What's the point of kowtowing?

The deceased is the biggest. First of all, most people kowtow four times, but those who are more particular will kowtow eight times, that is, four or four times apart. The first step is to come to the table sweetmeats at an appropriate distance. Don't be too close, bow, and put your hands together, from your knees to your forehead and eyebrows. This means that Qi Mei has his head in his hands, kneeling and kowtowing, instead of standing up, kneeling and only straightening his upper body, kowtowing four times, and getting up and bowing. Then take a step forward, get close to the incense table and kneel down. One person stood on each side of the incense table, handed the wine three times, spilled the wine on the ground, handed the incense three times, and then kowtowed four times. Similarly, you don't have to stand up, kneel down, kowtow and straighten up, repeat it four times, and then stand up and bow. Over. Of course, there are 12 important relatives who kowtow. Everyone bows and kowtows. When they get up, it doesn't matter whether the etiquette is heavy or not.

Red matter, this is very particular, the key is to bow to this point, this bow is not done well, it will become a joke and hurt the atmosphere. Remember, start bowing, arch your upper body, drop your hands, verify and get together. Remember, don't pick it up, you don't need Qi Mei's hand, then kneel down and kowtow, stand up and bow (bow your upper body, hang down your hands, verify and close together), and don't pick it up with your hands, because there is no need to grab your forehead and eyebrows.

A woman kowtowed and bowed. Usually she bows and puts her hands together on her chest. Then she knelt down and kowtowed, stood up and put her hands together on her chest.

The proposal is to get down on one knee.

Jin Lan became sworn brothers, facing the north, kneeling on his knees, kowtowing, turning his knees into one knee, clenching his fists with both hands, and after pledging their vows, everyone drank a bowl of wine and broke the bowl. If you pay more attention to it, you should sprinkle blood as an alliance, bite your forefinger and drop it in the wine, or you will kill a rooster and drop it in the wine instead.

If the family tree is hung at home, first kowtow to the fairy, then get up on four heads, and then kowtow to the old man to pay a New Year call. Never scratch your forehead at this time, because when you kowtow, someone in your family will stand aside. When you kowtow, he will hang down his hands, bend his upper body 90 degrees, and reciprocate until you kowtow.

Therefore, kowtowing is a courtesy, a virtue, a rule and a stress, which may vary from place to place. People say that ten miles is different from customs, that is, the difference between ten miles and different places, and the etiquette may be different.