The basic etiquette and precautions of the banquet: basically according to the principle of respecting the right, the main guest is arranged on the right side of the host, and the second guest is arranged on the left side of the host. For banquets with a large number of participants, the host should arrange a table number for the guests to confirm their positions.
Seating: the host or elder takes the initiative to arrange everyone to sit down; Guests are not allowed to sit down before the elderly or women sit down; When seated, the man pulls open the seat for the lady around him (especially the one on the right) and helps her sit down.
Cloth dishes: the host can cloth dishes for the guests around him. You should use a spoon or chopsticks to hold the cloth plate. When serving, we should take care of the guests' dietary preferences. If the guests don't like it or are full, they won't be sent to the guests.
Toast: The host should pour wine for the guests first, and if there are elders or VIPs present, the host should also pour wine for them first. When the host pours wine for the guest, the guest raises his glass to show his respect and gratitude. The first toast was proposed by the host, and the guest should not be the first; Toast with ceremony, each at will, should not persuade wine.
Posture: stand up straight after sitting, put your feet under my seat, don't cross your legs, don't shake your legs, and don't stand up straight at will; Don't put your elbows on the table, and don't stretch out to both sides to influence others.
Communication: Banquets are social occasions. Care about others at the dinner table, especially the female guests on both sides. Avoid talking or toasting with food in your mouth; A harmonious and warm atmosphere should be created at the banquet to avoid topics that affect the dining atmosphere, such as death and illness.
End of the banquet: generally, the host signals the end of the banquet. Only after the host and guests leave their seats can other guests leave.
Pay special attention to the etiquette details when eating, pay attention to the tableware used by individuals, don't put it on a common plate to take food and scoop soup, and use common chopsticks and spoons; Deciding whether to add seasoning after tasting dishes, adding seasoning before tasting is regarded as disrespect for chefs; Picking vegetables depends on chopsticks, don't pick them at will; Eat with a small mouth and avoid chewing with a big mouth; Don't pick your teeth with your fingers. You can cover it with toothpicks, hands or handkerchiefs. After use, break the toothpick and put it in the plate.
Don't put chopsticks horizontally or vertically, don't put them in a rice bowl or on a bowl.
You should apologize if you accidentally spill soup and drinks on other people's clothes. If the other person is of the opposite sex, you don't have to wipe it yourself, just ask the waiter for help. If you eat unclean or smelly food, don't shout. You should take a napkin and spit it out and dispose of it.
When checking out, you should avoid competing for the bill; It is not appropriate to pay the bill without the owner's consent.
Hakka banquets, etiquette and customs, invitations
The invitation was personally sent by the host's relatives. The person sitting in the first place will sign the sticker when he sees it? Sit at the end? The rest of the guests, who is present can sign it? Jingpei? Sign if you don't attend Thank you? . Posting is a treat, is there a common saying? Invite for three days, call for two days, mention for one day? . Therefore, guests must be invited early to show their piety and bring it up in a few days. On the day of the banquet, someone should urge or send people and vehicles to pick up the guests.
partygoing
People who go to dinner usually have gifts (you can't go empty-handed). No matter whether the gift is heavy or light, if conditions do not allow, you can use three or five eggs to express friendship. It is wise to give gifts at the right time. It is impolite to send it too early, and it will inevitably make the host unhappy if it is sent too late. If there is a free gift, it will follow the owner's mind. The red color of gifts used to be sealed and labeled, but now it is not used much. When handling the gift, if it is returned, please write? A big thank you? .
Married or married daughter
When getting married or marrying a daughter, relatives are invited first, and friends and neighbors are invited first. All gifts from relatives should be accepted, and other friends should accept or refuse to accept them as appropriate.
celebrate one's birthday
In principle, congratulations should be given first, then invitations should be invited, and no congratulations should be invited, but close relatives and friends should also be invited first and then congratulated.
Be a happy person
To make a happy start, such as making a full moon wine, generally only relatives and people who have been and helped are invited. The gift is decided by the guests.
Other celebrations
Other celebrations, such as moving to a new home, are usually invited first and then sent. In the past, guests stressed the need to hurry, expressing enthusiasm and sincerity.
General rules of seating
Generally speaking, the host should greet the guests with a smile at the gate, and the host should designate a special person to sing the number in turn and sit down in order. Seating at a banquet is an important part of etiquette. Mainly to distinguish? Respect? Up and down are near and far. For example, if the banquet in the hall is in the format of facing south, as far as the square table (seat of eight) is concerned, the two people facing south are the first, the one on the left is the second, and so on, and finally they have to face north. Let the person with the highest status or the longest generation and the oldest sit in the first place. The following is about seniority. The host will wait for the guests to arrive and finally sit with them. Before being seated, the guests who are pushed to the distinguished position should pay tribute to everyone present and thank them for their flattering, and then sit down safely. Those who are late should apologize with both hands, and those who leave halfway should explain to the host and apologize to the deskmate. The host should stand up and propose a toast to the guests. The host asked the guests to sit down one by one and poured wine for them. Xi? The host will pour more wine during the dinner to thank the guests. The host toasted the guests with wine. Dedication? ; What is the guest's call back? Hey? ; Is the host happy to drink it? Pay? . Banquet is also called. A reward gift? .
Serve at a banquet.
In the past, the table at a banquet was of some importance. Meat with bones should be placed on the left; Cut a large piece of meat on the right; Rice is placed on the left; The soup is on the right; Fine-cut barbecue is farther; Sauce and vinegar are around here. For the first good dish, please ask the elders and guests to move chopsticks or the host and the younger generation to offer a piece first, so that the red good things can create a festive atmosphere in the whole banquet.
Guests at the banquet
You can't respect the banquet until the chief gets up. The host should wait at the door in advance to see the guests off. The guest thanked and said? How much? .
In recent years, some banquet customs, mostly in the guest's sticker to write free gifts, guests can follow the wishes of the host; Many married women hold joint activities or group weddings to replace banquets with tea parties; Invite relatives to eat the birthday cake sent by Jane on their birthday. Small changes are taking place. However, it is still based on Hakka blood relatives and expanded to friends at a certain social level.
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