Who invented kissing? There is no literature available for this question. It is said that human beings have known how to kiss since the days when they drank hair and blood. According to the research of paleoanthropologists, the language of ancient humans at that time was not yet complete, and the ways of expression were far less rich than today. So people rubbed each other's noses to convey information: rubbing to the left meant there was prey ahead, and rubbing to the left meant there was prey ahead; Momo on the right means there is prey behind, and if they are in danger, one party will bite the lips of the other party as a reminder.
There is a legend in Italy: Italians were the first to invent wine in Europe, but this wonderful liquid was difficult to brew in large quantities in ancient times. For a long time, only the head of the family could make wine. Only men have the right to enjoy it. Therefore, the first thing a man does after returning home is to smell the woman's lips to find out whether the woman has drunk alcohol secretly. Over time, the sniffing turns into kissing.
After watching too many Western movies and novels, I think kissing is a Western invention and patent. Not really. The literature on kissing that can be researched first appeared in the era of King Mahamari in India 4,000 years ago. King Mahamari used spices on his lips to lure the princess into kissing; the earliest "picture" of kissing appeared in China During the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, archaeologists discovered a kissing picture carved on the wall in an ancient tomb of the Western Han Dynasty: a woman leaned forward and took the initiative to kiss a man. There were several maids behind the woman. They all look normal. Moreover, we recently learned from ancient Dunhuang documents that in the Tang Dynasty of China, kissing was a relatively common way for men and women to express their love. The Tang Dynasty was actually very open. According to research by Japanese scholars, Japanese students who were sent to China at that time not only brought the advanced culture of the Tang Dynasty back to Japan, but also "introduced" kissing to the Japanese archipelago.
Compared with the ancient Eastern civilizations of India and China, the history of Western civilization is not only relatively short, but the records of kissing are also very late. While the Orientals are kissing each other, the Westerners are still rubbing their noses. But we can't underestimate Westerners. They can catch up from behind in anything they do. The "sky cannons" in Chinese history spread to the West and became rocket launchers, not to mention kissing.
Kissing became popular in the West during the Renaissance, but later, due to the epidemic of the Black Death, many Westerners who were keen on kissing died. As a last resort, the French took the lead in inventing the curtsy and kissing hand gesture in Europe. For a time, the curtseying and kissing hand gesture became very popular in the West and remained popular for hundreds of years.
Kiss among Westerners not only exists between men and women, but also between men and women, and it has no special symbol. It is just a matter of pleasure and affection, especially In some occasions such as dance parties and cocktail parties, kissing has become an indispensable etiquette. A friend of Happy Uncle attended a cocktail party in France. As soon as a group of strangers met, they started kissing each other. Before you even figured out what the other person’s name was, the other person’s beard had already touched your cheek, which made Happy Uncle look like this. My friend is so embarrassed. Westerners' kisses are also an important means of public relations. When US President Kennedy was running for the election, in order to attract women's votes, he once "kissed" hundreds of supporters at a women's rally. The kiss was so exhausting. Speaking of which, kissing is not an easy job.
There are different levels of kissing. The French and Italians, who have always been considered romantic, only rank at the middle or lower level in Europe in terms of kissing skills, while the British, who have always been considered conservative, rank first in Europe. It is well known that the British royal family always makes mistakes: the king does not want the king, the princess does not want the prince, and the princess does not want the prince - so many troubles may be caused by the "number one".