What are the customs in Thailand

Thailand is known as the "world of monks", more than 90% of the country's people believe in Buddhism, Buddhism is the state religion. There are more than 20,000 Buddhist temples in Thailand, with more than 400 in the capital city of Bangkok alone. The Thai people respect Buddhism very much, and there are as many as 150,000 monks and more than 70,000 reserve monks. According to the ancient custom, when a man comes of age, he must cut his head and become a monk once, even the king. Overseas Chinese in Thailand are basically Chaozhou nationality of Guangdong province, in its business district speak Thai and Chaozhou, signboards are mostly in Chinese, overseas Chinese children can speak Chinese Mandarin and home dialect. Thai people are very polite, the younger generation to elders everywhere show respect, and with hands in front of the palm to show. The younger generation in front of the elder to have an apologetic expression, "namaste". When meeting, the lower status, the young should also first namaste to each other, the higher status, the old salute, the hand is not higher than the chest. The higher the palms of Namaste, the greater the degree of respect. Songkran Festival, also known as "Songkran Festival", is the traditional Thai New Year, the time is April 13 to 15 every year, "Songkran" in Thai language is "rain" meaning, the content of the festival and Myanmar's Songkran Festival is similar. The day before the Song Gan Festival, the "bathing Buddha" ceremony should be held. Early in the morning, worshippers carry food, flowers, and candles to the temple to pray, and monks use peach branches to sprinkle perfume soaked in petals on people's heads, and then move the Buddha statue from its throne to the courtyard and sprinkle it with perfume. To cleanse away evil and pray for good luck. After the Buddha bath, the people began to pay New Year's greetings to each other and pour water, and the more water people poured, the more happy they were. "Loy Lantern Festival" in the Gregorian calendar November, when night falls, men, women and children dressed in festive costumes rush to the banks of the river, floating and watching the water lamp. After the people lit the water lamp, Yu Cheng raised his head, knelt down on the water surface at the same time, clasped his hands, and watched the water lamp slowly float away to thank the river God for the benefit and celebrate the harvest. Thai weddings are presided over by respected monks. Thais regard the head as a place of wisdom, which is noble and should not be touched casually, touching a child's head with a hand is considered a great insult, and patting the shoulder and back of the "affectionate behavior" will also cause disgust. Thai people avoid facing west when they sleep, because the sun sets in the west, symbolizing death. It was also forbidden to sign with a red pen during intercourse, as the last name was written on the coffin after death. There are more Chinese in Thailand, and they can intermarry with Thai people, so many other Thai customs and customs are close to our country.