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Why is there World Kissing Day? Which country's tradition is it?
World Kissing Day is a British tradition. 199 1 is recognized by the United Nations. Some countries also set up special kissing areas on International Kissing Day, where strangers can kiss crazily. Kissing has a history of 3000 years and is gradually recognized as a way to express love.

The real "kissing festival" originated in France, and this romantic festival has a short romantic history. 100 years ago, there was a romantic couple in France who climbed the Eiffel Tower and kissed. I couldn't help it, so I forgot to grab the railing and both fell to the ground and died.

The history of kissing began around 3000 BC, and ancient people kissed the gods when they worshipped them. During the Roman Empire, not only relatives and friends, but also businessmen and passers-by were kissed to show their welcome. In the Middle Ages, this greeting ceremony was not only restricted by interpersonal relationship, but also by social class.

The lower the social status, the farther away the kiss is from the face. Kiss your lips for people who are equal to you, and kiss your hands and knees for people who are taller than you. For people who are insignificant in front of you (the clergy first), kiss the instep or even the ground at your feet. In Italy, a man must marry a girl who kisses in public.

In China, there are always people who think that kissing is a western etiquette, just as exotic as this World Kissing Day. In fact, people in China have long had the custom and behavior of kissing. This can be proved by the pictures of men and women kissing found by Chinese archaeologists in the Han tomb of Longwang Temple in Juxian County.

Nowadays, people in many countries think that kissing is a fashion to imitate foreigners, but they don't know that it is a custom that their ancestors have long had. It's not that China people don't know about kissing, and it's not that they don't like kissing. Only in the traditional social concept, kissing always seems to be related to sex between men and women. It seems that only young men and women express their love by kissing.

But among ordinary friends, parents and children, kissing seems inappropriate. This may be related to the fact that China people have always been introverted. Even those young men and women, many people feel embarrassed to kiss in public.

If someone really does this in a public place, everyone else seems to cast a contemptuous look. Seriously, kissing in public always seems to be "immoral". It can be said that people in China seem to put a "colored label" on kissing.