What are the more traditional and grand dining rituals in China?

Traditional Chinese dining rituals

Dining, we should pay attention to civilization and manners, and pay attention to their "eating". Develop good eating habits. Generally, the following points should be noted:

Let the elders move the chopsticks and bowls first, or hear the elders say: "Let's eat together," and then you move the chopsticks, not in front of the elders.

When you eat, you should hold up the bowl, with your thumb on the mouth of the bowl, and your index, middle and ring fingers on the bottom of the bowl, with your palms empty. Do not end the bowl ambling on the table to the bowl to eat, not only eating is not elegant, and oppression of the stomach, affecting digestion.

When you clip the food, you should clip from the plate close to or face the edge of their plate, not from the middle of the plate or rely on the side of others to clip, not to mention chopsticks in the dish to turn around "looking for", eyes should not always stare at the dish, a clip of food should not be too much. When you come across your favorite dishes, you can't eat them all at once, and you can't simply bring the plate to yourself and eat it, taking into account your parents and siblings at the same table. If the plate of food is not much, you want to "clean" it clean, you should consult the table people's opinion, others have said that they do not eat, you can eat it all.

To shut up and chew, chew and swallow, which is not only conducive to digestion, but also table manners. Never open your mouth wide, large pieces into your mouth, wolfing down the food, not to mention when you clip up the rice, stretch your neck, open your mouth wide, sticking out your tongue to pick up the food with your mouth; do not put too much food into the import at one time, otherwise it will leave an impression of a gluttonous look and greed.

The action of eating should be more elegant. When you clip the food, don't touch your neighbor, don't rattle the dish on the table, don't splash the soup over, don't drip the dish soup on the table. If there are grains of rice on the corner of your mouth, use a napkin or paper to gently wipe it away, don't use your tongue to lick it. Chew your food without making "bla bla" or "blah blah blah" noises. Mouth food, it is best not to talk with others, jokes should be restrained, so as not to spray food out of the mouth, or choking into the windpipe, resulting in danger; really need to talk with family members, should be whispered.

The bones, fish spines, and vegetable scraps that you spit out should be picked up with chopsticks or your hands and put on the table in front of you, not spit directly onto the table or the ground. If you have to cough or sneeze, cover your mouth with your hand or a handkerchief and turn your head back. When you chew grains of sand from eating or have phlegm in your throat, leave the table to spit it out.

During meals, you should try to refill your own food as much as possible, and be able to take the initiative to refill your elders' food. Thank your elders when they add food to your meal.

When eating, we should concentrate, some students watch TV or read books and newspapers during meals, which is a bad habit, not only unhygienic, but also affects the digestion and absorption of food, but also damage to eyesight.