What is table culture?
"Table Etiquette" in Western Cultural Etiquette
Western dining habits are very different from ours, especially formal western banquets, which have many rules. When attending a western-style banquet, you should pay attention to the following matters:
1, foreigners generally don't have the habit of giving way to food, so you might as well take more of what you like.
You can't eat until all the guests are served and the hostess picks up the knife and fork.
3. napkins should be placed on your knees. It can also be prevented on the neck or chest, but it is not generous. You can wipe off the oil stains on your mouth or fingers with a corner of your napkin, but never wipe the dishes.
Sit up straight when eating, don't put your arms across the table.
When using a knife and fork, use a fork in your left hand and a knife in your right hand. When cutting meat, avoid the knife making noise on the porcelain plate. Put down the knife and fork halfway and put it on the plate in a figure of eight. If the knife and fork are put together, it means that the meal is over.
6. When drinking water, you should swallow the food first. When drinking water from a glass, you should first wipe off the oil stains on your mouth to avoid soiling the glass.
If you sneeze or cough, or want to go to the bathroom, you should apologize to the people around you.
8. It's impolite to keep silent while eating, but don't talk while eating, swallow it before you answer.
9. When the waiter serves the guests according to this, walk to your left, and it's your turn to take the food.
After dinner, the hostess got up and left. Put the napkin on the table, don't fold it as it is.
Table culture in China
Talking about China's food culture can be said to be extensive and profound, which has amazed friends from all over the world. Just put a Manchu-Chinese banquet and you can dominate the world. Emperor China pays attention to ostentation and extravagance in everything he does, crowding round when he goes out, and can't eat a meal casually. They put a table full of delicious food, and each dish was sandwiched like a dragonfly to show their royal style. Fish begins to stink at the head, although officials from all over the country can't fill the banquet, they almost moved the court to the dining table. When you are full, you euphemistically say, "Food is the most important thing for the people." In fact, these so-called etiquette customs have been passed down to this day, and it is a good thing if they can be slightly improved and developed into a national culture. Only with the progress of the times, everything is adapted to the times, and only in this respect will it continue to be passed down.
Xia Mianzun once angrily accused China people of being conceived by a hungry fool. Of course, I can't agree with this insulting work, but it makes sense to think about it. There are indeed some people in today's society, whether they are flying in the sky, crawling on the ground or swimming in the sea. As long as their animal friends have appeared, they basically put them on the table. A table of raw seafood, birds and animals can't wait to tear off a piece of the moon in the sky to taste. You can't live if you commit a crime, such as bird flu and SARS. Those irresistible natural disasters are nature's revenge on human beings, and human beings will eventually pay the price for their actions.
China people also have a bad eating habit, that is, they like to spell wine at the dining table, and they are graded according to their drinking capacity. What's more, when recruiting employees, it's really ridiculous to ask if they can drink well without looking at their diplomas and working ability. It's really painful to follow along occasionally. A group of guys drank like barrels, trying to figure out various reasons to force each other to drink, but others took advantage of it by drinking less. At first, they were all dressed up, but in the second half, they were all hideous, showing their true colors, screaming and blushing. The last scene was particularly messy. The wine bottle on the ground and the drunken "hero" feel like watching an Animal World, suddenly remembering who said "China is really like a nouveau riche!"
China women's bad habit of foot-binding ended after liberation. I really don't know when this still spreading eating and drinking style will be sealed into the yellow calendar.