What are the rituals of the Yi people at mealtime?

Setting the table. Whether it is their own family or guests, the Yi people put the table are + points to pay attention to, the table is smooth swing never straight swing. The bowls and chopsticks on the table are also very delicate, the bowls can not be placed on top of the bowl chopsticks on the right side of the bowl chopsticks on the outside, the wine cups on the right side of the chopsticks, these are for the convenience of the guests to use. Of course, this also has his argument, if the table straight pendulum two days girl daughter-in-law have a child will be cross-born inverted raise, chopsticks in the bowl above is a tribute to the deceased to offer the rice pendulum.

Sitting. Yi people eat into the sitting is also very rules, first let the old man sitting on the eight, the left is the same generation or age and self almost, the right is the generation of small or small age. Son in law can never sit with the father-in-law, - most of the general first guests and the old man into the seat, the girl daughter-in-law is busy to add food after adding food such as empty seats can be seated. Otherwise, it will be said that the girl daughter-in-law does not know the rules.

Dining, the guests or the old generation seated, the generation of the younger or younger first to the old people poured wine and said please drink, wine finished. If you don't drink first drinkers and said everyone slowly drink, I eat first, the younger generation put down the hands of the bowls and chopsticks, to the first drinkers to add rice, rice receiver standing half-bent over the bowl with both hands. Add rice and soup can only be added to the hands of the pour never backhanded pour, backhanded pour the elderly or guests will not take you to add to the rice, they say that backhanded pouring is the mother-in-law ginger water rice, take it will be bad luck. The first to eat good people can not immediately stand away, must say that everyone slowly eat, to be eaten by all good before all stand away.

Although these are the Yi people for many years into the rules, but he fully explains the Yi people is a very civilized and polite people.