Chinese table manners of families have no intrinsic quality even there are different region and position.No matter three meals a day or guest’s arrival always bowls with chopsticks food with soup.There is no rule for how to put the tableware.What people care about more are not the gorgeous tableware but the sumptuous food.People’s dining position reflects the most obvious etiquette of Chinese table manners.In ancient society men are supreme and women are not allowed to sit with men on the same table.
Although this is modern society this kind of ancient etiquette still remains.Today in China the phenomenon that men sit on the table before women can be found everywhere.The master of a family usually sits on the first-class seat.The first-class seat is usually near the interior of a room facing to the door.Once there is a guest the master will offer the first-class seat to the guest politely.If it is an ordinary meal of family families should start after the elder.If there is a guest the master offer the food to the guest is essential from the beginning to the end.And the tradition of urging others to drink is also a special phenomenon.
*就餐举止 家庭*就餐举止没有内在质量甚而那里是另外区域并且安置。 问题三饭食每天或客人的到来，总不滚保龄球与筷子，食物用汤。 没有规则为了怎样能投入碗筷。 什么人关心关于更多是没有华美的碗筷，而是奢侈食物。 人的用餐的位置反射*就餐举止最明显的礼节。 在古老社会，人是至尊，并且妇女不允许坐与人在同一张桌。 虽然这是现代社会，这种古老礼节仍然依然存在。 今天在*，人坐桌的现象，在妇女可以找到到处之前。 家庭的大师通常坐头等位子。 头等位子通常在面对对门的屋子的内部附*。 一旦有客人，大师为客人将礼貌地提供头等位子。 如果它是家庭一顿普通的膳食，家庭应该在长辈以后开始。 如果有客人，主要提议食物对客人对末端从开始是根本的。 并且敦促其他的传统喝也是一种特别现象。
At noon today I as usual on the way from school I have been thinking about at noon to eat what rice suddenly picked up mom and dad will be driving I drive to the direction of the direction is not home I wonder of ask:"barbie let's go to?" "Let's go and get together with another old classmate of mine" he said.I thought "what can I do?" Suddenly I thought of the etiquette on the table that our school played at noon every day.
Into the farmhouse we saw dad classmates are waved to us as we walked on under the guidance of his we walk into a room there are four people because of being so there must be a person to stand up I stood up and without hesitation and said:"the kids leg soft should give more station." Everyone laughed and I laughed too.Such as food staple food all together after we began to eat I found my mother did not move chopsticks I think "mom why don't you eat?Oh -- -- -- -- -- - yes at the dinner table to older people to clip a geometric her can eat." Thought of here I picked up the chopsticks hand back again in order not to make the scene embarrassed I took with relish the drinking cups everyone eat later I began to eat is an aunt sit beside me to show politeness every time I eat food before we give him or other people once again after to himself; Every time a cup of tea I will see if someone else's cup is water if not I will give him and then pour yourself......all this I did not care about but the opposite uncle said:"the child is really understand there is a kind of gentleman poise." I smiled and said "nothing.It's all for every child." To tell the truth I said it but it was pretty good.My mother seemed to be complimented because I was the one who brought it up so she always had a smile on her face.This meal not only let me eat the taste more let me eat a person's basic principle.
People who go to a formal Western dinner party for the first time may be surprised by table manners in Western culture.Knowing them will help you make a good impression.Having good table manners means knowing,for example,how to use knives and forks,when to drink a toast and how to behave at the table.Beside your napkin you will find a small bread roll and three glasses—one for white wine,one for the red wine,and one for water.There are two pairs of knives and forks on the table,forks on the left and knives in the right of the plate.When you see two spoons,the big one id for the suop and the samll one for the dessert.The knife and fork that are closest to your plate are a litte bit bigger than the ones beside them.When you sit down at the table, you can take your napkin, unfold it and put it on your lap.In Chinese you sometime get a hot,damp cloth to clean your face and face and hands,whinch,however,is nat the custom in Western countries.
Dinner start with a small dish, which is often called a starter.Sime people pray before they start eating , and other people may keep silent for a moment. Then you can say"Enjoy your meal"to each other and everybody start eating.For the starter,which you eat with the smaller pair,you keep the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left.After the starter you will get a bowl of soup—but only one boel of soup and never ask for a seconf serving.
The next dish is the main course.Many Westerners think the chicken breast with its tender white flesh is the best part of the bird. Some people can use their fingers when they eating chicken or other birds,but never touch beef or other meat in bones.It is polite to finish eating everthing on your plate,so dont take more food than you need.
At table ,you should try to speak quietly and smile a lot,but do not laugh all the time.
Most Westerners like soft drink if they will drive home.Many of them drink white or red wine with the food.When drinking to someones health,you raise your glasses,but the glasses should not touch. The custom of toasting in some parts of China is to finish the drink at once,but Westerners usually take only a sip.For drinking during a dinner,the best advic is never to drink too much.
Table Manners
The main difference between Chinese and western eating habits is that unlike the West where everyone has their own plate of food in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares.If you are being treated by a Chinese host be prepared for a ton of food.Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine and will do their best to show their hospitality.
And sometimes the Chinese host use their chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate.This is a sign of politeness.The appropriate thing to do would be to eat the whatever-it-is and say how yummy it is.If you feel uncomfortable with this you can just say a polite thank you and leave the food there.
Eating No-no's
Don't stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl.Insteadlay them on your dish.The reason for this is that when somebody diesthe shrine to them contains a bowl of sand or rice with two sticks of incense stuck upright in it.So if you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl it looks like this shrine and is equivalent to wishing death upon a person at the table!
