How do you kowtow? How many times?

1. Generally, you kowtow to your family three times, and you kowtow once when you visit someone else's home for the New Year.

2, generally kowtow to the elders, preferably grandparents, and you can't squat more, you will lose your life. To kowtow is to land on the palm of your hand, without being positive or negative. You have to knock your head on the ground to show your respect. Generally, when kowtowing to the Buddha, the hand needs to be reversed to show innocence.

It is a common ceremony for adults to meet their elders. Generally speaking, when visiting or visiting elders, you should take the initiative to say: I (my name or seniority, identity) kowtowed to XX. And you can say a blessing, then bow to your elders, and then kneel down and kowtow. This is a grand ceremony, which often happens in the following occasions: elders who meet for the first time, elders who meet their ancestors, people with high moral expectations or high status, teachers, New Year greetings, birthdays, thank humbly and so on.

You can kowtow a few times If the worshiped person can't stand it, it's easy to have problems. In the traditional culture of our nation, peers can't kowtow.

Why kowtow for the New Year is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "Happy New Year" was to pay New Year greetings to the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly, congratulating them on a happy New Year and greeting their lives. In case of friends and relatives of the same generation, you should also salute and congratulate.

In the past, you should kowtow in the right direction, with your back facing the door and your front facing nave, memorial tablet or square table. Elders should sit on both sides, no matter where people are, they should sit in the right position and not kowtow to others.

Now the rules are not so particular, and kowtowing is mostly a form. After leaving, many old people don't let their children kowtow, saying that people arrived first, but after all, they should worship during the New Year, and the things of their ancestors should be passed on. This is not only a filial piety, but also a flowing culture.

Kowtowing in the Spring Festival is an ancient understanding and a special form to welcome the New Year. Mainly young people do it to their elders. Junior students need to kneel on the ground with their hands on the ground and their heads on the ground. Every year from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first month, young people and adults go to the homes of neighbors and relatives in droves to kowtow. During this time, the scroll of the genealogy plaque was hung in the main room of the house, and a mat was placed in front of the door for people to kowtow. When the guests come, first stand in front of the genealogy, worship three times, and then kneel down and kowtow three times. Then kowtow to the older people three times. If the children are related to the kowtowed people, they should be given lucky money. There are two waves of kowtow. The first wave mainly goes to the neighbor's house on the first day of the first month of the first month. The second wave happened a few days after the first day of junior high school, when I visited other relatives.