Some customs and taboos in Denmark

Danes like to use flowers as gifts, especially 3 or 4 carnations, which means thanks. White flowers are considered taboo at all times except for brides at funerals, wedding ceremonies, and baptism. Send yellow flowers to guests and red flowers to people traveling.

Danes behave gracefully in social situations, never speaking loudly or showing anxiety. At the dining table in the restaurant, on the bus or in the waiting room of the train station, or even when talking on the phone, you speak in a low voice, never make any comments, and act like no one is around. Danes believe that exposing themselves to the public is uncultured and vulgar.

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is in Denmark. When invited to a private home, you should arrive within 15 minutes of the appointed time. It is customary to send a bouquet of flowers, chocolates, wine, etc. to the hostess as a gift. At the table, Danes have many rules for toasting. Guests should not make a toast first, but should wait until the host has toasted before making a toast. In addition, no one should touch the glass until the owner says "please". Some people in Denmark are so enthusiastic that they drink wine that they are unacceptably enthusiastic. They often add spirits to low-alcohol drinks while the guests are not paying attention to show their sincerity. When Danes talk with guests, they always get used to staying a little farther away, generally about 1.2 meters is more appropriate.

Denmark's national bird is the lark. They believe that larks bring beauty and good fortune to the people. Danes also have a special affection for ducks. In some large cities, cars and pedestrians will let the ducks pass when they encounter flocks of ducks. When Danes meet guests in social occasions, they generally shake hands as a courtesy. Danish women (especially unmarried women) curtsy when meeting men of status. Some perform a knee salute while sending their hands to the other party so that the other party can kiss and salute.

Danes avoid "13" and "Friday". Think encountering these numbers or dates is frustrating and a sign of impending disaster. It is taboo to light three cigarettes with one match, which is considered unlucky. Taboo salt, believing that salt will bring disaster to people. It is taboo to shake hands with four people, believing that doing so is unlucky and harmful to harmony. Taboo chatting and talking at the door, thinking that talking at the door is an unlucky sign. It is the same at all entrances, and it is absolutely forbidden to greet others here. Danes don't like others to come to them for business talks in July and August because their country has a long winter and people cherish the summer time of about two months. If someone disturbs them during this time, it will be difficult to receive a sincere and warm reception.

Danes are optimistic by nature and are good at making friends from foreign countries and getting along well with them. But there is a lack of understanding of China. Danes are generally not xenophobic, have no racial discrimination or ethnic conflicts.

People in many countries around the world are accustomed to giving their lovers a ring or a bouquet of flowers as an engagement gift. But in some places in Denmark, people think it is auspicious to give a wooden mallet engraved with love poems to their fiancee, because the mallet can bring good luck and happiness. What surprised us was that planning the wedding would take several days, but it would be done in secret, because public planning would anger ghosts or arouse their jealousy.

At the end of the wedding, people carried a large jar of beer into the garden. The bride and groom held their hands above the wine jar, and then the wine jar was smashed into pieces. The marriageable women present will pick up the fragments. The woman who picks up the largest fragment is destined to be the first to get married, while the one who picks up the smallest is destined to never get married for life.