Toasting, also known as toasting, refers to the proposal made by the host to the guests at a formal banquet to propose a certain reason for drinking. In drinking, usually to say some wishes, blessing class words, and even the host and guest of honor also published a special toast. The shorter the toast, the better.
What are the main etiquette points of toasting guests at a banquet
The toast can be held at any time during the drinking process. If a formal toast is delivered, it should be delivered at a specific time, and it should not affect the guests' meal. The toast is suitable to start after the guests are seated and before the meal. It can also be done after the main course and before the dessert.
When drinking, especially when toasting or toasting, people need to take the lead to propose a toast, which can be the host, the guest of honor or the people present. When you propose a toast, you should stand up, hold up the glass with your right hand, or hold the bottom of the glass with your right hand, smile, look at other toasts, especially yourself, and say blessing words at the same time.
It is suggested that after a toast, you should stand up with a glass in your hand. Even if you don't drink at all, you have to pick up the cup and do it. Raise the glass to the eye level, and then drink the wine or an appropriate amount. Then, hold a glass in your hand and look at the proposer. The process is over.
In Chinese food, before cheering, you can touch the other party's glass symbolically; when touching the glass, you should make your own glass lower than the other party's glass to show your respect for the other party. Touch the table lightly with the bottom of the glass, which also means to touch the glass with the other party. When you are far away from the other party, you can do it in this way. If the host toasts in person, after the toast, asked to return to the host, and he had another drink.
Generally speaking, toasting should be in the order of age, position, guest and host identity. We must fully consider the order of toasting and make clear the priority. Even if you are drinking with someone you are not familiar with, you should first inquire about your identity or pay attention to other people's titles to avoid embarrassment or hurt feelings. Even if you ask a guest at the table, you should be more respectful to him. However, if there are people with higher status or older people on the scene, they should toast the elders first, otherwise they will be very embarrassed.
If it is not suitable for drinking because of living habits or health and other reasons, it can also be entrusted to relatives and friends, subordinates, and the younger generation to drink, or it can be replaced by drinks or tea. As a toaster, you should be considerate of the other party. When the other party invites someone to take the place of wine or drinks, you should not make the other party drink, nor should you curiously 'break the casserole and ask to the end'. You know, if someone doesn't take the initiative to explain the reason, it means that the other party thinks it's his privacy.
In Western food, toast only use champagne, and can't cross the people around and toast with other people.