“拍马”又称一拍马屁”，当今是形容趋炎附势，阿议奉承的行为。可是“拍马”一词原是一种礼俗。“拍马”源于古代西北游牧民族地区。据元史载，平时｝‘们骑马相遇，看到对方的好马，总爱拍着马的屁股说”好马，好马”称赞一番。久之，拍马便成了人们相见时的一种礼节风俗。? “Horse flattering,” also known as a flattering, “today is described as agressive attitudes, A Propitious flattery behavior. However,” flattering “was originally a ritual” flattering horse “from the ancient northwestern nomadic areas. They meet each other on horseback and see each other’s good horses, always loving patting their buttocks and praising them as ”good horses, good horses." For a long time, patting horses became an etiquette and custom when people meet each other.