There is also a full set of water mats with 24 dishes, namely, eight cold cuts, four pressed dishes, eight big items and four finishing dishes. The order of serving is as follows: four meat dishes, four vegetarian dishes and eight cold dishes are placed on the mat, then four big dishes are served, each with two Chinese dishes, the fourth big dish with beet sweet soup, then the staple food, then four table dishes, and finally a "send-off soup" is served. Twenty-four dishes with soup.
One of the most representative water mats is the peony swallow, but if you are not used to pepper, you can't eat this dish.
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