Traditional Chinese table mannersTraditional Chinese table manners

1, when the guests are seated, we should follow the principle of elders and guests first arranged to be seated, and then the younger generation will be seated in turn. The order of seating arrangements should be adhering to the "ShangZhouZhunDong", "face to the door for the honor", we pay attention to the Chinese "seat", this position must be reserved for the guests seated in the highest prestige of the elders. The seat must be reserved for the most prestigious elder among the seated guests. Do not let the important guests sitting at the door of the food position.

2, after being seated, wait quietly for the food, do not want to make a lot of noise or randomly get up and walk back and forth. If you are the host, you should pour wine and tea for the guests, especially the elders, to show respect. If the phone rings or you want to go to the bathroom, say hello to the neighboring guests and don't disappear without a word.

3. When ordering food, remember to ask the guests if they have any dietary restrictions. In the case of conditions allow, as much as possible to take care of the dining experience of the guests. This will appear as the host of your particularly polite, to friends and family or leadership colleagues to leave a good impression. It's less likely to be missed if you follow the Chinese menu order of cold cuts, stir-fry, main course, soup, entree and after-dinner dessert or fruit.

4, after the food, the elders can not rush to move chopsticks, I believe that this point for children nowadays seems to be some "difficult to do", from childhood pampered them, accustomed to eat their own delicious first, this is actually very inappropriate. They should wait for their elders, leaders and guests to move their chopsticks before they do so. From a young age, children should be taught to know how to respect the guests at the table, the elders will feel from the bottom of their hearts that this child is particularly well educated.

5, if there is a fish dish on the table, we must remember to fish head toward the main seat. During the meal, do not feel free to stand up and clip relatively far away from the dish, even if they like the dish again! Try to eat dishes that are within your reach when you are seated, and if there is a turntable at the table, make sure that no one else is eating before you turn the turntable. Don't turn your plate like you're hoeing, and don't go over your guest's hand when you're picking up a dish - it's just bad table manners.

6, during the meal, if you eat with fish spines or bones of the dish, the remaining residue can not be spit on the ground, not without lowering the head directly on the table, easy to accidentally spit in front of the dish. When we spit out the food residue, try to lower your head and gently spit it out on the plate that contains the food residue, or wrap it in a paper napkin. The movement should be as small as possible, so as not to affect the dining experience of the guests at the table.

7, to the guests or elders clip vegetables or soup, can not use their own chopsticks, remember to use the table chopsticks, so more hygienic. You know, you use your own chopsticks to guests, that people in the end is to eat or not to eat? To avoid such embarrassment, always keep in mind the function of the chopsticks on the table.

8, Chinese people pay attention to Chinese dining table manners, you can not wantonly eat the mouth, drink soup, do not make in the guests clearly hear the "sucking sound". If there is rice in the bowl, do not stick the chopsticks vertically on the rice, put the chopsticks to "rest" or chat with the guests to put them down gently, and do not use the chopsticks to hit the tableware. In short, when you eat, you need to make the noise as small as possible.

9, dining time, let the guests eat some food to fill a stomach, do not rush to let everyone raise the glass to drink, after all, drinking on an empty stomach is not good for the body. Toast to follow the order of elders, according to the elders position in descending order, people have to get up and stand, toast their own wine glass than the other side of the wine glass low, to show respect.

10, Chinese table manners there is a point is also particularly important, whether you are as the host or guests, during the meal to pay attention to the progress of the meal. That is to say that the dishes come up can not be because they are hungry to eat wildly eat, the result is that everyone is still slowly dining, you have eaten enough, so it seems very rude, but also seems to be very no culture and quality. Eat full no urgent matter to go, you can not get up and walk or leave, wait for the guests to finish eating and then leave the table together.