View Chinese Culture - #1 for an explanation of this series.
Chinese Practice: When offered a seat by a younger person, you must accept
Here's the scenario: You've just stepped on a crowed bus or subway car in China. There is nowhere to sit. Suddenly a younger man or woman jumps up and offers their seat to you. You must accept.
Respect for your elders is a longstanding practice in China and one I am very happy to see being kept alive by the new generation.
Each new generation continues to be taught to respect their elders, whomever they are. Along with this is the common courtesy of offering your seat to an elderly person if none are available.
Conversely, if you are offered the seat, you must accept. It would be rude to decline.
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