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What are the eight gestures of ancient etiquette?
The eight gestures of ancient etiquette are:

1. Jugongli: Put your hands together on your chest and take them back from front to back in a hand shape. Push forward, don't bow your head. Used for daily conference present and farewell gifts.

2. Salute: Holding your chest with both hands is lighter than making a fist and more important than handing. Slightly or not. Used for daily salute, respect for elders, and mutual respect among classmates and friends.

3, a worship ceremony: open your arms to your chest and put your hands together. In front of the male's left hand and the female's right hand. Bend 30 degrees. Move your arms with your waist, but don't move your head. Used for first meeting, respecting elders and expert ceremony.

4. two salutes: open your arms to your face and close your hands. Bend 45 degrees. Move your arms with your waist, but don't move your head. Used to give big gifts to platoon leaders.

5, kowtow ceremony: only used for specific gifts, such as respect for ancestors on specific occasions, respect for teachers on specific occasions, respect for biological parents for generations on specific occasions, and worship for couples when they get married. You can't just salute. Anything you do casually is blasphemy, blasphemy against each other.

6, grovel: put down your hands and bend over. Bow can be big or small, and the lower the bow, the more respectful it is. Nodding and bowing are used by elders in return.

7. Hand-holding ceremony: Hands are stretched out side by side, the palm of the younger generation is down, the palm of the elder is up, and the elder holds the hand of the younger generation. The elder can sit and hold the hand of the younger generation.

8. Boxing ceremony: Boxing ceremony is generally a meeting ceremony for people who practice martial arts.