Essay title: My Mongolian Camp
We are hospitable Mongolians
Mongolians on the grasslands are very hospitable. Regardless of whether they are relatives or not, and whether they know each other or not, if you visit a Mongolian home as a guest, you will receive a warm reception.
As I approached the camp, the first thing I heard was the barking of dogs. Mongolians like to keep dogs. Dogs not only play a role in protecting livestock, but they can also convey messages. When the dog barks, the children will run out first, and then go back to report what they saw to the adults. If an elder comes, the whole family will come out to greet him. Before welcoming guests, the clothes will be neatly dressed.
When there are elders or old people among the hosts, the guests should dismount their horses outside the camp and lead the horses into the camp. If the guest is an elder or an old man, the host should take the reins of the horse and tie it to the horse post. The younger generation should greet the elders they have just met.
According to Mongolian tradition, guests are treated as guests when they come home, and they are always treated with tea and food. Unless the guest is too busy to wait to make tea and taste some milk products before going on the road, it would be considered disrespectful to the host if he left without eating anything at a Mongolian home.
When offering tea and toasting, the elders should be given first priority. Sometimes, in order to show respect for the guests, the guests will be served before the host. The guests will take the tea bowl and place it in front of the elder. When offering tea, you must stand up and offer it with both hands. You cannot offer tea while sitting. If the junior is a male, he should kneel down when toasting.
After the guests have had tea, they first toast to the elders one by one. The elders take the first cup of wine, say a few auspicious words as usual, and dip their sun fingers in the wine to play the sparrow. At this time, the guests should present gifts to the elderly and distribute candies to the children.
After the guests presented gifts, the parents of the host family began to toast the guests. If the parent is older, the younger person will usually take the place. Juniors are taboo against drinking and smoking in front of their elders, but they must take the wine glass and drink it before placing the glass on the table. If a guest likes to drink, the elders will make excuses to avoid it and give their peers the opportunity to drink and have fun. No matter how good an old man is at drinking, he cannot drink with young people. Even if there is a large-scale celebration, people must sit separately according to age, seniority, status, and gender. The elders who had stayed away from the table returned when the young people had finished drinking. They filled a glass of wine with the guests and placed it on the table, and everyone began to eat. If the host entertains guests with a whole sheep feast, the elder will cut the meat with a knife first. The person eating with the guests must be the head of the family.
If a guest bids farewell, the whole family will come to say goodbye, and sometimes the old lady of the host family will drink milk as a blessing.
You cannot sit in the northwest corner of the yurt and at the mouth of the stove. You should sit in the door along the west side of the door or be asked by the owner to sit in the east row due north. No matter how cold the weather is, you are not allowed to roast your feet on the brazier, smoke your pipe, spit, or cross over. Guests' whips, sticks, etc. are not allowed to be brought indoors.
In some areas of the grassland, when a Mongolian woman gives birth to a child, she always hangs a sign under the eaves. If it is a bow and arrow, it means the child is a boy; if it is hanging red cloth, it means the child is a boy. It is a girl, which means that men use bows and arrows, and women use needles and threads. Whenever these signs are encountered, guests should be careful not to rush into the house where women are confinement.
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