What are the applications of traditional table manners in real life?

Table etiquette has the following 4 kinds:

1, the etiquette of seating. First invite the guests to be seated on the seat, and then invite the elders to be seated next to the guests in turn, to be seated from the left side of the chair to enter. Do not move chopsticks after being seated, and do not make any noise, and do not get up and walk around. If there is something to greet the host.

2, the etiquette of eating: eat to the fish head, fish spikes, bones and other things, do not spit out, do not throw to the ground, slowly with their hands to their own plate, or placed immediately adjacent to their own table or on a prepared paper.

3, the etiquette of conversation: to take the time to talk to the right and left to talk a few funny words to harmonize the atmosphere, do not eat bareheaded, regardless of others, and do not devour a big meal, not to mention the greedy cup.

4, the etiquette of leaving the venue: after the meal, must wait for the host and hostess to leave the table, other guests can leave the table. After the meal, it is appropriate to fold the napkin, put on the table and then leave the table.

Expanded Information

Modern more popular Chinese banquet etiquette is to continue the tradition and reference to foreign etiquette on the basis of the development. The seating order borrowed from the Western banquet to the right on the law, the first guest of honor is seated on the right side of the host, the second guest of honor on the left side of the host or the right side of the first guest of honor, variation, pouring wine and serving food by the guests on the right side of the first guest of honor, after the host, the first female guest of honor, after the male guest of honor.

The wine is poured eight points, not too full. The order of serving food remains traditional, first cold, then hot. Hot dishes should be from the left side of the seat opposite the guest of honor; on the single dish or side dishes and snacks first guest after the host, on the whole chicken, duck, fish and other plastic dishes, can not head and tail toward the main seat.

These procedures can not only make the whole process of the banquet in a harmonious and orderly manner, but also make the host and guest identity and emotion to reflect and exchange. Therefore, the etiquette of the table can make the banquet activities complete and thorough, so that the host and guest of the cultivation of the two sides to be fully demonstrated.

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