There is a saying in the countryside, "the table is not set three dishes", why is there this saying?

As the saying goes, good things come in pairs, in life we will find a very magical phenomenon, that is, we usually touch some things, all feel the even number of very auspicious. What does it mean to serve food without three dishes? In ancient times when the sacrifice, will be placed on the tribute table horizontal three dishes, and then on the three incense, to pray for blessing health and so on. It can be seen that the number "three" expresses the deceased's tribute.

So "three" in the rural traditional culture, in fact, the meaning of the expression is to the dead and the gods of the sacrifice. As a unit number, "three" as a general hospitality guests, as well as dinner will not do three dishes on the table, in time, the family situation is not very good people at least will be four dishes and a soup or two dishes to entertain the guests. So when serving only three dishes is disrespectful to the guests, the guests will feel that the three dishes are ritualistic, treating themselves as cattle, ghosts, snakes, snakes and gods or the dead as hospitality, very bad luck, but also not willing to eat. The next phrase in the saying, "Do not serve three plates of food," is "Do not sit on the turtle's seat with six people". It means that when six people sit down to eat together, they should not sit in the same position as the tortoise (plus the tortoise's head and tail), which is also disrespectful to the guests. The tortoise has traditionally been considered a bad symbol and is used in cursing.

In modern life, many traditions have been diluted, but like table manners have become a consciousness of people's lives, family and friends gatherings or dinner with leaders and bosses, if you do not do a good job, it is likely that it will affect the future have to be promoted to a higher salary. The Chinese nation is a state of etiquette, China's excellent traditional culture should be carried forward.