Ask the etiquette of Japan, America, France, Italy and Singapore (one of them can be used).

dining etiquette

Australia: Australians mainly eat English western food, which is light in taste and doesn't like greasy food. Australian food ingredients are famous for their richness and abundance, especially protein, an animal. They like to drink milk and eat beef and pork. They like drinking beer and are very interested in coffee.

France: As one of the three cooking kingdoms in the world, France is very particular about food. They have all kinds of dishes and unique cooking methods. French cuisine is characterized by fresh ingredients, exquisite cooking and delicious taste. When entertaining guests, the host always cooks the best dishes for them, and the dishes are often very rich. France is rich in famous wines, and the French especially drink. Almost every meal is inseparable from wine. Most locals love Chinese food, and there are more than 3,000 Chinese restaurants in Paris alone. Most people don't touch their glasses at the dinner table and eat without making any noise.

Japanese manners and customs;

Japanese men and women go to the streets, and women go to the right; If you walk arm in arm, it is a woman holding a man. Three people went to the street, and the middle position was given to a respected person.

Japan has the habit of giving gifts. When giving gifts, we often take this approach: give gifts that are useless to the host, because the recipient can give them to others and that person can also give them to a third party. Japanese people are very disgusted with things decorated with fox patterns. A cunning fox is a symbol of greed. When visiting Japanese families, you can only bring 15 chrysanthemums, because only the royal hat badge has 16 chrysanthemums.

The Japanese are afraid of lotus flowers.

Japanese taboo "four". Because "four" is the same as death in Japanese. Therefore, Japanese hospitals do not have "four" wards and beds. Japan is called Greening Week from April/KLOC-0 to 7, including street greening day, residential greening day, school greening day, barren mountain greening day, traffic greening day and greening tree protection day. The Japanese smoke themselves, and seldom give you a toast, because the Japanese think cigarettes are harmful to health. Japanese people have a cold and cough and wear white masks when they go out. The Japanese use the thumb to mean "old man" and the little finger to mean "lover".

Lobster Japanese believe that lobsters have long beards and bend over like old people, so they like to use lobsters as decorations on New Year's Day, symbolizing longevity and longevity.

Cultural customs related to business

bowknot

Among the Japanese, bowing is still a necessary ceremony when meeting and breaking up; In contact with foreigners, the Japanese have gradually become accustomed to shaking hands instead of bowing. However, you may still get a 90-degree bend. What should I do in this situation? Generally speaking, just nod your head or bend a little, and at the same time extend your hand to each other. The Japanese trading community doesn't seem to care whether foreigners can bow in a standardized way.

send one's regards to

Japanese people also say compliments in different ways from westerners. Westerners will directly express their appreciation for your personal achievements in trade or your company's achievements, while Japanese often beat around the bush. For example, if the Japanese want to praise your accomplishment, he won't say it directly, but make some comments on the decoration of your office. This is called "using the topic".

social activity

Even in business activities, Europeans and Americans often invite their negotiating opponents to their homes or attend cocktail parties. But in Japan, such social activities are not common. Japanese people like to invite guests to restaurants or restaurants for dinner, and then go to bars for drinks. Japanese businessmen regard entertaining customers as a means to influence them. The Japanese-English compound "nominalization" appears in Japanese. "NOMI—-" means drinking in Japanese, while "-NIC" comes from "communication" in English. It can be seen that the Japanese attach importance to eating and drinking.

American customs and habits:

1) social etiquette

Americans have the following four main characteristics in dealing with people.

First, easy-going, friendly and approachable.

Second, warm and cheerful, informal.

Third, he is not smart and likes humor.

Fourth, strong self-esteem and competitiveness.

(2) dress etiquette

Generally speaking, Americans usually don't dress well. Advocating nature, favoring looseness and paying attention to appearance to show personality are the basic characteristics of American dress. When dealing with Americans, you should pay attention to the following exquisite clothes of the other party so as not to leave a bad impression on the other party.

First, Americans attach great importance to the neatness of Italian clothes.

Second, you must take off your hat and coat when you visit Americans. Americans think it's a courtesy.

Third, Americans attach great importance to dress details.

Fourth, American women had better not wear black leather skirts.

Fifth, in the United States, if a woman casually takes off her shoes in front of a man, or shakes the hem of a skirt, it often makes people feel that she is deliberately seducing the other person.

Sixth, it is considered impolite for Americans to wear pajamas and slippers to meet guests or go out in such clothes.

Seventh, Americans believe that wearing heavy makeup when going out in public or putting on makeup in public will not only be considered uncultured, but also make people suspicious.

Eighth, people who wear sunglasses indoors are often regarded as "people who can't see the sun" by Americans.

(3) Catering etiquette

There are six commandments for Americans to eat:

First, no noise is allowed when eating.

Second, you are not allowed to take other people's food.

Third, smoking is not allowed.

Fourth, it is not allowed to persuade wine.

Fifth, it is not allowed to undress in public.

Sixth, don't say anything disgusting.

(4) Custom taboos

National flower: rose

National tree: hawthorn