The seat facing the door is for the first person, and the second person is the one opposite the door with their back to it. The master's right hand side is the first seat, commonly known as the "big guest", the left hand side is the second seat, and the second mate's right hand side is the third seat, and the left hand side is the fourth seat. The master of the house arranges the position of the guests according to their status, while the guests can choose to be seated in any other position except for these specific ones.

Table manners:

The question of dining etiquette has a long history. According to the literature can be seen, at least in the Zhou Dynasty, food and drink etiquette has formed a set of quite a perfect system, especially by the Confucius who served as a priest of the State of Lu's praise and esteem and has become an important aspect of the performance of successive dynasties of the appearance of a great country, a state of etiquette, civilization. As the Han tradition of ancient banquet etiquette, has its own set of procedures: the host folded invitations, temporary welcome guests at the door. Guests arrived, greetings, introduced into the living room to sit, toast to refreshments.