Food gift? It is a general term for concepts such as food etiquette, food etiquette system, food etiquette, food custom, food courtesy and food etiquette. Among them, food etiquette is the social norm and moral norm that people should follow in their food activities; Dietary etiquette system is a dietary system and an important classics affirmed by the national etiquette law; Dietary etiquette is a variety of ceremonies held ceremoniously to show some respect at the banquet; Dietary manners and customs are related to etiquette, etiquette system and etiquette and have been circulating among the people for a long time. Catering courtesy is a daily code of conduct to show respect and friendship in catering activities. Dietary etiquette is a comprehensive evaluation of the degree of dietary etiquette and dietary manners. In a word, as an important part of "ceremony", food ceremony is a vivid embodiment of social norms and laws and regulations in drinking and feasting, civilized education and communication norms in catering activities, and the appearance, manners, demeanor and temperament of the people attending the banquet and the host.

The food ceremony covers a wide range and can be classified in many ways. If divided by times, there are primitive social food rituals, slave social food rituals, feudal social food rituals, capitalist social food rituals and socialist social food rituals; According to ethnic groups, there are Han nationality food rituals and ethnic minority food rituals; According to the stratum, there are royal court food, government officials' food, soldiers' food in barracks, scholars' food in colleges, merchants' food in markets, craftsmen's food in banks, urban residents' food and rural farmers' food. Regionally, there are food rituals in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, East China, Central South China and Southwest China. According to their uses, there are various kinds of food gifts, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, respecting teachers, respecting the virtuous and providing for the aged, giving food for birthdays, weddings and funerals, giving a diet in New Year's greetings, giving a farewell dinner, having a party for poetry and poetry, having a social fun, catering for gangs in all walks of life and catering for folk entertainment, with rich forms and contents. From the emperors and generals down to the common people, they all had extensive contact with it and relied on it for social communication.

since ancient times, China has been? State of etiquette? 、? The land of food ceremony? . The history of understanding ceremony, practicing ceremony, observing ceremony and valuing ceremony has a long history. According to the Book of Rites, it is recorded that "at the beginning of a husband's ceremony, he began to eat and drink." The earliest food ceremony is directly related to the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. In this regard, there is a general description in the Book of Rites, which is to the effect that the ancestors of primitive society roasted millet and pork pieces on a burning stone to offer food, dug holes in the ground as wine bottles to offer drinks with their hands, and beat the earth drum with a long mallet tied with thatch to show their reverence and sacrifice to ghosts and gods. Later, the food ceremony expanded the communication between people from the communication between people and ghosts, so as to adjust the increasingly complex social relations and gradually form auspicious gifts, fierce gifts, military gifts, guest gifts, and good gifts? Five pre-Qin rites? , laid the cornerstone of ancient food etiquette.

after the birth of the food ceremony, in order to make it play better? By the country, the country, the people, and the heirs? The role of the duke of Zhou first revised his theological concept and put forward? Mingde? 、? Jingde? The idea, through? System of rites and music? Some specific provisions were made for the royal and vassal banquets. Then, the three masters of the Confucian school-Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi-continued to standardize the food ceremony, supplementing the connotations of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and law, and expanding the ethical relationship between adults. Divide points by courtesy? Eliminate disasters and eliminate disasters. Their students also elaborated and enriched the theory of the former teachers, and finally formed three classic works, Zhou Li, Yi Li and Li Ji, which became the core and soul of the feudal patriarchal clan system for thousands of years. Because of the emphasis? People are rude, things are rude, and countries are rude. Food ceremony and other ceremonies have become the social norms and moral norms of the aristocratic hierarchy in slave society and feudal society, and the ideological tools to maintain the system of oppression and exploitation. However, there are also some positive and healthy contents in ancient food rituals, that is, the code of conduct between people and the courtesy of banquets and restaurants. In the long-term spread process, it has been accepted by the broad masses of working people, evolved into various reasonable food etiquette and customs, and become one of the outstanding cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.