The rules and etiquette of the dinner table

Rules and etiquette at the dinner table are as follows:

1, first invite the guests to take their seats, and then invite the elders to take their seats next to the guests in order to take their seats from the left side of the chair. Don't move your chopsticks, don't make any noise, and don't get up and walk around.

2. When eating, first ask the guests to move their chopsticks. When you are eating, you should eat less food each time, and eat less food far away from you. Don't make noise when you eat, don't make noise when you drink soup, drink soup with a spoon in small sips, don't bring the bowl to your mouth, don't drink soup when it's too hot, don't drink it when it's cool, don't drink it while blowing.

3. Don't burp or make other noises while eating. If there is sneezing, bowel movements and other involuntary sounds, you should say "I'm sorry", "I'm sorry", "please forgive me" and so on, to apologize.

4, if you want to give the guests or elders cloth food, it is best to use the public chopsticks, but also can be far from the guests or elders of the dishes sent to them in front. According to our Chinese custom, the dishes are served one by one, if there are old people or guests at the same table, ask them to move their chopsticks first whenever a new dish comes up to show the importance of them.

5, eat the fish head, fish spikes, bones and other things, do not spit out, do not throw to the ground. To slowly use their hands to get their own plate, or put it on the side of the table next to their own or put it on the paper prepared in advance.

Ancient etiquette

The issue of dining etiquette can be said to have a long history, as can be seen from the literature. At least in the Zhou Dynasty, food etiquette has formed a set of quite perfect system, especially once served as a priest of the State of Lu Confucius praised and respected and become an important aspect of the successive dynasties to show the appearance of a great country, the state of etiquette, civilization.

As the Han tradition of ancient banquet etiquette, has its own set of procedures, the host folded invitations to invite, temporary welcome guests at the door. Guests arrive, greet each other, introduced to the living room to sit down, to tea. Guests Qi guide guests into the seat, to the left as the top, as the chief, relative to the first seat for the second seat, the first seat under the third seat, the second seat under the fourth seat. Guests are seated, the host of the toast to let the food, the guests to thank the courtesy.

There is also a certain amount of care in pouring wine and serving food during the banquet, which should first honor the elders and the guest of honor, and finally the host. This traditional banqueting etiquette has been preserved in most parts of China, such as Shandong, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is reflected in many movies and TV shows.