Chapter 135 The Origin and Variations of Kissing

The Origin and Variations of Kissing The British animal psychologist Bitnell has written several very interesting collections of scientific sketches, among which One book is "The Origin of Kissing and Others", which describes this little action from folklore, psychology and animal life. To analyze and deduce these aspects, the writing is profound and interesting, and can make people effortless in one breath. It reads like a detective story. Ancient Greek poets praised kissing as "the key to open the gates of heaven", which may refer to love. A kiss, like the one Faust had on Margaret's lips, made him feel as though he had entered

up to heaven.However, as recorded in the Bible, Judas betrayed Jesus, and the soldiers who came to capture Jesus Kiss as a sign to tell them which one to catch, but this kiss did not bring Judas to heaven, In the eyes of Christians, it made him fall into hell forever.So there are many kinds of kissing, not only the way different, and with different motives and intentions.Regarding this little action, we Easterners and Westerners The distance between people is huge.Westerners have ritual kissing, but we don't have it at all, except Except for adults occasionally kissing children to show affection, there is no respect and etiquette kissing at all.

In the early days of Sino-foreign trade, Britain sent a mission to visit the Qing emperor.for an audience with the emperor Kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, the trouble broke up.Because the British envoys are only willing to kneel and kiss the emperor's hand, not Ken knelt down and kowtowed.Hence the legend that "foreign devils have straight feet and cannot kowtow".but later When the Qing court sent envoys to London to visit, it was also a big headache for the etiquette of meeting Queen Victoria. ribs.The envoy who was a bannerman would rather kneel down and kowtow to the queen three times, but would not kneel down and kiss the queen's "palace".

hand". It's all a difference of habit for "kiss". The ancient Romans once divided kissing into three categories, one is "Oscara", which means kissing on the other's cheek Express friendship.One is "Barcia", which means kindness with a kiss on the mouth.The other is "Sofia", which is A passionate kiss between lips. Bitnell said that according to the kissing customs of various ethnic groups, it is generally always kissed on the forehead to express Respect, a kiss on the cheek expresses friendship and kindness, a kiss on the hand expresses respect, a kiss on the foot expresses humility and

Obedience, a kiss on the mouth expresses love. Kissing motives are associated with "touch", whether polite kissing or loving kissing in this way.Therefore, the impolite kiss can be replaced by kowtow, handshake and hug. development in one direction.Generally, animals rub against each other with the tip of their noses, cheeks or other parts of their bodies, which means Honey, it's all kissing in disguise. According to Bitnell's research, most of the kissing customs around the world today originated from India. Because before 2,000 AD, the ancient Indian peoples at that time had practiced "sniffing and kissing" each other with the tip of their noses.

This method is still popular among many ethnic groups, which is what the Shanghainese call "fragrant face".