Etiquette at the dinner table

Since being sensible, the most important thing is to eat the rice bowl clean and not leave any grains.

then don't spill rice, which is too wasteful. Because my parents came from that hard time.

if these are basic requirements, there are some that are special.

When you eat, you must put your rice bowl in your hand, not put it on the table. I guess it's convenient for people next to me to pick up food.

The hand holding chopsticks can't point any finger straight, otherwise the pointed person will think you are aiming at him.

When picking vegetables, you can't carry the residue of vegetable rice on the chopsticks, which is a sign of inattention (lack of hygiene).

after eating, if you finish eating first, you'd better put your rice bowl in the place where the dishes are washed, not on the table, especially when there are guests. Because the guests will be embarrassed to continue eating because of your bowl stop.

When picking vegetables, you'd better look at which one to pick, and avoid rummaging in the dish bowl with chopsticks. This is very impolite.

don't sandwich the food you don't eat, especially when you eat at someone else's house.

Try to wait until everyone is here, not to have fun together, but to prevent others from eating what you've stirred up with chopsticks.

it is time to go to the toilet before and after meals, and it is forbidden to go to the toilet when eating.

don't put your favorite food in front of you and eat it hard.

don't scratch the bottom of the pot when you add food to the guests, because that is a sign that there is not enough food.

When the table is big, it's best to scoop a dish into two plates, so you don't have to reach for the opposite dish.

You can't put chopsticks on the edge of the bowl before and after meals. This is a way to call the old man (ancestor worship).

clean the dishes that you put into the bowl with sea pepper paste.

The amount of food you pick up at a time should be one or two bites at a time, and piling up food in a rice bowl is an act of grabbing food from others.

don't scoop rice with a frying spatula, it will spoil the rice.

When eating, don't ask anyone if the food they haven't tasted is delicious. Try to try it yourself.

Taboos at the dinner table

First, don't knock on the bowl with chopsticks

According to the old custom, beggars knock on empty bowls and beg from door to door. Therefore, children are taught from an early age not to knock on the bowl with chopsticks before or during eating, otherwise they will be severely reprimanded by their elders, especially adults.

second, avoid holding the bowl palm up

The gesture of holding the bowl is very particular. You must not hold all five fingers on the bottom of the bowl with the palm up. Because the beggar's begging posture is like this, it is regarded as a taboo to end the bowl.

Third, avoid putting chopsticks vertically in the rice

In the old custom, chopsticks were directly inserted vertically in the rice when offering sacrifices to the dead, so it was considered unlucky. When people eat, it is taboo.

Fourth, avoid putting chopsticks on both sides of the cup

A pair of chopsticks should be placed on the same side of the bowl and the cup, instead of putting a chopstick on one side, otherwise it will be considered unlucky, right? Quick (chopsticks) separation? The homonym is not conducive to family feelings.

5. Avoid being distracted while eating

Nowadays, people often watch TV, read books and chat while eating. In the old days, eating was a very serious business, right? Eating without words? In short, it is considered disrespectful to avoid distractions during eating, such as eating while looking in the mirror, working while eating, playing while eating, etc.

six, avoid saying unlucky words at dinner

It is also taboo to say unlucky words at dinner, so it is forbidden to mention injuries, deaths, diseases, disasters, disasters, etc. when eating.

seven, avoid lying still after meals

after meals, it is best to exercise, so there are? Walk a hundred paces after dinner, can you live ninety-nine? Say, so don't lie still after a meal, say? If you don't move after a meal, you must get sick? .

8. Do not take a bath or shave your head after meals.

What do people have? Don't take a bath when you are full, or shave your head when you are drunk? 、? Do you shave your head when you are full? Wait for the statement. So don't take a bath or shave your head after meals.

9. Don't eat leftovers

As the saying goes? Children have left the bottom of the bowl and grow up to marry a hemp wife? 、? Eat not only, good sores? And so on, and think? If you practice grain, you will be struck by lightning . Therefore, adults require children not to eat leftovers from an early age, and eat as much as they can. If children eat leftovers, adults should also eat them. If adults leave leftovers, people will think that family education is not good and they have not been educated well since childhood.

11. Taboos for entertaining guests

When having a meal, the host should personally serve the guests with dishes and toast to show his respect for the guests.

1. Don't turn the spoon out when serving food

There are two old sayings about this taboo. One is that the spoon turns out when serving food to prisoners in the cell, and the other is to avoid the outflow of money and water.

2. The host is forbidden to leave the table in advance

At the banquet, the host always sits with him, so as not to leave the table in advance, so as not to make the guests feel uneasy about eating.

3. Don't take away the empty dishes before eating, and don't wipe the table and sweep the floor.

When eating, don't take away the empty bowls and dishes, and don't wipe the table and sweep the floor before eating. Folklore thinks this is? Drive away guests? The move.

4. Don't show the teapot and jug to people when entertaining guests

11. Don't give guests jiaozi for the first meal

As the saying goes? Jiaozi's welcoming face? Therefore, in Shandong area, when guests come, avoid eating dumplings for the first meal, so as not to make the guests think that they are unwelcome, which is to drive them away.

12. Taboos for eating when you are a guest

When you are a guest for dinner, there are also many taboos in manners and manners, so you must pay attention to them so as not to bring embarrassment and bad luck to both sides.

1. Avoid transferring wine bottles and spilling wine.

As the saying goes:? Sit still. ? It is said that it will be litigious for anyone who drinks to transfer the bottles and sprinkles.

2. Don't take off your clothes and loosen your belt during dinner

3. Don't talk about the bad food

4. Don't stand up and pick up distant dishes

5. Don't eat empty dishes

6. Don't ask for more food and rice

7. Don't turn the fish over when eating fish. As the saying goes? Don't you turn the fish?

8. Don't leave without saying goodbye, and so on.