The spout of the teapot on the dining table should face outward because:

1. In the old days, when people wanted to travel far away from each other, they would toast (tea) to say goodbye, and the spout of the teapot would be the cup of the person who went away. Therefore, the spout of the pot to the person has the meaning that the person is leaving.

2, the spout does not punch people is a special Chinese folklore, if the punch people, it means bad luck, rude, disrespectful. This saying is generally artificially derived from the "Confucius worship".

Confucius worship teacher Laozi, to Laozi tea worship ritual, Laozi received tea, Confucius will be placed on the teapot on the shelf. However, the spout of the teapot was facing Laozi, who threw the tea away and closed the door.

3. The spout of the teapot is pointed at the person, which means that the person is not welcome by the master, meaning that the person is being driven away. If you know what you are doing, you can leave of your own accord to avoid any unpleasantness.

4, according to the experience of making tea, the spout of the pot to the guests, the pot of boiling water will accidentally overflow to hurt the guests, but also not conducive to the subsequent pouring of tea to add tea, is the master of the manifestation of the ill-considered.

5, when a guest visits, if the master just encountered inconvenient to explain the emergency, the situation, it will take the mouth of the pot to imply that the guest to see, will be interested in leaving, so that we all fell easy and natural.

6, this habit from the "Zhouyi". From the point of view of "Zhouyi", the sharp things will form a kind of dash, the mouth of the pot is not placed on the person that is to avoid the dash. Therefore, the spout must face outward, to the door or window, if not, it will bring inexplicable sense of panic.

Expanded:

Love pots of people love tea, a guest, soak a pot of good tea, serve a cup of hot tea for the guests, a custom, but also expresses the guest's

1, said the host of the guests of the welcome and attention, holding a cup of tea, in fact, is also given to the guests of a kind of respect.

2, a pot of hot tea, like a cup of wine, gentleman's friendship, in which. A pot of tea, on behalf of the host's hospitality, a friend to the home, a fragrant tea, contains the host of all the guests of the deep friendship.

3, a pot of hot tea, can be savored for a long time, the cup in hand, even if nothing is said, will not make people feel embarrassed. So a good cup of tea for the guests, but also to regulate the atmosphere, relax the mood of the guests, to avoid the formalities.

Chinese Civilization Network - Why the pot spout should not be directed at others after pouring tea