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Thread: "Red envelop" and "Kowtow" in Spring Festival
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[quote=GUESTAPRIL,266602]The Chinese Spring Festival will fall on February 7th, 2008. Chinese people have the custom of giving “Red Envelope” and “Performing Kowtow” in the first day of the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year’s Eve. It is similar to the custom of giving Christmas gifts in the west. On the New Year’s Day, the elders in a family are expected to give the juniors “ a red envelop with some money inside. The juniors have to perform “Kowtow” before accepting the “red envelop”. Kowtow is a traditional custom for worship on bended knees. It is to show enough respect to seniors. My question is: do you usually have to perform Kowtow before you accept a gift delivered by a senior? I have been told that the westerners seldom kneel down on their knees. Does kneeling down mean undignified in the western culture? [/quote]
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