It is praiseworthy not to be fussy about food
The guest who fasts may refrain from fasting
Eating close by Exhortation to those who do not know the etiquette of eating
Prohibition against feeding dates and other things into the mouth in succession, except by a companion
Eating from the edges of the plate, not the center
Not to eat leaning against one another
To eat with three fingers
It is better to sit down and drink than to stand and watch and drink. >Eat with three fingers
Blowing in your drink is an abomination
It is better to sit down and drink than to stand and look
It can be very nerve-wracking to be put forward to propose a toast when you are unprepared. The best solution at this point is to say how you feel. A toast never needs to be long. If you are called upon to make a toast when you are unprepared, you can get out of it by saying something as simple as, "Greetings to Ken, and God bless you." Or "To a wonderful friend and great boss, Greta."
But if you want to be more poised and eloquent, you'll want to add memories, compliments, and relevant stories or jokes. However, toasts should be and match the occasion. A sense of humor is rarely out of place, but a toast at a wedding should focus on the emotional aspect, a toast honoring a retiring employee should focus on nostalgia, and so on.
At a dinner party, giving a toast is usually the priority of the host or hostess. If no one makes a toast, a guest may propose a toast to the host. If one of the hosts makes the first toast, a guest may make the second.
On ceremonial occasions, there is usually a Master of Ceremonies, or if there is not, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, will make the necessary toasts at the end of the meal, before the speeches begin. On less formal occasions, a toast may be proposed as soon as the wine and champagne are served. It is not necessary for the toast maker to drink from the glass. A sip at a time is sufficient.
You probably don't touch alcoholic beverages of any kind, including wine, at all, even when toasting. When the wine is passed around, you can certainly decline and raise a tall glass filled with seltzer water during the toast. In the past, a toast was not made unless it was an alcoholic beverage, but today all kinds of beverages can be used to make a toast. In any case, you should stand up and join in the fun, or at least not sit in your seat with extreme rudeness.
"Food etiquette" is a generic term for the concepts of food etiquette, food rituals, food etiquette, food etiquette, food customs, food courtesy, and food etiquette. Among them, dietary etiquette is people in the dietary activities should follow the social norms and ethical norms; dietary etiquette is the national etiquette of the dietary rules and regulations and important scriptures; dietary etiquette is a feast in order to show some kind of respect and ceremonies; dietary etiquette and etiquette, etiquette, etiquette and related to and in the folk dietary practices have been passed down for a long time; dietary etiquette is the food and drink activities to express respect and Friendship daily behavioral norms. Dietary etiquette is a comprehensive evaluation of dietary etiquette and dietary manners. In short, as an important part of the "rites", food etiquette is the social norms and rules and regulations of drinking and feasting, the civilized upbringing and social norms of the catering activities, and the vivid embodiment of the instrumentation, demeanor, demeanor, and temperament of the person who attends the banquet and the host.
The food rituals cover a wide range, can be categorized in a variety of ways. Such as by age, there are primitive society food rituals, slave society food rituals, feudal society food rituals, capitalist society food rituals and socialist society food rituals; divided by ethnicity, there are Han food rituals and ethnic minorities food rituals; divided by class, there are the Royal Court food rituals, official red gentry food rituals, military generals food rituals, the College of the scholar food rituals, the market food rituals merchants and businessmen, the line of the artisan food rituals, food rituals for urban residents and rural farmers food rituals; according to the regional division, there are the northeast region food rituals, food rituals and hosts of the gesture, temperament. By region, there are food rituals in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, East China, Central and Southwest China; by purpose, there are food rituals for gods and ancestors, food rituals for teachers, food rituals for elders, food rituals for longevity, food rituals for weddings and funerals, food rituals for New Year's feasts, food rituals for farewell parties, food rituals for poems and literature, food rituals for social fun, food rituals for clubs, and food rituals for folk entertainments, which are colorful in form and content. The forms and contents of these ceremonies are rich and colorful. From the emperor and generals, down to the people, all with a wide range of contacts, all rely on it for social communication.
Since ancient times, China is a "state of etiquette", "food rituals of the country". The history of understanding, practicing, observing and emphasizing etiquette has a long history. According to the "Rites of Passage", "The first rite of passage begins with food and drink." The earliest food rituals are directly related to the ancient rituals of sacrificing to the gods. In this regard, "Rites of Passage" has a general description, to the effect that: the primitive society of the first people, the millet and pork pieces on the burning stone roasted and offer food, in the ground as a bottle of wine carved into the bottle with the hands of cups and offer to drink, but also with thatched straw tied to a long mallet to beat the drums, in order to express the fear of ghosts and gods and sacrifices. Later, the food rituals were extended from the communication between people and gods and ghosts to the communication between people, in order to regulate the increasingly complex social relations, and gradually formed the "pre-Qin five rituals", such as the auspicious rituals, the ferocious rituals, the military rituals, the guest rituals, the good rituals, and so on, laying the cornerstone of the ancient dietary etiquette system.
After the birth of the food rituals, in order to make it better play the role of "by the state, set the country, order the people, and benefit the heirs", the Duke of Zhou firstly revised his theological concepts, put forward the idea of "Ming De" and "Jing De", and through the "Duke of Zhou", he proposed the idea of "the virtue of the world" and "respect for virtue". The Duke of Zhou first revised his theological concepts, put forward the ideas of "virtue" and "respect for virtue", and made some specific regulations on the ceremonial banquets of the royal family and the vassals through the "making of rites and music". Then, the three great masters of Confucianism, Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi, continued to regulate the food rituals, adding the connotations of benevolence, righteousness, rites and laws, expanding the ethical relationship between human beings, and "fixing the score with the rites", so as to eliminate calamities and disasters. Their students also elaborated and enriched the theories of their forefathers, and finally formed the three classical works, the Zhou Rites, the Rites of Passage, and the Records of Rites, which became the core and soul of the feudal patriarchal system for thousands of years. Since it is emphasized that "no man can live without rites, nothing can be accomplished without rites, and the country will not be peaceful without rites", the food rites, together with other rites, have become the social and ethical norms of the aristocratic hierarchy of the slave and feudal societies, as well as the ideological tools to maintain the system of oppression and exploitation. However, there is also a part of positive and healthy content in the ancient food rites, which is the code of conduct between people and the etiquette on feasts and meals. In the process of long-term circulation, it was accepted by the masses of working people and evolved into a variety of reasonable dietary etiquette and manners, becoming one of the outstanding cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.
"Food etiquette" is a general term for the concepts of dietary etiquette, dietary etiquette, dietary etiquette, dietary etiquette, dietary courtesy, dietary etiquette and so on. Among them, dietary etiquette is the social norms and moral norms that people should follow in dietary activities; dietary etiquette is recognized by the national rituals of the dietary canonical system and important scriptures; dietary etiquette is a feast in order to show some kind of respect and ceremonies; dietary etiquette and etiquette, etiquette, etiquette and related to and in the folk dietary practices have been passed down for a long time; dietary etiquette is the food and drink activities to express respect and Friendship daily behavioral norms. Dietary etiquette is a comprehensive evaluation of dietary etiquette and dietary manners. In short, as an important part of the "rite", food etiquette is the social norms and rules and regulations of drinking and feasting, the civilized upbringing and social norms of food and beverage activities, and the vivid embodiment of the instrumentation, demeanor, demeanor, and temperament of the person who attends the banquet and the host.
The food rituals cover a wide range, can be categorized in a variety of ways. Such as by age, there are primitive society food rituals, slave society food rituals, feudal society food rituals, capitalist society food rituals and socialist society food rituals; divided by ethnicity, there are Han food rituals and ethnic minorities food rituals; divided by class, there are the Royal Court food rituals, official red gentry food rituals, military generals food rituals, the College of the scholar food rituals, the market food rituals merchants and businessmen, the line of the artisan food rituals, food rituals for urban residents and rural farmers food rituals; according to the regional division, there are the northeast region food rituals, food rituals and hosts of the gesture, temperament. By region, there are food rituals in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, East China, Central and Southwest China; by purpose, there are food rituals for gods and ancestors, food rituals for teachers, food rituals for elders, food rituals for longevity, food rituals for weddings and funerals, food rituals for New Year's feasts, food rituals for farewell parties, food rituals for poems and literature, food rituals for social fun, food rituals for clubs, and food rituals for folk entertainments, which are colorful in form and content. The forms and contents of these ceremonies are rich and colorful. From the emperor and generals, down to the people, all with a wide range of contacts, all rely on it for social communication.
Since ancient times, China is a "state of etiquette", "food rituals of the country". The history of understanding, practicing, observing and emphasizing etiquette has a long history. According to the Book of Rites, "The beginning of the rites, the beginning of the food." The earliest food rituals are directly related to the ancient rituals of sacrificing to the gods. In this regard, "Rites of Passage" has a general description, to the effect that: the primitive society of the first people, the millet and pork pieces on the burning stone roasted and offer food, in the ground as a bottle of wine carved into the bottle with the hands of cups and offer to drink, but also with thatched straw tied to a long mallet to beat the drums, in order to express the fear of ghosts and gods and sacrifices. Later, the food rituals were extended from the communication between people and gods and ghosts to the communication between people, in order to regulate the increasingly complex social relations, and gradually formed the "pre-Qin five rituals", such as the auspicious rituals, the ferocious rituals, the military rituals, the guest rituals, the good rituals, and so on, laying the cornerstone of the ancient dietary etiquette system.
After the birth of the food rituals, in order to make it better play the role of "by the state, set the country, order the people, and benefit the heirs", the Duke of Zhou firstly revised his theological concepts, put forward the idea of "Ming De" and "Jing De", and through the "Duke of Zhou", he proposed the idea of "the virtue of the world" and "respect for virtue". The Duke of Zhou first revised his theological concepts, put forward the ideas of "virtue" and "respect for virtue", and made some specific regulations on the ceremonial banquets of the royal family and the vassals through the "making of rites and music". Then, the three great masters of Confucianism, Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi, continued to regulate the food rituals, adding the connotations of benevolence, righteousness, rites and laws, expanding the ethical relationship between human beings, and "fixing the score with the rites", so as to eliminate calamities and disasters. Their students also elaborated and enriched the theories of their forefathers, and finally formed the three classical works, the Zhou Rites, the Rites of Passage, and the Records of Rites, which became the core and soul of the feudal patriarchal system for thousands of years. Since it is emphasized that "no man can live without rites, nothing can be accomplished without rites, and the country will not be peaceful without rites", the food rites, together with other rites, have become the social and ethical norms of the aristocratic hierarchy of the slave and feudal societies, as well as the ideological tools to maintain the system of oppression and exploitation. However, there is also a part of positive and healthy content in the ancient food rites, which is the code of conduct between people and the etiquette on feasts and meals. In the process of long-term circulation, it was accepted by the masses of working people, evolved into a variety of reasonable dietary etiquette and rituals, and became one of the outstanding cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.