Chinese Food Etiquette -- Hospitality

How to entertain guests with wine and food? There are detailed etiquette clauses in Zhou Li, etiquette and Book of rites. Now let's take a look at the specific contents of these ceremonies.

First of all, when arranging a banquet, the location of the dishes should be carried out according to the regulations, followed by some fixed rules.

The meat should be placed on the left side of the meat, the meat on the left side of the meal, the meat soup on the right side, the meat on the right side and so on, the sauce should be placed near the front, the liquor must be placed near the table, the onion and so on can be put away, if there is a meat shop, and so on, the direction should be placed.

These Regulations are based on the reality of dining, not just empty manners, but mainly for convenience of feeding.

Secondly, the arrangement of the food and drinking utensils, the posture of the servants serving the dishes, and the location of the key dishes are also stipulated in the Chinese language.

When a servant puts a wine bottle, he must face the guest in the pot. When serving the table, he can not breathe to the guests and dishes. If the guest happens to have questions, he must turn his face sideways to avoid exhaling and spitting into the plate or the guest's face.

When the whole fish is cooked, the fish tail must be pointed at the guests, because the fresh fish tail is easy to peel off with the spur. The dried fish is just the opposite. If the fish head is opposite to the guests, the dried fish is easier to peel off from the head. When the fish in the winter is fat, the fish belly to the right is convenient for feeding.

The master's affection is reflected by this nuance. If the servant does not know the reason, he will inevitably be unhappy.

Once again, hospitality is not waiting for the servants to fill up the wine. The host has a very important thing to do, to be guided, to be accompanied, and to have a meal together.

Especially when the old and the poor are shared, the trouble is much more.

When you drink with older people, you must stand up when taking wine, and leave the seat and worship the elderly.

Elderly people do not need to do so. Only a few of them return to their seats and drink.

If the elderly do not drink a glass of water, no one can do it first.

If the elderly have food and drink, those who are inferior to those who are few and those who are servants, they will not have to decline. Their status differences are too great to even give thanks.