China is a country that pays great attention to etiquette. It needs to pay attention to etiquette whether walking, wearing or eating. Therefore, there are many Chinese traditional etiquette. But with the development of society, many aspects of etiquette have been simplified or assimilated. Do you know what Chinese table manners are? Let's have a look
1. About seats
1. Generally speaking, the seat facing the gate is reserved for the oldest or most distinguished guests. The so-called facing the gate is respect. That's what we say.
2. The remaining guests start from the position facing the gate and approach the position next to the gate in turn.
3. China has a long history, and the dignity and inferiority around different times are also different, but in general, it respects the right. The right in idioms is unparalleled. The right refers to the meaning of. Therefore, the guests on the right side of the table are more distinguished than those on the left.
4. The position next to the gate is for the host to sit. First, it is convenient to guide the guests and second, it is convenient to check out.
2. About food
1. First of all, guests should do their homework in advance and determine the banquet place according to guests' preferences and their own budget.
2. After the guests arrive, give the menu to the host and guest. The host and guest will start to circulate the menu and order. It is forbidden to only give the host and guest a la carte. On the one hand, the host and guest will feel that the guest is not decent enough, on the other hand, it will attract the dissatisfaction of other guests.
3. Guests can't order too much. When necessary, they should also let the host order. When ordering, try to order dishes with moderate prices, and ask others before ordering.
4. Generally speaking, everyone can order one dish, and can only order one dish. The dishes ordered should be complementary to the dishes already ordered, so as to avoid the situation of more meat, less food or less meat.
3. About drinking
1. When pouring tea or wine, use two hands, one hand holding the teapot or wine bottle, and the other hand slowly pouring it into the cup.
2. When making a toast, if it's a clinking toast, the person who respects should finish it. If it's not a clinking toast, the person who respects doesn't need to finish it, but observe the other party and don't drink less than the other party.
3. The correct posture of toasting should be holding the glass in your right hand and holding the bottom in your left hand. When toasting others, you should take the glass lower than others, even if you are a leader.
4. About chopsticks
1. As a food tool with Chinese characteristics, chopsticks have special etiquette and taboos.
2. When placing chopsticks, you should pay attention to a pair of chopsticks. If you put chopsticks on both sides of the plate in front of you, it means breaking up with each other.
3. It is impolite not to point at others with chopsticks.
4. You can't insert chopsticks into your rice bowl, because the ancients thought it was very unlucky to insert incense in sacrifice.
5. The same dish cannot be served three times in a row; You can't stretch out chopsticks while eating
5. About eating fish
1. Fish is more than homophonic, so fish plays a very important role on the Chinese table. Compared with other dishes, it has special attention.
2. Eat fish from the back under the fish head. If you sandwich the fish belly as soon as you come up, it will be considered to be from a small family.
3. Never turn over when eating fish, because people in ancient times believed that turning over fish was tantamount to turning over a boat. If you love turning over when eating fish, you will turn over the boat next time you fish. In modern times, although it is not so superstitious, turning fish is still considered an unlucky symbol. The correct approach should be to pick out the middle fish bone after eating one side of the fish, and then continue to eat the other side.
4. How to place the fish is also particular. The correct way to place the fish is to put the fish head towards the most distinguished guests in the meal and avoid the fish tail hitting the elderly and the expensive.