The Custom Of Being and Treating Guests
Different Kinds of Yurts
Tips for being guests in the yurt(蒙古包）:
Before you enter the yurt,you ‘d better not tuck your lappet（） in your waistband and roll up your sleeves （袖子）. Don’t carry the horsewhip（马鞭） into the yurt.It is necessary to let the old and elder enter the yurt.When you go into the yurt,don’t sit casually.You should let the old and elder sit first and then sit in the west(The old and elder are often arranged to sit in the direction facing the door;Women usually sit in the east.).
货币：图格里克(togrog) 政治体制：议会制共和制 国家领袖：总统:查希亚· 额 勒贝格道尔吉，总理苏赫巴 托尔· 巴特包勒德 人口数量：268.34万人 (2008年底) 人 口密度：1.5人/平方公里 主要民族：喀尔喀蒙古族， 哈萨克族 主要宗教：喇嘛教，土著黄 教，伊斯兰教 国土面积：156.65万平方公 里
• One can not go across, pedal or knock the stove, and can not throw dirty things around it. • Fire can not be picked with a knife, one can not throw the knife into the fire, or take the meat from the pot with a knife.
Snuff bottle（鼻烟壶）

Entertaining guests (no matter whether they know each other or not),people will pass a snuff bottle to their guests.
Congratulation on Birthday
Mongolia has the customs with respecting the aged and loving the young. As the old saying goes: Respect the people of high virtue and belove the elderly people. This demonstrats the respect and affection for the old people.
Different kinds of meats are certainly inviting,but you should pay more attention to the process of enjoying them.Mongolians are quite particular with having meats.Here are some tips: keep your clothes tidy when you eat the DeGi and the back of the sheep. don't leave the gurry on the bone when you enjoy the bone. don't directly gnaw the omoplate but have it with knife or hands. don't strike the bones that you have eaten. Mongolians don't eat the bovine gallbladder,wolves,cats and dogs. don't use chopsticks to beat the table and bowl(because only the beggars do it). don't sigh or stretch yourself.
Fire Prohibition(火禁)
Mongolians worship fire, Vulcan（火 神） and Kitchen God.They believe that the three are holy things that drive evil demon away. • When going into the yurt,one can not bake feet on the stove,much less allow to bake wet boots and shoes around the fire.
Mongolia


国旗
呈横长方形，两边为红色，中间 为蓝色。左边的红色长方形中有黄色 的火、太阳、月亮、长方形、三角形 和阴阳图案。旗面上的红色和蓝色是 蒙古人民喜爱的传统颜色，红色象征 快乐和胜利，蓝色象征忠于祖国，黄 色是民族自由和独立的象征。火、太 阳、月亮表示祝人民世代兴隆永生； 三角形、长方形代表人民的智慧、正 直和忠于职责；阴阳图案象征和谐与 协作；两个垂直的长方形象征国家坚 固的屏障。
Customs


When meeting acquaintances,people will say：“赛拜努（你 好）”； When meeting the older generation,people will say：“他赛拜 努。”（您好）。
Hada


Hada is a symbol of Mongolia, people like to use it to show their respect to their guests. When presenting a hada, the presenter and the receiver should hold it in both hands.
Maternity Prohibition（产忌 ）
The custom of Mongolian women giving birth to children has the same taboo. Specifically, as follows : 1. Two women during pregnancyare banned to sit face to face. 2. Pregnant women are not allowed to participate when worshiping Kitchen God. 3. The woman who has married is banned to give birth to child in her own family 4. The clothes afterbirth can not be put in the unclean place and shall be buried.
Birthday gifts usually include:
horses, cattle, sheep, skin robe, cotton robe, clip robes, boots, cigarettes, wallet, money and so on.
Various prohibitions in Mongolia
In recent years, Mongolian have absorbed some Han nationality’s customs in spring festival, such as eating dumplings, displaying fireworks, etc. But they still retain many Mongolian traditional practices, such as eating "hand meat "on New Year's Eve to show the family reunion . On New Year's Day, the whole family should wear festival clothes, get together for the new year’s coming.
If you are invited to the yurt,milk tea will firstly be given to you to enjoy.Here are three kinds of milk tea.
Big bowls of parched rice（） and some other kinds of dairy food will also appear on the table before the normal meal.When the hosts invite you to taste the food,you’d better not refuse their kindness.If you are not fit with the flavour,you should take a bit taste.The more you eat,the happier the hosts will be.But never stand when you drink the milk tea or have the dairy food.Never use chopsticks when you enjoy the dairy food.You’d better not sprinkle when you drink the milk tea.