Basic Etiquette and Contraindications for Eating 2

How much do you know about China's "table manners"?

1.Order.

If the host has arranged the dishes, the guests will not order any more. If you're attending a banquet where you haven't already scheduled a meal, pay attention to etiquette when ordering. When ordering, don't choose dishes that are too expensive, and at the same time don't order dishes that are too cheap, if they are too cheap, the host will be unhappy and think that you look down on him, if the cheapest dish is exactly what you really like, then try to be tactful.

2.Break bread. Behave politely and politely when eating. In the face of a table of delicious food, don't be in a hurry to move the chopsticks, you must wait for the host to move the chopsticks and say the word "please" before you can move the chopsticks. The host toasts to the start of the meal.

When picking up vegetables, the first thing to do is to use chopsticks; Then take an appropriate amount of vegetables, don't take too much, and if you can't eat it, the rest will look very rude. The second is to pick up the vegetables in front of yourself, and don't stretch out your arms to reach the dishes far away; Finally, you can't use chopsticks to turn the dishes on the plate at will;

Try not to cough, sneeze, yawn, blow your nose when eating, and if you can't suppress it, cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or napkin, turn around, turn your face to one side, and lower your head to try to keep your voice low.

1. Seating etiquette. Invite the guests to sit first, then the elderly to sit next to the guests, and enter from the left side of the chair when seated. Don't move your chopsticks or make any noise when you're seated, and don't get up and walk around.

2. When eating, ask the middle-aged and elderly guests to move their chopsticks. Eat less dishes each time, eat less dishes far away from you, don't make a sound when eating, don't make a sound when drinking soup, drink soup with a spoon and take a small sip, it is not appropriate to bring the bowl to the mouth to drink, drink after the soup is too hot and cold, don't drink while blowing.

3. If you want to serve dishes to guests or elders, it is best to use chopsticks, or you can send dishes far away from guests or elders to them. According to the habits of our Chinese nation, the dishes are served one by one, and if there are leaders, the elderly, and guests at the same table, whenever a new dish comes up, ask them to move the chopsticks first, or take turns to ask them to move the chopsticks first, in order to show that they attach importance to them.

4. When you eat fish heads, fish bones, bones and other things, do not spit out, do not throw them on the ground, and slowly take them to your own plate with your hands, or put them next to your dining table or on the paper prepared in advance.

One taboo to lick chopsticks; Second, he is obsessed with chopsticks, he can't make up his mind, and he wanders around the dining table with chopsticks in hand; Three taboos to move chopsticks, just ate a dish and then eat another dish, do not stop in the middle, do not go with rice, four taboos stick chopsticks, use sticky chopsticks to pick up vegetables;

Five taboos to insert chopsticks, put chopsticks on the rice; Six taboos across dishes, when others pick up vegetables, cross over to catch another dish; Seven taboos to dig Lai, use chopsticks to eat in the middle of the dish; Eight taboos to pick chopsticks, use chopsticks to pick teeth. Most of these taboos are related to hygiene, modesty, and politeness.

Notes:

1.Clothing. Choose the right outfit according to the form of the dinner and banquet, whether formal or casual.

2.Time. Not being late for dinners and banquets is the most basic respect for the inviter, and it is generally advisable to arrive 5-10 minutes in advance, and it is not good to arrive too early, because the inviter may not be ready.

3.Seating arrangements. If you are serving at a small table in a regular private room, the seat facing the door of the box will be the highest seat, and then you will go down to the seat closest to the door (if you are the youngest person to eat, please sit the seat closest to the door).

If it is a large banquet, you will be seated according to the host's arrangement.

4.Gift. Depending on the type of dinner or banquet, decide whether and what kind of gifts you want to bring.

5.Toast. Generally, the juniors toast to the seniors, and the toast should be raised with both hands. If a senior toasts a junior, the juniors must find an opportunity to return the salute.

6.Come to an end. Please do not leave the venue early unless there are special circumstances, and the host will leave after giving a closing speech.

Chinese culture is broad and profound, especially the dinner table culture, even at home, you must develop table manners:

2.When eating, you should hold the bowl with your thumb buckled at the mouth of the bowl, and your index finger, middle finger, and ring finger buckled at the bottom of the bowl, with your palms empty.

3.Eating on the table with a bowl not only looks good, but also oppresses the stomach and affects digestion.

4.When picking up vegetables, you should pick them up from the edge of the plate close to or facing your own plate, not from the middle of the plate or on the side of others, and you should not use chopsticks to turn over and over in the dish plate to "look for it", and your eyes should not always stare at the plate, and you should not pick up too many vegetables at a time.

5.When you chew sand or phlegm in your throat during meals, leave the table and spit it out.

When eating, you should not make a sound when you chew, like an animal eating, and you should not make a loud sound when drinking soup, which is very impolite.

Action. And also. Don't be silent.

Chinese food, how to hold the dishes and chopsticks, don't make a sound when eating, only clip the food in front of yourself, don't reach out to clip the food in front of others.

Western food, how to hold knives and forks, don't knock too loudly and gobble up.