Why has the meal portioning system, which originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty, continued for more than 3,000 years?

The meal portioning system, which originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty and has a long historical background, has continued for more than 3,000 years in Chinese history because of its own superiority.

Time is a touchstone, and the fact that the meal portioning system has survived the vast historical background is proof of its essence. Compared with today's meal sharing system, it seems that the meal sharing system has drifted away from us. However, looking back at the historical trend, it is not difficult to find that the reason why the meal system can have more than 3,000 years of life and its own advantages are inseparable.

I. Advantages of meal sharing system

Meal sharing system was born in the Western Zhou Dynasty, at first to meet the needs of feudal etiquette to show the majesty of the son of God, and then gradually developed into a dietary rituals. But for us nowadays, we seldom hear about meal sharing, and some people have never even heard of it. But the advantages of meal sharing system can let everyone have eyes **** witnessed. Separate meal system advocates one person, one table, one food, from this aspect, first of all, the formation of our country since ancient times, the long and young respect for the host and guest traditions; on the other hand, can also be avoided to a certain extent, the transmission of disease.

Two, meal system and meal system comparison

Today's society, meal system has been an unwritten rules of eating. From large banquets to small gatherings of friends, we prefer to sit together around the table to eat. This is convenient to communicate, but also easier to promote the relationship between each other. But at the same time she has an important disadvantage: easy to cause disease transmission. For example? The outbreak of the new crown epidemic this year, the outbreak of a lot of it is much more congregate eating. In this regard, the superiority of the separate meal system is even more emphasized. The call for the introduction of meal-sharing has become even stronger.

Although the split-meal system began to show a trend of decline after the Song Dynasty. But arriving at the present time, it still plays an important role in important moments. Although it has had a period of decline, it has not completely died out in history and still plays an important role. In short, it has been around for more than 3,000 years because of its unique advantages.