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Square dining system:
Historically, the system of separate meals has existed in China for a long time. In primitive society, the level of productivity is low, and people can eat food equally. This way of dividing food into small portions for everyone before eating is an early form of separate meals.
The Western Zhou Dynasty was the beginning of China's pre-Qin diet system. The son of heaven eats nine ding, the king eats seven ding, the vassal eats five ding, and the doctor eats three ding. It must be a nobleman who rings the bell for dinner. "This is the ancient' hunting ding' system.
During the Warring States Period, Meng Changjun invited all the guests from all over the world, and treated the thousands of diners who came to him equally, regardless of their position, eating the same as himself. At a banquet, a waiter accidentally blocked the light, and a chivalrous man thought it must be that his diet was different from that of Meng Changjun.
So this man is very angry and he wants to leave. To tell the truth, Meng Changjun personally picked up his own food and showed it to the chivalrous man to show that everyone used the same food. The chivalrous man was ashamed and drew his sword to apologize.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, dining forms were divided into cases. "Historical Records of Xiang Yu" records: "Wang Xiang stayed with Pei Gong and drank this day. Wang Xianghe and Xiang Bo sit in the east, and Yafu sits in the south. Father, Fan Zeng also. Pei Gong sits in the north and Sean waits in the west. "
Sui and Tang Dynasties. With new high chairs and big tables, people basically gave up sitting on the floor and sat in big chairs instead. This also directly affects the changes in eating patterns. Eating with high tables and big chairs has become a habit in the Tang Dynasty.
After the Song Dynasty, the number of "eating beds" continued to increase, and the system of eating together further developed. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the separate dining system basically replaced the separate dining system. In A Dream of Red Mansions, the scenes of Jia's banquet were all scenes where everyone ate around a table.
Anti-party meal system:
Eating together has narrowed the distance between people and promoted cooperation. Eating together has cultivated China people's communication ability, created exchange places, promoted mutual understanding and increased cooperation opportunities.
Eating together increases the harmony between people. Eating around the table is a mode to solve contradictions and disputes. Eating together satisfies people's demand for food diversity and also satisfies people's different selectivity.
The way of dining together was finally formed in the Song Dynasty at the latest. The change from sharing meals to sharing meals is the product of the development of social civilization to a certain extent; Dining system has a profound influence on our national temperament and culture, and our behavioral characteristics and cultural characteristics can be interpreted from the dining system.
However, during the period of coronavirus and SARS, the catering industry in China either changed its management mechanism, broke the traditional gathering form, and implemented the meal sharing system, or closed down. In this life-and-death moment, the catering industry in China has mostly implemented a separate meal system. For their own safety, consumers also take the initiative to ask for separate meals. They all have their own values in different periods.