What Are The Etiquette And Custom In England?

The dressing pattern of the British is highly regarded by many people in the world.

Although the British dress very much, they are very frugal, and a suit usually wears for ten years and eight years.

An English man usually has two sets of dark clothes and two or three grey trousers.

The clothing of the British has been diversified and comfortable. There are more casual clothes and jeans.

Manners etiquette

In Britain, people put out the index finger and middle finger of the right hand in speeches or other occasions. The palm is outward, forming a V gesture to show victory. In Britain, if someone sneezes, others will say "bless you" to show you good luck.

Meeting etiquette

In the United Kingdom, when a baby is born, parents and friends generally depend on the characteristics of the baby, the father's occupation is the baby's name, and some mothers have a prominent family, so they use the family name of their mother as the second name of the baby.

In Britain, children only call their parents' brothers and sisters.

The elderly in Britain are very independent and do not like others to call themselves old. They do not have to support them when they walk.

Dinner Etiquette

Guests and table manners

If you are invited to someone else's home, you will have to test the tiger.

For example, when will it be time to get to the home? If it's not the right thing to talk about, it's just a social party, it's bad manners.

The hostess is preparing, and she is not completely ready for you to be here, and it will make her feel very embarrassed.

It's best for 10 minutes late.

It's too late to arrive at half an hour later, so we need to apologize to our host.

When should I leave? There is no rule, but it's impolite to sit too late at the host's house.

If you are only invited to dinner and chat, you'd better leave between 10 and 11, or say goodbye 1 hours after dinner.

If you are invited to stay for a few days or a weekend, you should buy a bunch of flowers to the hostess before leaving, which will make her very happy.

In addition, second days after leaving, a letter should be sent to the host to thank him, accompanied by a small gift, such as a box of chocolates or some flowers.

There are many kinds of banquets in Britain. There are mainly tea parties and banquets. Tea parties include formal and informal tea parties.

Britons do not serve in the table, nor do they urge them to use wine.

In general, it is polite to eat the dishes that are taken away. The person who does not drink will put their hands on the cup when they serve the wine.

When guests say goodbye, they can shake hands or nod their heads.

British people generally prefer cooking methods such as braise, barbecue, frying and frying.

There is a unique way of cooking meat, seafood and game. However, they have a special preference for beef, such as ROASTED BEEF. When they are eating, they not only include seasonal vegetables, baked potatoes, but also add a little mustard sauce on the steak, while they prefer butter and alcohol to condiments, while fresh spices like meat, cinnamon and so on are spices.

Relatively well-known British cuisine names include: STEAK KIDNEY PIE, ENGLISH FISH CHIP, and royal cream chicken (CHICKEN A LA KING).

The British like hunting. In a hunting season with only one year, there are many restaurants or restaurants that offer game meals, such as VENISON, HARE, PHEASANT and WILDSHEEP.

In general, when cooking game, some gin or berries and wine are used to remove the smell of food.

The British are very particular about breakfast. There are many kinds of food in British restaurants, such as fruit juice, fruit, eggs, meat, porridge, bread, jam and coffee.

The popular HIGH TEA is also from the United Kingdom. Its more famous form is VICTORIAN STYLE. Its contents are all inclusive, including all kinds of dots, muffins, fruit tarts (TARTE) and sandwiches.

Dinner is also the most important part of everyday life for the British. They usually choose to eat late, and eat and drink to chat, so as to promote the friendship between the diners. They can be seen as a very autonomous nation, and a dinner may take several hours for them.

Scotch whisky or gin are all these well-known wines.

In Britain, there are many people who are fond of drinking, mainly because they are also a wine producing country.

The British consume more alcohol than other kinds of expenses.

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Funeral etiquette

The Englishman's marriage customs are rich and varied, and from proposing to honeymoon are in their traditional way.

The way of asking for marriage in York, northern England, is quite peculiar. It inherits the ancient folk custom. When the girls are mature, they need to get married. They wear different colors of tight fitting clothing and show them to men.

Different colors denote different meanings, which are exactly the same as traffic lights.

Green: "come on! I am willing to love and pursue boldly." yellow said, "opportunities are there. If I agree, there is still a chance of success.

"Red said:" I do not want to talk about love at present, do not pursue me.

"Brave young men will pursue boldly according to their own choices according to their colors, and will never be misled.

Once the relationship is established, the man will give the woman engagement ring and hold a ceremony.

This custom has spread throughout England.

Wedding or engagement rings are the traditional customs of many ethnic groups. When the Englishmen hold wedding ceremonies in the church, the groom wears rings for the bride is an indispensable part.

People even think that marriage without a ring is invalid.

When the priest asks whether a new couple is willing to be his wife or husband, and can respect each other and grow old together, the bridegroom wears a ring on the ring finger of the bride.

It symbolizes the husband's pure love for his wife, and his wife also accepts and is faithful to this love.

The custom of wearing rings can be traced back to ancient Egypt and China. It is not only a token but also an ornament.

The wedding ring was not initially decorated with diamonds, emeralds, and red and sapphire ornaments. The pure circle symbolized the reunion of two people by marriage.

In some ethnic groups, it symbolizes a kind of magic power to bless couples to live happily and long life. At the same time, the giver expresses the trust of the recipient, and the receiver expresses loyalty to the giver.

Gold rings symbolize the purity of love, and silver rings mean gentleness.

Like the western countries, the British engagement ring is made of gold instead of any gem. Wedding rings should be decorated with ornaments. The quality of rings varies according to the individual economic conditions.

Engagement rings can be worn on the same ring finger or wedding rings instead of engagement rings.

In the sixteenth Century, the inner ring of the wedding ring often engraved on the family's designs or proverbs, such as "God made me a wife of such and such a wife." the ring of a bishop's wife engraved a hand, a heart, a bishop and a skeleton. The inscription reads: "the first three I bestowed on you, and the fourth one makes me detached.

"The inscription on the ring today mostly engraved the initials of the bride and groom.

The Englishmen should wear wedding dresses; the bride is wearing a white shirt, a white skirt, a White Garland, and a long white yarn with a white bouquet.

In short, the British advocate white, which symbolizes pure love and good luck.

The custom of wearing a veil can be traced back to the tenth Century B.C., when women wore veils on both sides of the river.

In ancient Greece, when the wedding ceremony was held, not only the bride had to wear the linen of linen or woolen fabrics, but also a new couple should wear corolla.

In the Rome era, people of different religious beliefs should wear different colors of veil to show the difference.

After the middle ages, corolla decorated with pearls appeared in the court aristocracy.

Later, it developed into a white veil, and its size was increasingly extended throughout Europe.

At the wedding ceremony, the bride dressed in white gauze and the head in white gauze wrapped up her father's arm, accompanied by the female guest, and entered the church in the wedding march.

The groom, dressed in gowns, stood at the altar waiting for the bride accompanied by the men.

When someone dies in a British family, he often puts a small notice in the newspaper. After seeing relatives and friends, he goes to the funeral to pay tribute to the dead and greet his family members.

Once the wedding is completed, the bride and groom will greet the new couple when they come out of the church. They are not kissing, hugging and shaking hands, but throwing colorful paper scraps to them.

The custom of sprinkled paper scrapes originated from wheat grains.

In 1491, King Henry VII traveled to Bristol with his queen.

During the journey, she was seen by a baker's wife, so she sprinkled wheat grains from the window and shouted, "welcome, your majesty! I wish you happiness and longevity.

"This has become a popular saying. By sixteenth Century, this custom has been widely circulated, and people are scattering grains of grain to the bridegroom and bride, and sometimes dyed all kinds of colors.

Wheat grain symbolizes abundant harvest and rich life. It also congratulates newlyweds on their happiness and longevity and their grandchildren.

Honeymoon is also an important part of marriage among young people in all parts of the United Kingdom.

They spend their savings on tourism, and travel after marriage is called honeymoon.

This is the custom of ancient times. When we are newly married, we must drink a special drink made of honey to symbolize family happiness, love sweetness and life happiness.

And this beverage takes 30 days from the beginning of marriage, so the first month of marriage is called honeymoon.

In Britain, we attach great importance to the anniversary of marriage, and celebrate every year and have different titles.

The first year is paper marriage, second is Cotton wedding, third is leather wedding, fourth is marriage, fifth is wood wedding, sixth is iron wedding, seventh is copper wedding, eighth is pottery wedding, Ninth is willow marriage, tenth is tin wedding, then is steel wedding, around marriage, lace marriage, ivory marriage, crystal marriage.

From fifteenth years later, every five years have a title, followed by enamel wedding, silver wedding (twenty-fifth years is a grand ceremony), Pearl Wedding, coral wedding, ruby wedding, sapphire marriage, golden wedding (fifty years is second grand ceremony), jade wedding, diamond wedding.

The last one is the third celebration, but few people can celebrate the celebration.

business etiquette

In Britain, business activities must be avoided in 7, August. During this period, business people take more vacations, and at Christmas, Easter is not suitable for business activities.

In Britain, gifts should not be given heavy courtesy to avoid bribery.

When you are in a business meeting, you must arrive at the agreed time. You must not arrive early or arrive late.

The British business people are very conscientious, unemotional, and vocal. They exaggerate and boast of their lack of upbringing.

Tourism Etiquette

When traveling to England, it is important to note that all the local vehicles are on the left side of the road.

The British discipline, even if several people get on the train, they will queue up voluntarily.

In Britain, a taxi usually pays a tip of 10% or so. There is no need to tip the hotel where the tip is included in the service charge.

For several days at the master's home, he will pay some tips to the servant who provides the service as the case may be.

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British traffic

Britain's railways and highways are crisscrossed.

Railway

The development of intercity rail pport in the UK is second to none in the world, except for anywhere else in the rural hinterland. It takes less than a few miles to reach a railway station.

Because British railways are developed and narrow, and densely populated, you may be surprised at the speed at which you can reach one end from one end of Britain.

Teenagers can buy a one year general travel permit so that they can enjoy a discount on the basis of standard fare.

Long-distance bus

The roads in Britain are all in all directions, and the long-distance buses are cheaper than trains, but generally travel time is longer.

British national automobile company issues student tickets.

Teenagers aged sixteen to twenty-five can enjoy a one year discount on the basis of adult fare.

aircraft

In the United Kingdom, it is generally appropriate to travel by air on long journeys.

It's not cheap to fly from London to Bristol or Bermingham, but if you want to travel from London to Glasgow or Edinburgh, you can consider flying.

If you want to enjoy the discount, you must produce a student card.

The application form can be obtained from student union or student travel office.

Travel to Europe

Britain is the gateway to the European continent. Wherever you are in Britain, anywhere in Europe is close.

Britain's exports to the continent are everywhere, and the following pport options are available.

Ship

Almost every port on the south coast has ships, hovercraft, and hydrofoil boats, bound for various ports in France (East to Belgian Dun Kerr, West to Brittani's Ross Mike J), Belgium and Holland.

The voyages from the British to Scandinavian countries are long and must take a boat from the northern part of England and Scotland.

Train

The newly built Channel Tunnel enables the train to travel from Waterloo station in central London to Paris or downtown Brussels.

The whole journey takes only 3.5 hours.

Shopping

Most stores in Britain open from Tuesday to Saturday and Sunday is closed.

There are two habits of shopping in Britain: one is how much money is sold in the shops, and how much it sells; the two is that customers consciously queue up and do not like someone to jump in.

Many shops have a charge for spare shopping bags.

Most of the stores offer baskets for customers to use in the store, and then buy the East suit in their own shopping bags after payment.

If you forget to return the shop basket or leave it unpaid, you may be regarded as stealing. The shop may even call in the police. If you want to buy expensive items, you can refer to the shopping magazines, which compare the prices of different manufacturers, products and quality.

You don't have to worry about the quality and price cheating in the shopping. You can print out a detailed receipt after payment. The contents include: the name of the store, the name of the day manager, the name of the salesperson, the type of purchase, the quantity, the price, the payment method, the change and the address and telephone number of the store. If you find any problems, you can find the store.

Entry and exit carrying

200 cigarettes and one foreign wine can be carried on duty free, and the number of foreign currency entering and leaving the country can not exceed the number of cigarettes imported.

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The British can not be queued up.

You can see them queuing up on buses, trains or newspapers one by one.

It is a disgraceful behavior to add a plug.

You can't ask a woman's age. The British do not like to talk about the wages of men and the age of women. Even the value of furniture in their homes is not worth asking.

If you ask a lady's age, it's also inappropriate, because she thinks it's her secret, and everyone wants to stay young forever. There is no better compliment than a middle-aged woman saying "you look so young".

There is no doubt that every woman's hairstyle, make-up and clothing are designed to make her look more beautiful and younger. But if her dress is too deliberate, others will be in a reproach that she is "tacky".

You can't bargain in Britain, but the most taboo is to bargain.

The British do not like bargaining, which is a shame.

If you buy a valuable piece of art or a large quantity of merchandise, you also need to carefully negotiate with the seller for a full price.

The British seldom bargain, and if they think that the price of a commodity is appropriate, buy it.

The British believe that 13 and Friday are unlucky, especially on the 13 and Friday meetings.

In Britain, taboo is to talk about men's wages, women's age, political inclination and so on.

They taboo four people crossing handshake, and avoid smoking three points.