Chinese Table Manners

Basic etiquette:

1. Make restaurant reservations early.

2. When accepting invitations from others, you should reply as early as possible.

3. When you enter the restaurant, you need to be led to your seat by the waiter (usher), and you should not venture to your seat.

4. Generally, chairs are seated on the left side of the room, while the upper seats are located in the quiet positions furthest away from the exits, where you can see the whole room clearly.

5. When ordering, the number of dishes served must match the number of diners.

6. When choosing a la carte dishes, follow the order of the set menu.

7. During the meal, make-up should be done in the dressing room, avoiding in front of the crowd.

8. Things must be organized beforehand to avoid leaving the table in the middle of the meal.

9. When you are eating, you should not make any noise.

10, dining speed guests and hosts need to cooperate with each other.

11. Pay attention to the lipstick residue on the edge of the cup.

12. Don't mess with your knife and fork. p>Table etiquette is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

1, the etiquette of seating. First invited guests to sit on the seat, and then invited the elders to sit next to the guests in order to be seated, to enter from the left side of the chair. Do not move chopsticks after being seated, and do not make any noise, and do not get up and walk around. If there is something to greet the host (directly opposite the door for the upper seat, generally according to the status of the other party to arrange).

2. When eating, first ask the eldest of the guests to move their chopsticks. Clip the dishes less each time, away from their own dishes eat less, do not make a sound when eating, do not make a sound when drinking soup, drinking soup with a spoon in a small bite, should not be the bowl to the mouth to drink, the soup is too hot when cooled and then drink, do not blow while drinking.

Some people like to chew their food vigorously, making a very clear sound, this practice is not etiquette requirements, especially when eating with the crowd, we should try to prevent this phenomenon.

3, do not burp during the meal, do not appear other sounds, if there is sneezing, intestinal chirping and other involuntary sound, we must say a "really sorry", "sorry", "please forgive me!

4, if you want to give the guests or elders cloth food, it is best to use the public chopsticks, but also can be away from the guests or elders far from the dishes sent to them in front. According to our Chinese custom, the dishes are served one by one, and if there are leaders, elders and guests at the same table, ask them to move their chopsticks first whenever a new dish comes up, or take turns to ask them to move their chopsticks first, in order to show that we attach importance to them.

5, eat the fish head, fish spikes, bones and other things, do not spit out, do not throw to the ground, slowly with their hands to get their own plate, or put close to their own table or put on the paper prepared in advance.

6, to take the time to chat with the right and left a few funny words to harmonize the atmosphere, do not just head down to eat, regardless of others, and do not devour a big meal, not to drink.

7, it is best not to pick teeth at the table. If you have to pick your teeth, use a napkin or hand to block your mouth.

8, to clarify the main task of this meal. To be clear to talk about business, or to contact the main feelings, or to eat the main. If the former, in the arrangement of seating should pay attention to, the main negotiators seat close to each other to facilitate the conversation or dredge emotions. If it is the latter, just need to pay attention to common sense etiquette on the line, focus on the appreciation of the dishes.

9, the last to leave the table, you must express gratitude to the host, or on this occasion to invite the host to their own home in the future, in return.

10, should wait for the elders to be seated, before sitting.

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