How is the seating arrangement of the dinner table?

Law: Seating is "ShangZhouZhunDong", "face to the door is honored". If it is a round table, is facing the door of the main guest, the main guest of the left and right hand side of the position, the distance from the main guest, the closer to the main guest position, the more respect, the same distance from the left side of the right side of the honor. If the table for the Eight Immortals, if there is a seat facing the door, the right side of the door side of the host guest.

If it is not facing the door, the right seat on the side facing east is the chief. If a large banquet, the arrangement of tables and tables in front of the chief in the center, the left side of the order of 2, 4, 6 seats, the right side of the 3, 5, 7 seats, according to the identity of the host and the guest, the status, affinity, sitting. If you are the host, you should arrive early, and then wait in the door position, and for the guests to lead the seat.

Origins

Feasts originated in the hazy era of social and religious development. Long before the advent of agriculture, primitive clan tribes held various rituals and ceremonies during the changing seasons. These ceremonies often had gathering activities. After the advent of agriculture, as the change of seasons became more closely related to farming and harvesting, people also held feasts on specified days to celebrate the renewal of nature and the renewal of man.

Development

The earliest written record of Chinese banquets can be found in Zhouyi - Needs, "Food and Feast". With the continuous enrichment of varieties of dishes, banquets to diversify the form of development, the name of the banquet is also more and more.