Literati flower
Affected by the China literati flower, flower became popular Japanese literati. Especially in the Ming Dynasty Zhang Qiande's "bottle of flowers" and Yuan Hongdao "bottle of history", given to strong stimulation of Japan the people, bring the literati flower pop. The Edo period, fried tea is very popular, appearing in the tea on the flower, is the ancestor of the literati flower.
Before the meal and after the meal
• The Japanese will loudly expressed two fellings before and after the meal. • Before the meal,they will say “ぃただきます(I-tada-ki-ma-su)!”
The status of tea ceremony
Now, the Japanese tea ceremony has become a favorite form of culture and the most commonly held cultural events. People love tea ceremony can be found everywhere.Some women love tea ceremony and regard it as their life-long pursuit never married. Some men give up their career who are in top positions in order to purse this art. Now, the tea ceremony is considered the crystallization of Japanese culture.
• In most Japanese restaurants, you will get a piece of moist towelettes. Before dinner, with a piece of wet tissue towels, and then carefully folded on the table side. Will not need to use this wipes as napkins, or can be used to wipe her face.
Eating noodles
• Noodles time to issue a "tut"sound, where the noodles loudly that you eat very fragrant. In fact, eating hot food such as noodles, etc. need to make the sound, which is a polite, that you are enjoying the meal.
1.enter the tea -room
2.bow to each other
3.sit down
4.cook tea
6.drink tea
5.high tea(正式茶点) 7.free talk 8.leave the room
tea cakes
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Table manners in Japan
Attend the dinner
• In Japan, if you attend the dinner and to drink in a toast to wait a while before drinking. Each person will be someone pouring, and some people will say a few words to take the lead, and then toast said, "Cheers. " •
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The origination of tea culture
• Tea is so popular in Japan that many people think tea ceremony originate from Japan. Actuually, it was imported from Tang dynasty of China.It is the Buddhist monks that introduced this culture to Japan.
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TABLE MANNERS IN JAPAN
Every culture has its own rules of table etiquette,including Japan.It is known to us all,Japan has good table manners.If you want to go Japan to study,It is necessary to understand basic table manners of Japan.
Japanese Ikebana
(日本の花道)
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Introduction
Japanese Ikebana originated in the Japanese love of nature and god's worship, and in its process of development by many from China culture influence. Chinese song, yuan, Ming era porcelain painting, and the famous scholar Yuan Hongdao's "bottle of history", Zhang Qiande's "bottle" flower etc., produced the effect of historical process has play a decisive role in the formation of Japanese ikebana. After the Meiji Restoration, Ikebana and influenced by the European culture, the emergence of "Fs" and "modernization". A flower arrangement in the modern society, has become Japan's "national art". Nowadays, Japanese Ikebana has entered a period of unprecedented prosperity, light is the well-known schools have more than 2000. Each school every year to every kind of large flower show held in major department stores and all kinds of the venue, the Japanese people through this artistic flower arrangement, to express their thoughts and feelings and aesthetic view. Through , people can not only enjoy the enjoy nature and human creativity which is the combination of the special artistic beauty, but also to learn from an invisible spiritual strength. It will life into a kind of art, also be art into life.
Free flowers
At that time the flowers made popular at the same time, tea is also popular. Thrown into the perianth people as tea flowers two to accept, the form to spend a life and natural harmony, is not a strict requirement of the free flowers.
Japanses food
• The staple of the Japanese diet is rice,rice and soybean curd soup being common breakfast foods.There are also many people who eat bread for breakfast.
• After the meal,the will say “ごちそぅさまでした (Go-chi-so-sa-ma-de-shita)!”
Eating in the right order
• They usually start with soup. Then they have meat, potatoes and salad.However,don't just eat one thing.You should eat every dish in order.