How to arrange the seating for a Chinese banquet?

Chinese food culture has a long history, and its unique food culture has been put on the screen many times, such as "God of Food", "Full House" and so on. Ancient saying "food is the sky", and in the "food" in the "sitting" first, whether it is a banquet or a family dinner, one of the most important old rituals is to arrange the seat, the host and the guest of honor have their own say!

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Seat arrangement In the case of banquets, it is generally necessary to pre-arrange the table and the seat, in order to facilitate the participation in the banquet can be in place, but also reflects the respect for the guests. Usually, the status of the table to the distance from the main table position. Taking the master's table as a benchmark, right high, left low, near high, far low. As far as the height of the seating position is concerned, the following points are mainly taken into consideration: firstly, the host's seat is taken as the center, and if the hostess attends, then the host and hostess are arranged in order of proximity, near-high, far-low, right-high, left-low, based on the host and the hostess. Secondly, the guest of honor is usually placed in the most prestigious position, i.e. the right hand position of the host, and the hostess is placed in the right hand position of the hostess. Again the host side of the companion should be as far as possible with the guests cross each other, to facilitate conversation and exchange, to avoid their own people sitting together, cold guests. If it happens to foreign guests, the interpreter is generally arranged on the right side of the guest of honor. The family feast is relatively simple, the host and hostess generally sit opposite or cross, the host generally back to the wall of the hall.

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Seat Orientation Generally, north is the top. In the past, at weddings or funeral banquets often appear to give way to the situation, for example, a few old people of about the same age when seated together, it is inevitable that they will humble each other, "to your old man on the seat" another will say "do not intervene in the ah, or you to", pulling back and forth a few times to make sure that you do not have to pay attention. A few rounds of tugging and hauling will not be determined, and then an eagle-eyed emcee or teahouse will yell out "four sides for the top, you are seated!" So that everyone will be seated one after another, there is no distinction between what the upper and lower seats.

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Seat left low right high: when two people are seated side by side, usually to the right for the upper seat, to the left for the lower seat. This is because Chinese food is often served in a clockwise direction, so the person on the right is prioritized over the person on the left. The center seat is the most important: When three people are dining together, the person sitting in the center has a higher priority than those seated on either side of him or her. Face the door for the top: if the meal, some people face the front door and sit, some people back to the front door and sit, according to etiquette practices should be facing the front door for the top, to the back of the front door for the lower seat. View is good: in some high-end restaurant dining, in its indoor and outdoor often have beautiful scenery or elegant performances, can be viewed by the diners, this time should be viewed from the best angle for the upper seat. Pro-wall for good: in some low-grade restaurant dining, in order to prevent the interference of passing waiters and diners, usually by the wall of the seat for the upper seat, by the aisle of the seat for the lower seat. Pro platform for the upper: banquet hall if there is a special podium, should be by the podium table for the main table, if there is no special podium, sometimes to back adjacent to the main picture of the table for the main table. Tables in the same direction: If it is a banquet place, the main guest of honor on each table should be kept in the same direction with the main table. To far as the top: when the table is arranged vertically, to the distance from the main door of the banquet hall shall prevail, the farther away from the door, the more noble place.