On the table can reflect the personal quality and taste. Moreover, the Chinese people must understand the complicated table manners of the Chinese people, so as to be worthy of our thousands of years of history and civilization, and not make a fool of ourselves. Table manners play a very important role in the complete life order of Chinese people. They believe that dining is not only a way to meet basic physiological needs, but also a first-class social experience.
The most basic etiquette on the table: the use of napkins for sitting and leaving the table
There are many etiquette that should be paid attention to on the dining table, and these etiquette are often ignored.
（1） Taking and leaving seats
1. You should wait for the elderly to sit down.
2. If there are ladies at the table, they can only be seated after the seats are fixed. If the lady's seat is next door, please greet her.
3. After dinner, other guests can only leave after the host and hostess leave.
4. The sitting posture should be correct and the distance from the dining table should be appropriate.
5. When dining in a hotel, the waiter should take the table.
6. When leaving the seat, the elder or female should be helped to drag the seat.
（2） Use of napkins
1. Napkins mainly prevent soiling clothes, and do mouth and hand oil stains.
2. You can't use napkins until everyone is seated.
3. After the napkin should be spread out, put on the thigh of the upper end of the knee, do not tie a person's belt, or hang on the collar of a suit.
4. Never wipe the tableware with a napkin.
（3） General table manners
1. Sit in a proper posture, step under your seat, do not stretch your elbows against the edge of the table, or put your hands on the back of the seat next to you.
2. When having a meal, you should be gentle and elegant, calm and quiet, not impatient.
3. At the dining table, you should not only care about yourself, but also care about others, especially the ladies on both sides.
4. If you have food in your mouth, you should avoid talking.
5. Self use tableware can not be put into the public plate to pick up dishes.
6. Must take a small mouthful of food, do not big mouth of the plug, the end of the food swallow, can not plug the entrance.
7. When taking soup, the chopsticks and spoons should be used.
8. Eat imported food, can not spit out, such as hot food, drink water or juice to cool.
9. When delivering food into the mouth, the elbows should lean inward, not open to both sides, and touch the neighbor.
10. When speaking to others, avoid eating with your own knife and fork.
11. Good eating is food on the mouth, not on food. The food should not be sent to the mouth in a hurry, otherwise the soup drops on the tablecloth, which is very indecent.
12. Do not use your fingers to pick out teeth, use toothpick, and cover it with hand or handkerchief.
13. Avoid coughing, sneezing and vomiting on the dining table. In case you can't help it, you should say 'I'm sorry'.
14. Drink at will, toast until the ceremony, do not persuade, guess, yell.
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 splash wine, water and soup on other people's clothes, you can apologize. You don't have to panic to make amends, but make the other party embarrassed.
17. If you want to take the condiment placed in front of other guests at the same table, please ask the guest next to you to help pass it on. Do not reach across and drive for food.
18. If the host cooks the food himself, don't forget to appreciate it.
19. If you eat unclean or smelly food, do not swallow it. Take out the food with your thumb and forefinger and put it on the plate. If you find that there are insects and crushed stones in the dishes that have not been eaten yet, don't make a fuss. Wait for the waiter to approach and tell the waiter to change it quietly.
20. After eating, the tableware must be placed in order, not disorderly. Napkins should also be folded and placed on the table.
21. When staple food is in progress, it is not suitable to smoke. If you need to smoke, you must obtain the consent of your neighbor first.
22. It is indecent not to rush to pay the bill and push and pull for payment when dining in a restaurant. If you are a guest, you can't rush to pay. You should not pay for your friend without your permission.
23. The speed of dining should be synchronized with the host and hostess, not too fast or too slow.
24. Don't talk about sadness at the table, otherwise it will destroy the happy atmosphere.