With the increasingly frequent international exchanges in China, especially in the eastern coastal areas, the increasingly frequent exchanges between China and South Korea make it more urgent to understand Korean business etiquette. Korean business etiquette includes Korean socializing, meeting, dining, being a guest and customs. The following is my introduction to Korean business etiquette. Let's have a look.
South Korea attaches importance to etiquette.
South Korea is a country of etiquette, especially when shaking hands with an elder, you should gently put your left hand on his right hand. "Yes" and "No" should be clearly expressed. The Korean government stipulates that Korean citizens must respect the national flag, national anthem and national flower. Not only does the radio regularly play the national anthem, but it also plays the national anthem before the theater performance. The audience must stand up. On sunny days, the national flag is lowered at night, and people in the streets and offices stand together to sing the national anthem. If foreigners are too negligent in the above places, it will be considered as disrespect for South Korea and Koreans.
The concept that men are superior to women in Korea is very serious. Women can't talk in front of men; When entering a room, a woman must walk behind a man, help him take off his coat, and take the initiative to sit behind him when sitting down.
Koreans have regulations for the elderly, which must be strictly observed. No matter in social communication or daily life (at home), I show respect for my elders and dare not be lazy. For example, when sitting with your elders, you should sit up straight and always maintain a certain posture, and never dare to treat it lightly; When eating, you can't move chopsticks before the elderly; Children will never eat faster than their parents and never leave their seats earlier than their parents; Before smoking, you must first get the permission of your elders; Koreans will never speak ill of their elders, let alone criticize them behind their backs. You should take off your shoes when you enter a family house or a Korean hotel. Eating in the street and blowing your nose in front of people are considered rude.
South Korea generally does not grasp the hand as a meeting etiquette in social etiquette. When shaking hands, only use your hand or your right hand. When facing the elders or superiors, you should first extend your right hand to shake hands, and then gently put your left hand on the right hand of the elders or superiors. In Korea, women generally do not shake hands with men, but bow or nod. Koreans sometimes bow before shaking hands on many occasions; When saying goodbye to others, Koreans often salute three or five times if the other person is a person with status and status.
More honorifics and honorifics are used in addressing, and it is rare to directly address each other by their first names. If the other party has a title in society, Koreans will definitely use it repeatedly.
In Korea, if there is a visit, it must be agreed in advance. Koreans attach great importance to reception in communication. Banquets are usually held in restaurants or bars, and their wives rarely attend.
Koreans accept gifts with both hands, but they don't open them in front of guests. It is not appropriate to send foreign cigarettes to Korean friends. Wine is the best gift for Korean men, but you can't give wine to a woman unless you make it clear that the wine is for her husband. Pay attention to giving gifts to Koreans. Korean men like brand-name textiles, ties, lighters, electric razors and so on. Women like cosmetics, bags, gloves, scarves and spices used in the kitchen. Children like food. If you send money, you should put it in an envelope.
Korean visiting etiquette
In Korea, guests invited to dinner should bring a small gift, preferably packaged food. When toasting during the dinner, you should first pick up the bottle with your right hand, hold the bottom of the bottle with your left hand, and then pour the wine after bowing for three consecutive cups. The toaster should hold the cup lower, and the edge of its own cup should be used to touch the other's cup. Take a bow before you leave after drinking. Don't wander around alone when you are a guest, because Korean hosts don't have the habit of visiting. When you leave, the host will see you to the door, even outside, and then say goodbye.
Koreans are proud of their long-standing culture, so they have to take off their shoes when entering a residence or restaurant. When they get along with each other, they should talk less about local politics and more about Korean culture and art, such as 1 1 century gray-green ceramics,13rd century movable iron molds, and a complete set of original mahogany of the precious Tripitaka preserved in Daegu.
Korean catering etiquette
One of the eating tools of Koreans is chopsticks, just like China, but you will find that chopsticks are generally iron, flat and sharp. Mainly Koreans prefer to eat meat. This kind of chopsticks is convenient for eating. Koreans have a light taste and don't like greasy food, but they especially like spicy food. They usually eat roasted, steamed, fried, fried and soup dishes. Their favorite dishes are dry roasted mandarin fish, bean fish, scrambled eggs with shredded pork, fine shredded pork, dried mung bean sprouts, four steamed hotpot, fried shrimp balls, diced chicken with Chili, fried shredded beef and jiaozi with red fish. Spicy vegetables and soup are indispensable. Seoul's local products include wall decoration and Shenlai (Korean whole dish impregnation).
Korean custom taboo
Koreans have many taboos. When we meet on holidays, don't say unlucky things, let alone get angry and quarrel. On the third day of the first lunar month, you can't take out the garbage, sweep the floor, and kill chickens and pigs. Avoid lighting a fire at the Cold Food Festival. The zodiac is a marriage, and the wedding date is not a day. Fishermen are not allowed to turn over when eating fish for fear of capsizing. Don't go to someone else's house to have your nails cut, or the two families will have a grudge after their death. Don't wear a hat when eating, or you will be poor for life. Avoid pillow books when you sleep, or you will accomplish nothing. Avoid killing dogs born in the first month, or they will die within three years.
Koreans have strong national self-esteem. They emphasize the so-called "native land", oppose worshipping foreign things and flattering foreign countries, and advocate using domestic products. In Korea, people with foreign famous brands are often looked down upon by Koreans. It is best to choose flowers, alcohol or handicrafts as gifts for Koreans. It is best not to send Japanese goods. Koreans are not used to opening the package on the spot when accepting gifts.
These details in business communication are something that foreign business people must pay attention to. Korean business etiquette has been paid more and more attention by foreign-funded enterprises in the eastern coastal areas of China. Business personnel should also have the awareness of learning Korean business etiquette to avoid embarrassing situations involving foreign affairs.
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Korean etiquette
Koreans are used to bowing and shaking hands when meeting guests in social situations. When shaking hands, whether with both hands or with the right hand, women generally do not shake hands with men, but only bow. They advocate the etiquette and traditional habits of respecting the elderly: ordinary children must greet and bow to their parents after getting up and returning from a long trip; When parents go out and return, children must greet, send and salute; When elderly guests come to the door, parents should take the lead in bowing to the guests, and then let their children bow to the guests to show respect for the elderly.
Korean eating habits
Korean cold noodles are a kind of traditional national food which is well-known at home and abroad and deeply loved by people. Among them, wheat noodles and cold noodles are especially famous. Generally, beef soup or chicken soup is used with spicy cabbage, sliced meat, eggs, shredded cucumber, pear strips, shredded onion, pepper, monosodium glutamate and salt. When eating, first put a small amount of cold soup and a proper amount of noodles in the bowl, then add seasoning, and finally pour the soup. Its noodles are thin and tough, and the soup is cold, sour and spicy.
"jiaozi soup" is a traditional Korean folk hospitality food. It is made of beef soup, beef, pork, bean sprouts, Chinese cabbage, onion, pepper, sesame, sesame oil and soy sauce, stuffed into jiaozi and boiled in beef soup. When eating, even the soup with jiaozi, put some seasoning, it tastes good. "Roast beef" is a famous Korean folk dish. Its production method is to slice beef, then pat it hard to soften it, then put it into a container, add various seasonings and stir it evenly, then soak it, let it stand for 40 minutes, and then put it on the grill or string it with barbecue labels. Its unique flavor is deeply loved.
Koreans are mostly influenced by China and Japan, and they eat with chopsticks, and the taste of food is similar to that of the northeast people. In the use of tableware, Koreans have their own special habits, and the use of rice bowls generally varies with age, gender and season. There are bowls for men, women and children; Porcelain bowls are used in summer and copper bowls in winter. They are happy to serve together after dinner; Kimchi, thick soup and various seasonings are essential foods for every meal of Koreans.
Korean eating habits have the following characteristics:
(1) attention
Pay attention to the collocation of tableware and the seasoning of soup.
② Taste
Generally don't like salty, spicy, sweet, fragrant and garlic.
② staple food
Mainly rice, pasta is also indispensable; They like to eat rice, cakes, soup, jiaozi, cold noodles and other foods.
④ Non-staple food
Love to eat beef and lean pork, chicken, aquatic products, seafood, game, etc. , especially dog meat; Vegetables like to eat soybean sprouts, garlic sprouts, eggplant, spinach, mushrooms, cabbage, radish, cucumber, green pepper, bracken, onion and concentrate; Seasonings like soy sauce, seaweed, onion, ginger, monosodium glutamate, garlic, pepper, honey, sesame and sesame oil.
⑤ preparation method
Preference for dishes made by cooking methods such as roasting, frying, steaming, frying and frying.
8 Chinese food
I like Sichuan food in China.
All landowners menu
It is highly appreciated in roasted mandarin fish, scrambled eggs with shredded pork, refreshing beef balls, soft fried chicken balls, coconut stewed chicken, fried shrimp, refined shredded pork, dried mung bean sprouts, fried shrimp balls, sea cucumber in dragon robe, beef jerky, fish oil and cauliflower and other flavor dishes.
8 water wine
I am very interested in Moutai in China, and most people like to drink beer. Drinks such as soda, and people are usually used to drinking cold boiled water or green tea after meals.
Pet-name ruby fruit & food
I like fruits, especially pears, peaches, pomegranates, oranges and especially apples. Dried fruits such as pine nuts and chestnuts.
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