How to determine the honor and disdain of the seat?

One of China's traditional orientation culture

People often pay special attention to the meaning of spatial orientation in social activities, in a sense, the choice of orientation has a reflection of the state of interpersonal relations, respect for the object of communication, highlighting the important role of their own cultural connotation. For example, the ancients took the left side of the car for the position of honor. "Qu Li": "Xiang car open left." Kuang, empty also. Generally the main seat on the left, the Royal in the center, the right for the accompanying seat, also known as the "ride" or "car right". Because the Royal in the center of the whip, the right side of the people more inconvenience, so the seat in the left. If the honored one did not come, the left seat should also be left empty, this etiquette in ancient times known as "virtual left", to show respect for the guests.

In our traditional culture, people regard the south as the most important. This is due to the fact that our country is located in the northern hemisphere, where the sun shines from the south, and "everything is negative in yin and embraces the yang" (Laozi, Chapter 42). This specific geographic environment has created people's concept of orientation, that is, from the face of the south orientation: before the south and after the north, left, east, right and west. The ancients regarded south as yang and north as yin, so palaces, government offices and temples all faced due south. Therefore, the emperor's throne facing south, the son of heaven, the vassals to see the group of ministers, or ministers to see the bureaucrats, honored to see the young, are sitting south. The emperor's subjects should face the north, so-called "face north," said the minister.

The ancients regarded the east as the top, the main, the first. Empress and concubines of the residence is divided into the East Palace, West Palace, East Palace for the big for the positive, West Palace for the second for the from; for the ancestral tablets of the temple, to be built in the east side of the palace. Because the east is the main position, so the east derives the meaning of the master, for example, modern Chinese have shareholders, landlord, proprietor, host, host, do east and so on.

Two Application of China's Traditional View of Orientation

Influenced by the traditional culture of orientation, the basic rules of China's positional etiquette include:

(1) Facing the door as the upper. The position facing the main door of the room is the upper seat. (2) The center is the upper. If there is a center and two sides, the center is higher than the two sides. (3) The front row is the top. In multiple rows, the front row is the top. (4) Left as the top. In our country side by side when the left is the top, the international practice of the right is the top. (5) Far away from the top. The farther away from the door, the more honorable position.

(A) office layout

Desk facing the door is appropriate, so as to facilitate visitors. Parlor seating, banquet tables and seating arrangements should follow the principle of facing the door, that is, the master of the parlor and the guest of honor's seat, the main table and the master's seat during the banquet should face the door.

(B) meeting order

Domestic official meetings of the podium should follow three principles of arrangement: the front row is higher than the back row; the center is higher than both sides; the left side is higher than the right side. The order of precedence is based on the position and election results: the highest position in the center, and then according to the first left and then right, from front to back in order of sequence. The official delegates are in the center in front, and the delegates in attendance are in the back and to the side. The seats of other participants may be arranged in the order of the strokes of the family name or the name of the organization, in the order of high left and low right (horizontal arrangement), high front and low back (vertical arrangement), and staggered expansion from the center to the left and right (left-right arrangement).

(C) leading position

International practice in the position of etiquette pay attention to the right as the honor, the secretary should pay attention to. In the process of leading the guests, walking side by side, the center is higher than the two sides, the right side is higher than the left side; if walking in the aisle, the inside (i.e., the side of the wall or the side of the more private) is higher than the outside. So in general, you should let the guest walk in the center, right or inside. If it is with the guests single line march, the power to choose the forward direction to the guests, that is, if the guests are familiar with the route, let the guests walk in front; if the guests are not familiar with the route, the guests in front of the left 1 to 1.5 meters to guide the guests to go forward; if there are too many guests, you can walk in the first row and slightly side of the body to guide. If there are too many guests, you can walk in the first row and guide them with a slight body movement. The secretary should try to let the guests walk in the front when going up the stairs, and let them walk in the back when going down the stairs. In and out of the elevator controlled by someone, the secretary should go in and out; in and out of the elevator not controlled by someone, the secretary should go in and out, and control the button. Lead the guests to the supervisor's office, should follow the principle of "outside the door guests first, inside the door first".

(D) car seat

Secretary in the arrangement of vehicles, should consider the identity of the driver, the type of car and the safety factor and the wishes of the guests and other elements. To two rows of five-seat car, for example, if the driver is a full-time driver, the upper seat is the rear right seat, followed by the rear left seat, rear center seat, passenger seat. If the host is an important person, the upper seat is the seat behind the driver, as the seat is more private and secure. If the host himself is driving, the upper seat is the passenger seat, which is usually occupied by the first guest of honor, indicating that the host is regarded as a friend.

(E) banquet place

1. table arrangement

Small banquets consisting of two tables, the table can be taken horizontally and vertically in two forms. Horizontal row, the table to the right as the top. Here the right and left, is determined by the position of the front door to face. Vertical row, the table to far for the top. Here said near and far, is on the distance from the main door. Arrangements for multi-table banquets, in addition to follow the "face of the door positioning" "to the right as the honor" "to the far for the top" and other rules, should also take into account the distance from the main table of the other tables. Usually, the closer to the main table, the higher the table; the farther away from the main table, the lower the table.

2. Seating arrangement

Formal banquets should generally be pre-arranged seats, and notify each attendee. The basic rules of seating arrangement is, the host in the center, to the right as the honor, between the host and the guest. If a single host banquet, the seating arrangement should be centered on the master, the master of the right side of the sitting 1 guest of honor, the left side of the sitting 2 guest of honor; 1 guest of honor on the right side of the main party 2, 2 guest of honor on the left side of the main party 3, and so on. If the male and female hosts *** with the banquet, the seat pay attention to the master and deputy relative to the right for the principle of honor, that is, the male host sitting on the seat, the hostess sitting opposite the male host, the male host's right and left are the main guest of the 1st (female guest of honor) and the main guest of the 3rd, the hostess of the right and left are the main guest of the 2nd (male guest of honor) and the main guest of the 4th, and the rest of the guests are usually with the hosts of the men and women according to the right high and left in order of the order of the sequence of the diagonal line, and at the same time To do between the host and the guest. There is also a situation is that the same sex double masters banquet, should be in accordance with the main vice relative to the principle of the right for the honor of the order clockwise, that is, the first master of the right and left are the main guest of the 1st and 2nd main guest, the second master of the right and left are the main guest of the 3rd and 4th main guest, and at the same time to do the master and guest between each other.