我们西南人的问候习俗

在我们国家西南，男女对长辈有不同的问好方式。男人会躺在地上，女人会下跪。不过现在如果我们在外面或者对陌生人，我们只会做半跪，半躺，或者鞠躬。

不过在我们国家，我不知道如果有别的民族像我们喜欢礼貌。我们对同年龄只会打个招呼。

有一个伊博人，他来我们这里读博士。他很聪明，不过他不会对教授问好。所以他要当博士的那天，一个教授说不行，因为他不会对教授问好，就是他不会做半躺。因此他只能多带几年。伊博人没有什么问好方式，他们对他们父母会握手，所以不是他的错，但真可惜。

In the southwest of our country, men and women greet elders differently. Men lie down flat, and women kneel. But nowadays, if we are outside or greeting strangers, we only do a half-kneel, half-lie, or bow.

However, in our country, I don’t know if other ethnic groups value politeness as much as we do. When greeting people of the same age, we only say hello.

An Igbo man came here to study for a PhD. He was very smart, but he didn’t greet professors properly. So, on the day he was supposed to become a PhD graduate, a professor said no, because he didn’t greet professors properly, that is, he didn’t prostrate halfway. As a result, he had to stay for a few more years. Igbo people don’t really have this greeting custom. They shake hands even with their parents, so it wasn’t really his fault, but it was really unfortunate.