Table manners: Which side of the spoon is facing?

Hello. Chopsticks and spoons.

'System' means 'one dish and one chopstick (spoon)', and each dish plate should be equipped with chopsticks and spoons, which should be placed on the right side of the plate or the side close to the center of the tableThe 'double chopsticks system' is 'one person with two chopsticks (spoon)', that is, each person is given a pair of public chopsticks and a pair of private chopsticks, in this case, the public chopsticks placed on the right side and the private chopsticks placed on the left side. "Look.

As an ancient civilization, China has strict regulations on table civilization. There are three main principles of seating - respect for the right, respect for the distance, and respect for facing the door. The person with the highest rank or the oldest can sit in a prominent position facing the door in the innermost place, and then they can be arranged in order of generation or age.

When using tableware, you should hold the bowl with your hand, not under the table with one hand, nor with your elbows on the table. Do not use chopsticks to pick up food in vegetable soup, put chopsticks down when talking, and do not stick them in food or rice bowls. Don't spill the soup with a spoon, don't blow on it, don't make a sound.

When the food is served, wait for the elderly to pick up the vegetables first or the host signals to start before moving the chopsticks, and you can first pick up the vegetables to the elders to show respect. When picking up vegetables, you can't flip around in the dishes to pick up the food, try to clip the dishes in the distance, if you rotate the table, you can wait for the dishes to reach your own position before picking the dishes. Toasting elders and superiors drink each other before it is their turn to toast, toast must stand up and raise a glass with both hands.

Many people can respect one person, but one person must not respect many people. Hold the glass, choke the cup with your right hand, and put the bottom of the cup with your left hand, remembering that your cup is always lower than others. If there is no special person present, it is best to touch the wine in chronological order, and do not favor one over the other.

Clink glasses, toast, have words, don't be silent. The spout of the teapot should not be facing people, try to stand on the right side of the guest to pour tea, basically pour tea in which direction the guest uses which hand, such as the right side of the tea poured with the right hand, the tea pour 7 points full. In the order of the guest first and then the host, the oldest and then the youngest, if it is a meeting, according to the size of the position.

Finally, Wenmingjun reminded everyone that we must cherish food, practice the "CD Action" on the table, vigorously promote the traditional virtues of diligence and thrift, and refuse to waste on the tip of the tongue.

Many people who go abroad must have to learn the local customs and folklore, Western food has always been in China and has a strong position, so the etiquette of Western food is somewhat understood. However, Chinese chopsticks have a longer and more elaborate history.

Chinese use chopsticks to eat from ancient times, and in ancient times it was also called "chopsticks", and the use of chopsticks in daily life is very particular. Generally, when we use chopsticks, the correct way to use them is to hold the chopsticks with the right hand, pinch the upper end of the chopsticks with the thumb and index finger, and bend the other three fingers naturally to hold the chopsticks, and the two ends of the chopsticks must be aligned. In the process of use, the chopsticks must be neatly stacked on the right side of the rice bowl before eating, and placed in the middle of the rice bowl neatly vertically after eating.

Resting the chopsticks on the plate means that you are drunk and full of food and will no longer eat. However, the chopsticks ceremony is generally used between peers or friends who are more familiar. In order to show respect for the elderly, the junior must wait for the elder to cross the chopsticks before doing so.

According to history, when the emperor was dining with the emperor in the Song Dynasty, he committed the crime of disrespect because he first crossed the chopsticks. Now when eating, even if you finish eating first, you don't immediately clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and you have to wait for the whole table to finish the meal and then clean it up together, which can be said to be a continuation of the ancient horizontal chopsticks etiquette, which means that "jujube people do not accompany you and chopsticks accompany you".

After eating, do not put it on the top of the bowl, put it on it to mark that you have not finished eating, and put it on the top of the bowl to mark the head of the chopsticks in the shed to keep it clean. Inserting chopsticks into the rice has the meaning of burning incense, and it is an impolite way to place it. At the end of the meal, place the chopsticks on the table behind the bowl, and the center of the bowl, chopsticks, and the center of the dining table become a straight line.

Placed in this way indicates that you are full. It is the best way to have etiquette.

After eating, there are two diametrically opposed views on whether chopsticks should be placed on the bowl or on the table: one theory is that chopsticks should not be placed on the bowl, and putting chopsticks on the bowl is the practice of offering to the dead, so in order to avoid secrecy, it is a folk custom not to put chopsticks on the bowl.

Another way of saying the opposite, putting chopsticks on the bowl means that you are full and don't want to eat anymore. When others don't finish eating, they put it on the bowl to show respect for people. When everyone has eaten, it is a kind of etiquette to take the chopsticks off the bowl again.