Family table manners

Family table manners

1 seat

If there are guests, please sit down first, then ask the old man to sit next to the guests, sit down in turn, and finally sit in the

Family table manners

1 seat

If there are guests, please sit down first, then ask the old man to sit next to the guests, sit down in turn, and finally sit in the seat closest to the door. If it is a round table, the host and guests face the gate. In terms of the distance from the host and guest, the closer the host and guest are, the more respected they are. At the same distance, the left side is more respected than the right side. If it is a square table, if there is a seat facing the gate, the seat on the right side of the gate is the host and guest. If it is not facing the gate, the right seat on the east side is the chief. When you sit down, you should enter from the left side of the chair. Sit up straight and don't bow your head after sitting down, so that the distance between the dining table and your body is 10 ~ 20 cm. After taking a seat, put your feet near the seat and don't stretch out at will, so as not to affect others. Sit up straight, don't put your cheeks on your hands, and don't put your elbows on the table.

Provide food

Chinese food is served in the following order: appetizer? Hot dishes? Cooking? Big plate? Soup? Fried rice? Pasta? Fruit.

Appetizers are usually four cold dishes, sometimes as many as ten. When serving, you can serve them first. Sometimes cold dishes can be followed by four hot dishes.

3 catering

When attending a formal Chinese banquet, the restaurant will give each customer a wet towel to wipe their hands before the banquet. Then the second wet towel can be used to wipe hands or mouth, but not to wipe sweat or other parts. When eating, be gentle, calm and not impatient. When eating, traditionally, guests and elders should be invited to move chopsticks first, with a small amount of food, and those who are far away from them should eat less. Picked dishes are usually put in your own rice bowl first, and it is impolite to put them directly in your mouth. According to the usual practice, guests will not eat all the dishes on the table when attending formal or traditional dinners, so as not to make the host family mistakenly think that the dishes are not ready and feel embarrassed. When eating and drinking soup, it is not advisable to make a sound. When drinking soup, you should drink it slowly with a spoon, not a bowl. As for eating, put the rice bowl to your mouth and push the rice into your mouth with chopsticks. This is the easiest way to eat, which also shows that you like this meal. If you don't serve a rice bowl when you eat, it means that you are not satisfied with the food on the table. If you want to pick up food for your guests or elders, you'd better use public chopsticks, or you can send the food far away from them. Don't wave chopsticks while talking when using chopsticks; Chopsticks inserted in the rice bowl are considered unlucky and must not be done; You can't keep using chopsticks to turn around in a plate. You should look at the food you want to take with your eyes first.

4 leave

Generally speaking, you can't leave while eating. If you have to leave during the dinner party, you must explain and apologize to the host before you leave, but don't talk to him for a long time, because he has other guests to greet, and you shouldn't be rude to others.

In order to promote the relationship between family members or friends, it is necessary to carry forward and inherit good table manners. For the guest, the host's hospitality will leave him a beautiful and deep impression, and for the host, this is the way to treat guests.

What good habits should children develop at the dinner table?

1. Before eating (elders first, younger generation later), the family members should take their places, and chopsticks can only be moved after the whole family is seated;

2. Learn to eat the bowl correctly: the child's thumb is placed on the side of the bowl, and the other four fingers are placed at the bottom of the bowl (the dragon contains beads, holding the bowl in his left hand; Phoenix nods, eating with spoon and chopsticks in his right hand), forming a habit;

3. During the meal, keep the desktop clean and tidy at any time;

4. chew slowly when eating, and don't talk in your mouth; Eat and drink soup without making any noise;

5. Do not turn the food on the plate, and some dishes use public chopsticks; Chopsticks don't pinch food when they touch it;

6. Keep quiet while eating (don't talk while eating);

7. One hand cannot hold two kinds of tableware at the same time;

8. Don't wave tableware at people;

9. Eat three meals regularly and quantitatively, without partial eclipse or overeating, and cherish food without wasting;

10. When you leave the table, you should put away the residue in the bowl, put the chair in the right position, and say goodbye to your deskmate. Please enjoy yourself. Can I go first? .