Mongolian customs
1. Drive carefully near a yurt to avoid frightening the horses. Enter the yurt from the left, and sit to the right of your host.
2. 2. If you meet herds in the grassland, do not go through the herds; bypass them. To bypass shows respect to the herds' owner.
3. Your host will first treat you to a bowl of milk tea. Receive the bowl with both your hands or with your right hand. Use of the left hand is forbidden.
4. Do not pass before an elderly person. Do not sit side by side with an elderly person without permission.
5. Take with you gifts such as snacks, wine, or sweets. Never beat a barking dog in front of the yurt.
6. If you want to go to the toilet, go to the south of the yurt. Do not go to the east or west of the yurt since the sheep pen is there. Nor should you go to the north of the yurt as the odor may be blown into the yurt. In winter, do not go to the north or west of the yurt since the snow there is to melt for potable water.
7. Remember to say goodbye and to give thanks to the host when you leave the yurt.
Source: travelchinaguide.com
Editor: Wang Moyan
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