I'm glad CZcams lead you here :)
Great video, thank you. My first thought was yin being the feminine element and also corresponding to the right side, which would explain the root of which hand is on top, just like in some Daoist practices.
AAhh! I can't describe how much I love different cultures and this! I'd love to greet people like this! I face only one problem. I know It's always different for male and female, but pecause I consider myself being neither I don't know how to manage. This was an amazing video!!
When I watch Chinese dramas, that's when I discovered that there is another way to bow when greeting others. The bow I'm talking about is the one at 3:10.
I love your videos so much and i like hearing u pronounce Chinese words 🤗🤗
thank you for the English version. i don't have to read subtitlees!
Thank you for showing how to KOWTOW and how to BOW! I was taught to respect my elders, and I like to learn how to be polite in different cultures. When I lived in South Korea I usually bowed to the elders in my neighbourhood. They liked it when I did this! I would also greet them in formal Korean manner. Example: An-nyoung-ha-shim-ni-ka? (Hello, how are you?) I like watching your videos very much! Thank you for sharing your videos! ~Janet in Canada ^.^;
I want this to practice by present day Chinese. Mainland, Hongkong, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese.
I'm overseas Chinese (Indonesia), yes I want all Chinese to practice this too..
But, I think it would be difficult since Chinese cultures (including names) and languages banned here, so we should learn our own culture from ZERO now.
Nowadays, even peoples in Chinese lands (like Mainland China, or Taiwan, HK etc) rarely practice these kind of traditions and cultures.. So we as overseas Chinese find it difficult to learn from them (it would be easier to learn Chinese cultures if we have daily examples by the Chinese in the Chinese land).
Can I do this if I am a Filipino?
Thanks you, you helped me with my work
I'm learning this in my chinese class very helpful
Recommended by DA, 10/10 Video
Thanks for uploading this video....Love it....
I am writing an essay on kowtowing and this was quite helpful, thank you very much : )
It really very fascinating
This is so beautiful
So complex, I need to learn this too.
I just love how much effort and information you put into your videos. This is something that I was never taught when I was young and it makes me realize just how little of my own culture I don't know being American born. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and teaching so much through your videos. I'll definitely be referring back to this for reference!
Courtesies represent apparent differences in social status, which is kind of against a modern civil society of individualism.
So it’s not strange why similar courtesies disappear worldwide, especially in countries where revolution once happened( France and China, for instance) In places like Britain, Japan and South Korea where social evolution happened in a rather mild way, they tend to pay attention to others’ age, status or wealth. In Korea, one even only makes“friends” born in the same year. Even if someone is only several years elder or even simply started school earlier, he must be totally respected. So the first thing to do when meeting a stranger is to check each other’s ages. Sounds quite tiring.
Oh my god. Bring this back!
I knew China was a wonderful culture everyone is treated like family. I’m black an I feel like Chinese is part of my family along with India and other cultures from all around the world.
Thank you for making this video. I'm a new subscriber.
Came here from the Mo dao zu shi animated series! Thanks a lot! This really was interesting ^0^
谢谢你的视频，明天是我们成人礼。到时候要鞠躬，我们班上一堆人学鞠躬都感觉不靠谱。你的视频真的对我们很有帮助，谢谢了。
Can you do more depth in this sort of content. Link it to ancient texts where possible also such as the book of rites or the book of Zhou. Excellent video. 🙏🏻
Interesting ancient culture.
its beautiful
Beautiful culture
Thank you.
Very informative
Very nice greetings ❤️😁
Bowing as an art form! wow!
This is the way we greet our elders
Great video.
we all must do our duty to the Emperor, and now I as a westerner can too!!
thank you
Thank you
Thankss i read wuxia and I imagine it perfectly sweet
There is a Chinese drama goodbye my princess and I love their costumes. I hope you can make a video about it one day.
Thanks for the video! Very informative! RJ大叔
I bowed to a Chinese woman passing by in her car she looked surprised I bowed to her correctly subconsciously I knew how to and today I thought about it watching this video it is good to know
so interesting
Thanks!
Thank you ..sia sia
Thank you for this very informative lesson. I'm interested in knowing if there is a modern-age bow that is used in society in China?
I head cuz I wanted to write a story, but holy crap this was fun to watch.
Why am I crying ? Beautiful
Maybe you got the bow wrong and pulled a muscle
Thanks, that's very interesting. *cup hands*
Please make a video about Chinese philosophers and emperors😊
Great video! I too hope that one day China will practice some style of bowing again. Koreans, Japanese, and Thai still bow.
This vid makes me emotional
🇨🇳❤️👍🕯📿🌕🌝😊
Wish you a happy Mid-autumn Festival.
Wish you and your family peace and happiness.
祝你中秋節快樂
祝您和家人平安幸福
Zhù nǐ zhōngqiū jié kuàilè
zhù nín hé jiārén píng'ān xìngfú
very useful and interesting, now I know more about my ancestors' culture. duoxie ni
Thanks!! Subscribed 😊
Interesante el folklore de tu nación.
bowing/curtseying should be the main form of greeting everywhere. Any doctor can tell you that shaking hands is about the most unsanitary, stupid custom EVER.
I hate that it's forced on me in so many countries, even though I'm a woman.
Woe is me.
Faewaterspirit You are quite right about hand shaking.
Did you know that in the West we would sometimes actually spit in our hands before we shook them to seal a deal?
On other occasions we would hold on to each other’s sword hand throughout the negotiating process as proof we wouldn’t stab each other before the deal was struck.
The up and done motion represents struggling against anger and animosity.
Now you may often see a different form of handshake where a more “brotherly” grip is made and there is a chest bump.
You might say, “Oh, that’s very nice, they’re hugging...”
Well..
Not exactly...
That pulling in and “bumping” was created in the “thug” community to politely make sure that the person you were dealing with wasn’t wearing a “wire” (radio or recording device) or wearing a shoulder harness (where a pistol called a “chief’s special” or other smaller firearm would be hidden).
So, the handshake is a greeting born of suspicion and violence whilst the Asiatic bowing demonstrates a more cultivated system of respect with graduation of social standing.
I’d like to conclude this comment by affirming that you are not reading the opinion of someone whose roots are from Asia and who thus might be biased as such-but rather, from an actual westerner of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed variety.
I am proud of my own culture’s history of revolution, and rebellion and quite enjoy living in a society where pushing the limits of social acceptability has strangely become the norm, but I don’t sugar-coat or make excuses for it where another people and culture hit a higher mark by refining human interaction and societal development.
You might say I’m simply quite literally tickled to be a “barbarian,” yet tip my horned helmet to China nonetheless.
Take care, my dear.
I must return back to my “pillaging and plundering.”
😉
Hey maybe this coronavirus pandemic will bring it back!
@@maxcapone3957 Huh, this is all quite fascinating.
@@metaparcel *我 is me
Lovely !!!👏❤🌈
Interesting, in my culture we used a divider between men and women too. Mostly between in-laws.