1. Seating arrangement: Chinese table manners are: first invite the guests to sit on the upper seat, and then invite the elders to sit next to the guests. When seated from the left side of the chair to enter. The host must pay attention to the point is not to let the guests sit close to the seat of the food, this is a big no-no. In the case of a round table, the main seat is the one facing the door. The more popular modern Chinese banquet etiquette, the seating order borrowed from the West to the right of the law, the first guest of honor sits on the right side of the host, the second guest of honor sits on the left side of the host or the right side of the first guest of honor. In the Western table manners, the hostess announced that the dinner is ready, the host leads the guests to take their seats, the general seating arrangement to the principle of segregation of men and women, the male guest of honor is seated first, the position of the hostess on the right, while the female guest of honor in the male guest of honor on the right, the other couples are seated in a diagonal manner.

2. The order of serving: The order of serving in Chinese food is usually cold dishes, drinks or wine, then hot dishes, main dishes and soups, and finally fruits and desserts. And the western serving program is usually: buttered bread, cold dishes, seafood, main course, dessert, coffee and fruit. Cold dishes, also called hors d'oeuvres, are served as the first course and are usually served with an aperitif.

3. Tableware: Chinese tableware mainly includes chopsticks, plates, bowls and spoons. In formal banquets, the water cup is usually placed on the upper left of the dish, the wine glass is placed on the upper right of the dish. The tableware of western food mainly includes knives, forks, bowls, plates, saucers and so on. 4. Napkin: Chinese food in the formal dining before the waiter will be handed a -9- hot towel for each person, it can only be used to wipe their hands, after wiping their hands, should be put back to the original plate, taken away by the waiter, before the end of the banquet, there will be another piece of wet towel used to wipe their mouths, can not be used to wipe the sweat, wipe the face. Western food, napkins on the plate, either on the side of the plate.

5. Stop the food method: at the end of Chinese food, chopsticks should be neatly placed on the table to the right of the bowl, and should wait for the guests to put down their chopsticks after the host signaled to leave the table before you can leave, can not eat by themselves and put down their chopsticks to go, this is a very impolite performance. And at the end of the western food, to the bottom of the fork upward, the knife blade side inward and fork together, parallel to the plate, and to put the handle on the plate in order to facilitate the waiter to clean up.

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