Pay attention to eating, don't put three dishes, don't make five chopsticks and six seats. What do you mean?

In China, food is the most important thing for people. Food culture has been highly respected by people since ancient times. In the eyes of China people, the image of the dining table has many functions, from entertaining princes and ministers, foreign guests, trade and business negotiations, to receiving relatives and friends, family dinners and so on. Of course, it also includes all kinds of etiquette and norms.

For example, the seats on the table can only be reserved for the elderly at home. Don't move chopsticks before serving, don't make noise when eating, don't have chopsticks of different lengths, and don't beat plates. These dining rules still affect each of us and will continue to be carried forward.

Then, in addition to the above common table manners, there are many very interesting table manners, such as how to set dishes, how to place chopsticks, how to sit guests and so on. The answer is "no plates, no chopsticks, no seats".

As the saying goes, "three dishes are not served", that is, when entertaining guests, even one or two people can't serve three dishes. There are three reasons. First of all, people in China pay attention to being round and round when eating or having dinner. Couples of men. In the eyes of China people, even numbers mean a pair is round and full. 3 is singular, which sounds unlucky. Second, these three homophones are all "three". When fables were eliminated, China people were used to homophonic Chinese characters. For example, visiting patients can't send pears, which means "leaving". So similarly, in everyone's eyes, the number three is not a good fable. Finally, when offering sacrifices, three plates of tributes or dishes are usually placed to entertain guests, who may be malicious.

As the saying goes, "Chopsticks don't make five", and the so-called "Chopsticks can't be divided into five" can't be understood literally. Refers to the length of chopsticks. The length of chopsticks given to everyone by the host must be the same. Moreover, you can't put chopsticks casually before and after meals, which looks long and short, because chopsticks mean "three long and two short", which is unlucky and may even offend people. Chopsticks can't stick rice, which means burning incense and worshipping Buddha.

As the saying goes, "Six seats are not enough."

Finally, the so-called "non-six seats" is more interesting. The Eight Immortals usually cross the sea at the dining table, that is, eight people, not six people, mainly to avoid guests sitting on turtle seats. The so-called "turtle seat" refers to two people sitting on both sides of the table, one sitting up and the other sitting down, overlooking such a turtle-like shape, also known as a turtle. Although turtles have the meaning of longevity in ancient culture, it will inevitably cause people's ambiguity. In order to avoid misunderstanding, this proverb came into being.