the catering ceremony of the Eight Rites

Definition: Pay attention to civilized manners in daily family dining, dining in public places, social gathering, etc., so as to pay attention to hygiene, cherish food, eat frugally and eat elegantly.

Specific requirements: Don't smack your lips when eating, and don't talk without food in your mouth

Don't tell disgusting jokes when eating in some taboo places on the dining table, which will not only affect the appetite of diners, but also show that one is uncivilized. Don't put chopsticks vertically on the bowl and basin, because there is this taboo in the etiquette of using chopsticks. Since ancient times, China has had the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors with food. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, considering that the dead and the living are different, it is very convenient for the living to eat with chopsticks, while the dead have left the body, and only the soul wanders in the underworld, so they can no longer use chopsticks freely. Therefore, chopsticks are inserted vertically on the bowls and basins of sacrifices, but in ordinary life, if chopsticks are inserted vertically on the bowls or basins, it is a taboo.

The following is a summary of table manners:

When the elders eat together, the elders should move chopsticks first before the younger generation can move chopsticks.

Don't hold the spoon and chopsticks in your hand at the same time. Put the spoon on the table when using chopsticks.

don't make noise when eating, and don't let spoons and chopsticks touch the bowl and make noise.

Don't stir the food with spoons and chopsticks, and don't pick out the food and condiments you don't eat.

When eating, don't let food stick to spoons and chopsticks. After eating, clean the rice bowl with water.

*** The food to be enjoyed should be put on their own plates before eating, and vinegar sauce and hot sauce should also be dipped in the plates to eat

bones or fishbones that can't be swallowed during meals, so as to avoid being wrapped in paper by others and thrown into the trash can.

When coughing or sneezing during meals, cover your mouth with your hand or handkerchief after removing your face, so as not to be rude.

don't eat too fast or too slowly, and keep pace with others.

when dining with elders, wait until the elders put down their spoons and chopsticks.

after eating, put the spoon and chopsticks in the original position, and put the used napkins on the table one after another.