praise the Lord's name before meals
praise the Lord after meals
guests who fast can skip fasting
eat nearby and advise people who don't know the etiquette of eating
it is forbidden to continuously feed dates and others into their mouths unless their companions
don't eat from the edge of the plate
don't lean against it
eat with three fingers
now. The best solution at this time is to say how you feel. Toasts never take too long. If you are called to make a toast when you are unprepared, you can say something simple to get out of trouble, such as "My regards to Ken, and God bless you." Or "Greetings to our excellent friend and great boss, Greta."
But if you want to be more graceful and eloquent, you will want to add some memories, compliments and related stories or jokes. However, the toast should be consistent with the occasion. A sense of humor rarely seems out of place, but a toast at a wedding should focus on emotion, a toast to a retired employee should focus on nostalgia, and so on.
At a dinner party, making a toast is usually the priority of the host or hostess. If there is no toast, the guest can propose a toast to the host. If one of the hosts makes a toast first, a guest can make a toast in the second.
On the occasion of the ceremony, there is usually a hostess. If there is no hostess, the chairman of the organizing committee will make the necessary toast after the meal and before the speech. On less formal occasions, you can propose a toast after wine and champagne are served. The toaster doesn't have to drink the wine in the glass. One sip at a time is enough.
you may not touch all kinds of alcoholic drinks, including wine, even when toasting. When the wine is handed over, you can of course refuse and raise the goblet with soda water during the toast. In the past, there was no toast unless it was an alcoholic drink, but today all kinds of drinks can be used to toast. In any case, you should stand up and join in this activity, at least you should not sit in your seat extremely disrespectfully.
"food etiquette" is a general term for concepts such as food etiquette, food etiquette system, food etiquette, food customs, food courtesy and food etiquette. Among them, food etiquette is the social norm and moral norm that people should follow in their food activities; Dietary etiquette system is a dietary system and an important classics affirmed by the national etiquette law; Dietary etiquette is a variety of ceremonies held ceremoniously to show some respect at the banquet; Dietary manners and customs are related to etiquette, etiquette system and etiquette and have been circulating among the people for a long time. Catering courtesy is a daily code of conduct to show respect and friendship in catering activities. Dietary etiquette is a comprehensive evaluation of the degree of dietary etiquette and dietary manners. In a word, as an important part of "ceremony", food ceremony is a vivid embodiment of social norms and laws and regulations in drinking and feasting, civilized education and communication norms in catering activities, and the appearance, manners, demeanor and temperament of the people attending the banquet and the host.
The food ceremony covers a wide range and can be classified in many ways. If divided by times, there are primitive social food rituals, slave social food rituals, feudal social food rituals, capitalist social food rituals and socialist social food rituals; According to ethnic groups, there are Han nationality food rituals and ethnic minority food rituals; According to the stratum, there are royal court food, government officials' food, soldiers' food in barracks, scholars' food in colleges, merchants' food in markets, craftsmen's food in banks, urban residents' food and rural farmers' food. Regionally, there are food rituals in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, East China, Central South China and Southwest China. According to their uses, there are various kinds of food gifts, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, respecting teachers, respecting the virtuous and providing for the aged, giving food for birthdays, weddings and funerals, giving a diet in New Year's greetings, giving a farewell dinner, having a party for poetry and poetry, having a social fun, catering for gangs in all walks of life and catering for folk entertainment, with rich forms and contents. From the emperors and generals down to the common people, they all had extensive contact with it and relied on it for social communication.
since ancient times, China has been "a country of etiquette" and "a country of food and ceremony". The history of understanding ceremony, practicing ceremony, observing ceremony and valuing ceremony has a long history. According to the Book of Rites, it is recorded that "at the beginning of a husband's ceremony, he began to eat and drink." The earliest food ceremony is directly related to the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. In this regard, there is a general description in the Book of Rites, which is to the effect that the ancestors of primitive society roasted millet and pork pieces on a burning stone to offer food, dug holes in the ground as wine bottles to offer drinks with their hands, and beat the earth drum with a long mallet tied with thatch to show their reverence and sacrifice to ghosts and gods. Later, the food ceremony expanded the communication between people from the communication between people and ghosts, in order to adjust the increasingly complex social relations, and gradually formed the "five pre-Qin ceremonies" such as auspicious ceremony, fierce ceremony, military ceremony, guest ceremony and good ceremony, which laid the cornerstone of the ancient food ceremony system.
After the birth of the food ceremony, in order to make it better play the role of "governing the country, setting the country, ordering the people and benefiting the heirs", Duke Zhou first revised his theological concept, put forward the idea of "respecting morality" and made some specific provisions on the royal and vassal banquets through the "system of rites and music". Then, the three masters of the Confucian school-Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi-continued to standardize the food etiquette, supplemented the connotations of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and law, expanded the ethical relationship between adults, and "divided by etiquette" to eliminate disasters. Their students also elaborated and enriched the theory of the former teachers, and finally formed three classic works, Zhou Li, Yi Li and Li Ji, which became the core and soul of the feudal patriarchal clan system for thousands of years. Because of the emphasis on "people are rude, things can't be rude, and countries are rude and restless", food rituals and other rituals have become the social norms and moral norms of the aristocratic hierarchy in slave society and feudal society, and the ideological tools to maintain the system of oppression and exploitation. However, there are also some positive and healthy contents in ancient food rituals, that is, the code of conduct between people and the courtesy of banquets and restaurants. In the long-term spread process, it has been accepted by the broad masses of working people, evolved into various reasonable food etiquette and customs, and become one of the outstanding cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.
"food etiquette" is a general term for concepts such as food etiquette, food etiquette system, food etiquette, food customs, food courtesy and food etiquette. Among them, food etiquette is the social norm and moral norm that people should follow in their food activities; Dietary etiquette system is a dietary system and an important classics affirmed by the national etiquette law; Dietary etiquette is a variety of ceremonies held ceremoniously to show some respect at the banquet; Dietary manners and customs are related to etiquette, etiquette system and etiquette and have been circulating among the people for a long time. Catering courtesy is a daily code of conduct to show respect and friendship in catering activities. Dietary etiquette is a comprehensive evaluation of the degree of dietary etiquette and dietary manners. In a word, as an important part of "ceremony", food ceremony is a vivid embodiment of social norms and laws and regulations in drinking and feasting, civilized education and communication norms in catering activities, and the appearance, manners, demeanor and temperament of the people attending the banquet and the host.
The food ceremony covers a wide range and can be classified in many ways. If divided by times, there are primitive social food rituals, slave social food rituals, feudal social food rituals, capitalist social food rituals and socialist social food rituals; According to ethnic groups, there are Han nationality food rituals and ethnic minority food rituals; According to the stratum, there are royal court food, government officials' food, soldiers' food in barracks, scholars' food in colleges, merchants' food in markets, craftsmen's food in banks, urban residents' food and rural farmers' food. Regionally, there are food rituals in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, East China, Central South China and Southwest China. According to their uses, there are various kinds of food gifts, such as offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, respecting teachers, respecting the virtuous and providing for the aged, giving food for birthdays, weddings and funerals, giving a diet in New Year's greetings, giving a farewell dinner, having a party for poetry and poetry, having a social fun, catering for gangs in all walks of life and catering for folk entertainment, with rich forms and contents. From the emperors and generals down to the common people, they all had extensive contact with it and relied on it for social communication.
since ancient times, China has been "a country of etiquette" and "a country of food and ceremony". The history of understanding ceremony, practicing ceremony, observing ceremony and valuing ceremony has a long history. According to the Book of Rites, it is recorded that "at the beginning of a husband's ceremony, he began to eat and drink." The earliest food ceremony is directly related to the ancient ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods. In this regard, there is a general description in the Book of Rites, which is to the effect that the ancestors of primitive society roasted millet and pork pieces on a burning stone to offer food, dug holes in the ground as wine bottles to offer drinks with their hands, and beat the earth drum with a long mallet tied with thatch to show their reverence and sacrifice to ghosts and gods. Later, the food ceremony expanded the communication between people from the communication between people and ghosts, in order to adjust the increasingly complex social relations, and gradually formed the "five pre-Qin ceremonies" such as auspicious ceremony, fierce ceremony, military ceremony, guest ceremony and good ceremony, which laid the cornerstone of the ancient food ceremony system.
After the birth of the food ceremony, in order to make it better play the role of "governing the country, setting the country, ordering the people and benefiting the heirs", Duke Zhou first revised his theological concept, put forward the idea of "respecting morality" and made some specific provisions on the royal and vassal banquets through the "system of rites and music". Then, the three masters of the Confucian school-Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi-continued to standardize the food etiquette, supplemented the connotations of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and law, expanded the ethical relationship between adults, and "divided by etiquette" to eliminate disasters. Their students also elaborated and enriched the theory of the former teachers, and finally formed three classic works, Zhou Li, Yi Li and Li Ji, which became the core and soul of the feudal patriarchal clan system for thousands of years. Because of the emphasis on "people are rude, things can't be rude, and countries are rude and restless", food rituals and other rituals have become the social norms and moral norms of the aristocratic hierarchy in slave society and feudal society, and the ideological tools to maintain the system of oppression and exploitation. However, there are also some positive and healthy contents in ancient food rituals, that is, the code of conduct between people and the courtesy of banquets and restaurants. In the long-term spread process, it has been accepted by the broad masses of working people, evolved into various reasonable food etiquette and customs, and become one of the outstanding cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.