Let the elders first move the chopsticks to eat, or hear the elders say: "everyone eat it", you then move the chopsticks, can not rush in front of the elders.
When you eat, you should hold up the bowl, with your thumb on the mouth of the bowl, and your index, middle and ring fingers on the bottom of the bowl, with your palms empty. Do not end the bowl ambling on the table to the bowl to eat, not only eating is not elegant, and oppression of the stomach, affecting digestion.
When you clip the food, you should clip from the plate close to or face the edge of their plate, not from the middle of the plate or rely on the side of others to clip, not to mention chopsticks in the dish to turn around "looking for", eyes should not always stare at the dish, a clip of food should not be too much. When you come across your favorite dishes, you can't eat them like a windswept cloud, and you can't simply bring the plate to yourself and eat it, taking into account your parents and siblings at the same table. If the plate of food is not much, you want to "clean" it clean, you should consult the table people's opinion, others have said that they do not eat, you can eat it all.
To shut up and chew, chew and swallow, which is not only conducive to digestion, but also table manners. Never open your mouth wide, large pieces into your mouth, wolfing down the food, not to mention when you clip up the rice, stretch your neck, open your mouth wide, sticking out your tongue to pick up the food with your mouth; do not put too much food into the import at one time, otherwise it will leave an impression of a gluttonous look and greed.
The action of eating should be more elegant. When you clip the food, don't touch your neighbor, don't rattle the dish on the table, don't splash the soup over, don't drip the dish soup on the table. If there are grains of rice on the corner of your mouth, use a napkin or paper to gently wipe it away, don't use your tongue to lick it. Chew your food without making "bla bla" or "blah blah blah" noises. Mouth food, it is best not to talk with others, jokes should be restrained, so as not to spray food out of the mouth, or choking into the windpipe, resulting in danger; really need to talk with family members, should be whispered.
The bones, fish spines, and vegetable scraps that you spit out should be picked up with chopsticks or your hands and put on the table in front of you, not spit directly onto the table or the ground. If you have to cough or sneeze, cover your mouth with your hand or a handkerchief and turn your head back. When you chew sand in your meal or have phlegm in your throat, leave the table to spit it out.
In the process of eating, try to refill your own food, and be able to take the initiative to refill your elders' food, and clip the food. Thank your elders when they add food to your meal.
With the continuous exchange of Chinese and Western food cultures, Chinese food is not only the traditional diet of the Chinese people, but also more and more favored by foreigners. This seems to be the most common Chinese food, but the etiquette of the meal is a lot to pay attention to. Chinese tableware mainly consists of cups, plates, bowls, saucers, chopsticks and spoons. At formal banquets, the water cup is placed on top of the plate, and the wine glass is placed on the top right. Chopsticks and spoons may be placed on special holders or in paper sleeves. Public chopsticks and spoons are best placed on a special stand. Chinese food is usually served in the following order: cold dishes first, then hot dishes, and finally sweets and fruits. Before the meal, the first wet towel served by the waiter to each person is for wiping hands, and it is best not to use it to wipe your face. Before serving shrimp, crab, chicken and other dishes, the waiter will send a small water bowl, which floats lemon slices or flower petals, as a wash ......
Chinese food, has a long history. In this country, which has been a state of etiquette since ancient times and emphasizes that food is the only thing that matters to the people, food etiquette has naturally become an important part of food culture.
China's banquet etiquette is said to have begun in the Zhou Gong, thousands of years of evolution, of course, there will be no more "Meng Guang took the case of Liang Hong" like the day, but also still finally formed a set of today's generally accepted dietary eating etiquette, is the inheritance and development of the ancient dietary etiquette. Dietary etiquette due to the nature of the feast, the purpose and different; different regions, is also very different. Here are just a few examples, right for reference:
Ancient food etiquette is divided by class: the court, the government, the line gangs, folk and so on. Modern food rituals are simplified to: host (host), guests. As a guest, you should pay attention to the appearance of the banquet, and decide whether to bring a small gift or a good wine according to the relationship between the close and distant. When you arrive at the banquet, you should be punctual and punctual; upon arrival, you should first announce yourself according to whether you know each other or not, or you should be introduced by the host, and then follow the host's arrangement.
Then take your seat: this "hero's row" is one of the most important of all Chinese food rituals. From ancient times to the present day, because of the evolution of tableware, the seating arrangement has also changed accordingly. Generally speaking, the seating order "ShangZhouZunDong" "face to the door for the honor" family feast chief for the highest seniority of the elders, the end of the seat for the lowest; family feast, the chief for the status of the most honored guests, the guest hosts are at the end of the seat. The chief has not been seated, are not seated, the chief has not been hands, are not hands, cruising since the chief in order all the way down the toast, and then drink.
The more elaborate, if the report came to someone, regardless of the status of honor, the whole table should be out to meet.
If it is a round table, it is facing the door of the guest of honor, the left hand side in turn for 2, 4, 6 right hand side in turn for 3, 5, 7 until the convergence.
If the table is an eight-imperial table, if there is a seat facing the door, then the right seat on the side facing the door is the guest of honor,
If it is not facing the door, then the right seat on the side facing east is the chief. Then the left hand side of the chief is 2,4,6,8 (8 is on the opposite side) and the right hand side is 3,5,7 (7 is directly opposite).
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 guest, status, affinity and sit.
Serving:
Serving order, Chinese food generally pay attention to: the first cold after the hot, first fried after burning, savory and light on the first, sweet taste thick flavor on the last, and finally the rice. There are specifications of the banquet, hot dishes in the main dish - such as bird's nest seat in the bird's nest, sea cucumber feast in the sea cucumber, shark's fin feast in the shark's fin, should be the first, that is, the so-called most expensive hot dishes first. This is then supplemented by slipped fried and roasted steak.
The approximate order in the banquet is:
(Tea) - In the wine house, because of the wait, so first come to clear mouth tea. But it is not necessary. Because the ancients drank tea mostly separately.
Gazpacho-Cold Pieces, Flower Pieces.
Hot stir-fry-depending on the size of the combination of smooth fried, soft fried, dry fried, popped, braised, roasted, steamed, poured, steak and so on.
Big dishes - (not required) refers to the whole, the whole piece, the whole noble dishes, such as a suckling pig, a whole sheep, a large piece of venison and so on.
Sweet dishes - including sweet soups, such as sweetened lotus seeds with rock sugar, sweet soup with silver fungus, etc.
Dim sum - generally, large banquets are not served with rice, but with cakes, cakes, dumplings, flour, all kinds of noodles, buns and dumplings.
(Rice) - if you're not full
Fruit - refreshing and refreshing
This order is not set in stone, for example, fruit can sometimes be counted as a cold dish, and dim sum can be counted as a hot dish.
The thicker soups should be served as hot dishes; the more expensive soups such as bird's nest should be the first of the hot dishes.
As for the seasonal considerations, there are winter heavy braised, stewed, red steak and casserole, hot pot, etc.; summer is steamed, white sauce, stir-fried, cold mainly. In addition to color matching, the diversity of raw materials should also be considered.
Restaurant and home banquets, the portion of various dishes should also be different:
The big banquets are 10% to 20% of cold dishes; 30% of the hot fried, 40% of the dishes.
The family feast can then reduce the large dishes and increase the cold dishes.
As for the vessel, it can be said that the history of a long time, the ancient saying: "food is not as good as the beauty of the vessel", and the cloud: "frying is suitable for the plate, the soup is suitable for the bowl, the wrong between them, Fangjue color." . So containers in this food culture, and ceramics are abundant in the place, naturally doubling the attention.
Generally want to prepare large and small flat plate (plate), large hot dishes, cold dishes, or flexible options, small plates of snacks, snacks.
There should also be a deep pot with a lot of oil and soup, and a large soup bowl with soup. Plus chopsticks and bowls. Large eating utensils such as hot pots, roasters and the like; and water, tea, wine.
As for the selection of containers, the texture should be good, of course, the famous kiln antiques or around the famous porcelain can be on the table. The color scheme should be reasonable.
According to the color of the dishes served, nature, texture, name, choose a different texture, shape, color, pattern of the vessel.
Do not mix Chinese and Western, the soil and the ocean are not different, not similar.
such as a product of the pills, to use the elegant yellow bottom fine Wenfu plate; such as steamed fish to use white porcelain or celadon fish plate, braised and dry roasted fish with a strong color of the heavy fish plate. Bright color cold dishes cold spell, it is appropriate to use the symmetry of the fine pattern of small flowers round plate.
Feast can not be without wine, pure Chinese food, should avoid beer, European wine (of course, Central Asia can be, such as Persian wine, over the seemingly no one can taste). So Chinese food, it is best to be equipped with a high degree of wine (in fact, high spirits only in recent times), but it seems that the low degree of banquet wine (about 30 degrees), a variety of yellow wine, rice wine is more suitable for both men and women, young and old.
Ancient wine degree is low, wine set is also more huge, with the degree of white wine in the Ming and Qing Dynasties gradually increased, wine set is also getting smaller and smaller. But they are mainly porcelain. Toast to moderation, the ancients drink wine to line wine order, is now nearly extinct. Should be re-promoted to open, especially at home banquets, to save a rough man forced to persuade the wine, where I encountered such rough people, immediately alcohol rose, will be such bad people drink down, to save for the harm banquet, so far also frequently won, because the real high people wine fairy is not persuade people to drink, such as pulling the hard to persuade the people, more than 1 catty 7, 8 two of the amount of wine, so you can get rid of such a person after the peace of mind.
Feast environment, the best completely Chinese, the door two welcome palace lamps. Around the floor screen, seated at the mahogany table, holding ivory chopsticks, listening to the soft music of silk and bamboo, the air wandering silk sandalwood. Through the wooden lattice of the window, and outside the window of the bamboo and willow shade, only to see the lake and mountains. The beauty of it all!
So it is appropriate to set up a few pots of flowers and trees in the hall bonsai, resulting in spring, flowers to welcome the guests of the atmosphere; four walls, hanging calligraphy and paintings, lighting and sound to try to maintain the Chinese characteristics.
As for the formal banquet, as a shopkeeper, should probably be entertained in the following order:
Welcome the guests - parade, guide to the seat, receive hanging clothes and hats, lead to the seat, handing the scarf to purify the hands, on the tea, (to the cigarettes - undesirable, Chinese) (Smoking - not desirable, the ancients did not smoke, it is an imported product)
Eating - serving refreshments, cold cuts, pouring wine, introductions, starting the meal, serving food, renewing the wine, removing the plates.
After the meal - hand over the fragrant towel to clean hands, serve tea. Handing the bill to send the guests
As for the state banquet, now with a split-seat system, four (hot) dishes and a soup, plus cold dishes, desserts, fruit, cold drinks. The drinks are white wine Moutai, yellow wine Shaoxing Jiayin, Tsingtao beer, and mineral water.
State banquets are more important, such as the splendor of the hall, or such as the Diaoyutai Pavilion water pavilion. There are occasionally accompanied by a band, the pulpit. State banquet on each seat must be a three-dimensional cold plate carving, plating.
As for wanting to understand the Ming and Qing official government everyone or the streets and lanes of the city banquet table old system, when re-read the Dream of Red Mansions, the Golden Lotus, and many of the Ming and Qing dynasty novels.
The small table, said the condensation of thousands of years of cultural deposits, not too much.
The beginning of the meal, to pay attention to civilized manners, to pay attention to their "eating". Develop good eating habits. General attention should be paid to the following points:
Let the elders first move the chopsticks to eat, or hear the elders say: "everyone eat it," you then move the chopsticks, can not grab in front of the elders.
When you eat, you should hold up the bowl, with your thumb on the mouth of the bowl, and your index, middle and ring fingers on the bottom of the bowl, with your palms empty. Do not end the bowl ambling on the table to the bowl to eat, not only eating is not elegant, and oppression of the stomach, affecting digestion.
When you clip the food, you should clip from the plate close to or face the edge of their plate, not from the middle of the plate or rely on the side of the others to clip, not to mention chopsticks in the dish to turn around and "looking for", the eyes should not be staring at the dish, and should not be too much to clip the food at a time. When you come across your favorite dishes, you can't eat them all at once, and you can't simply bring the plate to yourself and eat it, taking into account your parents and siblings at the same table. If the dish is not much, you want to "clean" it clean, should consult the table people's opinion, others are said not to eat, you can eat it all.
Advising the family to eat at home, if the chopsticks vertical inserted in the food bowl or basin, often by the elderly family to stop or reprimand, this is why? The original chopstick etiquette has this taboo. China from a very ancient time, there is a food offering to the ancestors of the custom, ancestor worship, taking into account the dead and the living are not the same, the living with chopsticks to eat is very convenient, and the dead have been out of the shell, only the soul floating in the underworld, no longer able to use chopsticks, so the offerings of bowls and pots of chopsticks above the vertical insertion, and the ordinary life if the chopsticks vertical insertion in the bowl or pot, even if it is a taboo.
In terms of food and drink, there are many taboos against the use of chopsticks by the Putian people. It is forbidden to use chopsticks to knock the head and face of babies and children to prevent accidental injury. If the chopsticks are placed flat in the mouth of the bowl, it is called "bowl mouth chopsticks", which is the same as making an expulsion order when inviting guests. Putian coastal fishermen also avoid putting chopsticks in the bowl after dinner, but put the hands of the chopsticks in the bowl around a few times, and then put down the chopsticks, saying that this is afraid of the ship running aground, the chopsticks around a few times, said the fishing boat around the reef and the shoal, and then the mooring will be stable and reliable. Before the meal, a pair of chopsticks is inserted straight into the rice, commonly known as "dead man's chopsticks", which is only done when making offerings to the dead. The chopsticks used are long and short, known as "short-lived chopsticks", and it is a popular belief that if a pregnant woman uses long and short chopsticks, the child she gives birth to will be crippled. It is also taboo to knock the chopsticks against a bowl or box. These are called "begging chopsticks" because beggars often knock on bowls and pots when begging for food, accompanied by the sound of pleading. When you hold a dish, avoid the soup drip drip table, the shape of this situation, such as tears, so it is called "tears chopsticks"; hold the dish and put it down, so-called "halfway chopsticks"; picking and choosing the fat and turn the dish is commonly known as "chaotic chopsticks". Funeral meal, the use of chopsticks must be white, such as the use of red chopsticks is a great disrespect to the deceased, but there are exceptions, such as the deceased has five generations of grandchildren, with red chopsticks to eat the funeral table, it is said that the old man has the blessing of commonly known as "eating blessings". To the family guests dining, or into the restaurant dining, eating chopsticks should not be resting on the bowl mouth, and do not have to wash dishes and chopsticks, generally by the host or the owner of the wash.
The chopsticks should be placed on the right side of the bowl, with the head of the chopsticks facing the seat, while the chopsticks should be placed with the head of the chopsticks facing the god during the rituals, avoiding putting them upside down. There is another taboo in Putian folklore, which is when to move the chopsticks. After sitting down at a banquet, you must see when the person sitting at the chief seat moves the chopsticks before the others can move them, which is also a way to honor the old and respect the wise. Dropping chopsticks during a banquet is considered unlucky, so it is better to change the chopsticks and not to bend down to pick them up. Especially at wedding feasts or during the first month of the lunar calendar, if you accidentally drop chopsticks, it is appropriate to say "happy" (the same sound as chopsticks) or "happy happy happy" in order to retrieve the good omen.
Chinese Han food taboos are popular throughout the country.
Chinese people are accustomed to eating with chopsticks, chopsticks are usually held in the right hand, it is thought that the position of the chopsticks should be moderate, and it is taboo to hold them too high or too low. Because the location of the chopsticks from the hand can be divined in the future to find a child object is far from home or near, chopsticks held too high, the object must be far from home, held too low, the object must be close to home. Some parents are afraid that their children are too far away from them, while some parents hope that their children can go far away, do not have no talent to die in their own side, so they will be on the child to take the chopsticks of the position of the various taboos.
Folk also taboo before eating with chopsticks knock empty bowl. Common thought that this is "poor gas", because the old beggars want to eat when so local knock. Chopsticks inserted in a good rice is also not allowed. It is said that this is the way to honor the ghosts and gods during the funeral, easy to make people think of the dead, is unlucky. It is also taboo to put chopsticks across the bowl in Shandong, which is said to be a way to honor the dead. Legend has it that before the Ming Dynasty, there was a custom to put chopsticks on the bowl, and then Emperor Ming Taizu rebuked that it was an evil pattern, so it gradually became a taboo.
Henan Dancheng folk to eat with chopsticks have eight taboos: one taboo lick chopsticks; two taboos confused chopsticks, can not get the idea, holding the chopsticks at the table wandering search; three taboos move chopsticks, just ate a dish and then ate another dish, in the middle of the non-stop, do not match the rice, the four taboos sticking chopsticks, sticking to the rice of the chopsticks to clip the food; five taboos inserted chopsticks, chopsticks inserted in the rice on the Lei; six taboos across the dishes, when other people clip the dishes, cross over to clip the other dish; Seven taboos hollowing out the Lai, with chopsticks in the middle of the dish picking and eating; eight taboos picking chopsticks, picking teeth with chopsticks. These taboos are mostly related to hygiene, modesty and politeness.
Some other family, wine cups and chopsticks are placed in the rules, not to be placed. There is a "cup not out of the column, chopsticks out of the edge" of the saying. Chopsticks should be placed on the side of the cup to prevent fast (chopsticks) to separate the suspicion that the chopsticks should be generally flush, for fear of being associated with the "three long and short" bad language.
Japanese chopsticks etiquette
1, chopsticks should be held in the left hand
The first step of chopsticks, that is, the way to hold them. The thumb, index finger and middle finger actually touch the chopsticks, but the ring finger and little finger should also be close to the middle finger. Hold the chopsticks horizontally in the center with your right hand, then hold them from the bottom with your right hand and slide your right hand towards the right end of the chopsticks, then, with your palm facing upwards, move towards the center of the chopsticks. When the thumb moves to the top of the center, it should be held tightly, and then let go of the left hand.
2. Separate chopsticks
Chinese chopsticks are often used in hospitality, but the more formal restaurants use high quality chopsticks such as cedar chopsticks with a clear wood grain. To remove the chopsticks, first hold them horizontally as described above, and then gradually pull them apart with both hands, without overdoing it. It is also a bad habit to rub the tips of the chopsticks after pulling them apart, except in the case of very simple chopsticks.
3. Holding chopsticks with a bowl in your hand
When you eat Japanese food, most people eat with a bowl in their hand. If you already have chopsticks in your hand, it is not a violation of etiquette to pick up or put down the bowl with the same hand, but it is much more elegant to pick up the bowl without chopsticks in your hand and with all your fingers straight. If you already have a bowl in your hand, the way you hold the chopsticks is different. Hold the left end of the chopsticks between the middle and ring fingers of your left hand (or between the ring and pinky fingers), and then turn your right hand around to hold them.
Don't forget to always put down your chopsticks first whenever you want to reach for the bowl. It may seem like a lot of work, but it's a habit that comes with the territory.
Chinese people have a long history of eating well
Chinese food has a long history. In this country, which has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, and where food is the only thing that matters to the people, eating etiquette has naturally become an important part of the food culture.
Chinese banquet etiquette is said to have begun in the Zhou Gong, thousands of years of evolution, and finally formed a set of today's generally accepted dietary eating etiquette, is the inheritance and development of the ancient dietary etiquette.
Dietary etiquette varies according to the nature and purpose of the banquet; it also varies greatly from region to region. Ancient dietary etiquette is divided by class: court, government, line gangs, folk, etc.. Modern food etiquette is simplified to: the host (host), the guest. As a guest, you should pay attention to the appearance of the banquet, and decide whether to bring small gifts or good wine according to the relationship between close and distant. Be punctual and keep your appointments at banquets. Upon arrival, the first according to whether they know or not to introduce themselves, or by the host of the introduction of the host, listen to the host of the arrangements, and then take their seats: this "row of seats", is the most important part of the whole Chinese food etiquette.
From ancient times to the present day, as tableware has evolved, so has the seating arrangement. Generally speaking, the seating order is "ShangZhouZhunDong", "face to the door as the honor". The chief of the family feast for the highest generation of elders, the end of the seat for the lowest.
Family banquets, the chief for the status of the most honored guests, the host is at the end of the table. If the chief is not seated, none of the others can be seated, and if the chief has not made a move, no one can make a move.
When the wine round from the chief in order all the way down the toast. If it is a round table, is facing the door of the host guest, the left hand side of the order of 2, 4, 6 ...... right hand side of the order of 3, 5, 7 ...... until the convergence.
If the Baxian Table, if there is a seat facing the door, then the right side of the door side of the master guest. If not facing the door, the right seat on the side facing east is the chief. Then the chief of the left hand side of the sitting away for 2, 4, 6, 8, the right hand side for 3, 5, 7.
If a large banquet, the arrangement of the table with the table in front of the chief of the center, the left hand side of the order of 2, 4, 6 seats, the right hand side of the 3, 5, 7, according to the identity of the host and the guest, the status of the pro and congeniality of the sitting.
To prevent a mistake in the master's seat, you must wait for the master to invite and then enter the seat, know how to be courteous, of course, you should also wait for the elders to take their seats, and then sit down
A few days ago, you received a friend's invitation letter, inviting you to participate in the weekend of his birthday party, it is a Chinese food party. 6 o'clock, you are punctual to go to the appointment, and the guests are all here. Chinese food is very lively, so we usually use a round table, which is not the same as the western long dining table, the identity of the host is not easy to recognize by the position, in order to prevent mistakenly sitting in the master's seat, you must wait for the host to invite and then enter the table, and know how to be courteous, you should of course also wait for the elders to take their seats, and then sit down
Chinese food is usually placed on a round plate table, so that it is convenient for everyone to get the food. When a dish comes to the table, maybe it's right in front of you, so you don't have to be too formal about it, you can put a chopstick in your own bowl first. If the dish is not in front of you, you must not swing up the round plate to turn the table in front of you, or get up and cross half the table to get the food for the people, China's food culture is famous all over the world, of course, Chinese etiquette is also famous. But with the change of the times, food culture is diversifying, the phenomenon of the West to the East is also rising, Chinese food in many of the old manners have long disappeared, but as a state of etiquette, must not just for the sake of appetite, and ignored the minimum courtesy, we should maintain elegant dining etiquette, which in addition to reflecting the personal qualities of other than more to enhance the quality of Chinese food and connotation.
So today, we are going to review the Chinese food etiquette together
A few days ago, you received an invitation from a friend, inviting you to attend his birthday party on the weekend, which is a Chinese food party. 6 o'clock, you went to the appointment on time, and the guests have all arrived. Chinese food is about lively, so usually use a round table, which is not the same as the western long dining table, the identity of the host is not easy to recognize by the location, for the sake of the food, which not only hinders the other guests to dine, but also will leave a bad impression. Don't be in a hurry, the host will assign them one by one to everyone present in order.
Of course you can't be too polite, occasionally taking the initiative to turn the disk to turn the table is also necessary, this is also you show your satisfaction with the dishes. Chinese people eat is the figure of the lively, guests eat happy, the host of course have face. Because the tableware, food is more, so turn the disk to turn the table when you must look around is not a chopsticks cup, otherwise it is easy to knock down a row of dominoes embarrassing scene.
Also, the round table generally turn clockwise, and to see if there are other guests are pinching food, otherwise people think you want to grab his food.
Chinese food, with its different colors and flavors, is best eaten one at a time, and then another when you're finished. Don't pile up too much food in your bowl, as this will not only confuse your palate, but also give the impression that you're not eating properly.
When encountering soup dishes and other dishes that require the use of male chopsticks and spoons, always remember to put down your own chopsticks or spoons and use male chopsticks and spoons to pick up the food, and if you want to give food to your hosts or elders, always use male chopsticks and spoons, which not only conforms to the etiquette of Chinese food, but also has the etiquette of public **** hygiene in it.
Chopsticks are the most Chinese color and the most delicate tableware in Chinese food. Chopsticks are used as a dining tool, so they should never be held in the hand to play or knock the dishes, which is very rude. If the dish is not easy to hold with chopsticks, you can use a spoon to assist, so that the soup will not flow everywhere, and a round ball will not pop up and run all over the table. It's best to put the food in front of you on a plate, so that you don't look too eager to eat. If you encounter others to pinch the food, be humble and avoid "chopstick fights". Also, don't use chopsticks to dig three feet into a dish, as this is not only unhygienic, but also offensive to other guests. The etiquette and culture of chopsticks is so profound that I will talk about it in a future program. If you are done eating, you should restore your chopsticks to their original state and put them back on the chopstick holders.
While you won't find toothpicks on a Western table, you'll usually find them on a Chinese table. In fact, the most polite thing you can do is not to pick your teeth at the table, but if you really need to, you should always use a napkin or your hand to cover them up. I don't think it needs to be said that you should do the same.
Chinese food wouldn't be an authentic Chinese meal without tea. If you happen to be closest to the teapot, then you should take on the responsibility of pouring the tea, starting with the oldest, and working your way down in order, before finally taking your turn. And if someone else pours the tea for you, it's polite to tap the table with your finger as a sign of gratitude and respect to the person who poured the tea, or if you're not used to it, be sure to use words or gestures to show your appreciation.
Eating a **** meal together can be a great way to bond, and eating Chinese food provides a shortcut for this. A dish we all eat, I serve you food, you persuade me to drink, we are happy, this is the atmosphere of Chinese food. But in the dining process should also pay attention to certain etiquette, can not be too happy, or it will be a mess, in harmony and harmony, in order to enjoy the reunion of the lively, this is the culture of Chinese food.
If you have read Dream of the Red Chamber, or other Ming and Qing dynasty novels, you must have a deep memory of the complexity of the dining etiquette, a small table, it can be said that condensed the Chinese culture for thousands of years. Although modern dining does not use these red tape, but the necessary etiquette is still essential. I believe that, as long as we have more respect and care, Chinese etiquette and culture will be able to pass down through the ages, and our dining mood will be more pleasant and harmonious.