US media to talk about Chinese finger etiquette: Knock tea tables to show their gratitude Rude finger Buddha

Foreign media, whether in Hong Kong or Shanghai, we must do all kinds of tea ready to drink. When the waiter brought tea when you are filling, express your gratitude to the local people to use way. You do not say thank you, but when the waiter pouring gently knocked on the table with your fingers.

　　According to the United States, "Boston Globe," the website reported March 16, reportedly, this ritual can be traced back to the Chinese emperor. The emperor like incognito visit. When he peers who continued to tea, they will knock a few gently with your fingers, not kowtow Shane, in order not to be identified. This practice handed down in Hong Kong and mainland China, but the two approaches are different. In Hong Kong, people generally use two fingers - index and middle fingers. In Shanghai, people often will use the ring finger.

　　In Hong Kong, a restaurant, a waitress said it should be only the index finger struck the table. But the restaurant manager insisted that the two fingers pounding the table to be correct.

　　This is not the only link between tea and finger. In Shanghai, the tea's treasures are the young woman in the early spring harvest season with slender hands down.

　　He reported that there is a related finger etiquette: While visiting temples, statues pointing hand is considered a breach of etiquette.