Table manners: remember that there are many manners to pay attention to on the 24 tables, which are often ignored.
（1） Seats and departures
1. Only after the elderly are seated can they enter.
2. If there are ladies at the table, they can take their seats only after the seats are fixed. If the lady's seat is next door, please call her.
3. After dinner, other guests can leave the table only after the host and hostess leave the table.
4. Sit properly and keep a proper distance from the table.
5. When dining in the hotel, the waiter should take the table.
6. When leaving the seat, help the elderly or women who are separated from the seat to pull the seat.
（2） Use of incense towels
1. Napkins are mainly used to prevent soiling clothes, and to wipe mouth and hand oil stains.
2. You can't use napkins until you're seated.
3. After the napkin is spread out, it should be placed on the upper thigh of the knees. Do not fasten the belt or hang it on the collar of the suit.
4. Never wipe the tableware with napkin.
（3） General etiquette on the table
1. After sitting, the posture shall be correct, the foot shall not be stretched out under the seat, the elbow shall not lean against the edge of the table, or the hand shall be placed on the back of the adjacent seat.
2. When eating, you should be gentle and elegant, calm and quiet, not impatient.
3. On the dining table, we should not only care about ourselves, but also others, especially the female guests on both sides.
4. If you have food in your mouth, you should avoid speaking.
5. Do not put the tableware for your own use into the public plate to pick up the dishes.
6. You must eat with a small mouth, not with a large mouth. If you don't swallow the food, you can't plug the mouth again.
7. To scoop up the soup, use the chopsticks and spoons.
8. Eat imported food, not spit out, such as hot food, can drink water or juice.
9. When delivering food to the entrance, two elbows should lean inward, not directly open to both sides, and touch the adjacent seat.
10. When holding a knife or fork in one's own hand or chewing food, one should avoid talking to others or toasting.
11. A good way to eat is to eat, not to eat. Food with juice, can not be sent to the entrance in a hurry, otherwise the soup drops on the tablecloth, extremely indecent.
12. Never use your fingers to remove teeth, use toothpicks, and cover them with your hands or handkerchief.
13. Avoid coughing, sneezing and breathing at the table. If you can't help it, say "I'm sorry.".
14. It is advisable to drink at will. Toast until the ceremony is over. Never persuade, guess or shout.
15. If the tableware falls to the ground, please ask the waiter to pick it up.
16. In case of an accident, if you accidentally spill wine, water or soup on someone's clothes, you can apologize. You don't need to panic to make amends, but embarrass the other party.
17. If you want to use the condiments placed in front of other guests at the same table, please ask the guests next to you to help deliver them. Do not stretch out your hand across the table to get the condiments.
18. If the owner cooks the food himself, don't forget to appreciate it.
19. If you eat unclean or peculiar smell, do not swallow it. Take out the food with your thumb and forefinger and put it into the plate. If you find that there are insects and crushed stones in the dishes that you haven't eaten yet, don't make a fuss. You should wait for the waiter to come closer and tell him to replace them quietly.
20. After eating, the tableware must be placed in order and not disorderly. Napkins should also be folded and placed on the table.
21. During the course of staple food, it is not suitable to smoke. If you need to smoke, you must first obtain the consent of your neighbor.
22. It's indecent that you can't rush to pay for your meal in the restaurant and push and pull for payment. If you are a guest, you can't rush to pay the bill. It is not advisable to pay for a friend without his consent.
23. The speed of eating should be synchronized with that of the host, neither too fast nor too slow.
24. Don't talk about sadness on the table, otherwise it will destroy the happy atmosphere.