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What do you mean by three dishes and one soup?

Three dishes and one soup means: the standard of state banquet is "three dishes and one soup"

In 1960s, Mao Zedong made a series of instructions on the specifications of state banquets. In a conversation, he criticized: "Now the specifications of the banquet are too high, and not much is thrown away, which wastes the country's materials in vain. Serving bird's nest and shark's fin costs a lot of money and is not affordable. Some things foreigners don't eat at all. We invite foreigners. I think' four dishes and one soup' will do. "

After that, Zhou Enlai made it a rule that the standard of state banquets in the future was "four dishes and one soup". Half a century later, the state banquet basically maintained this standard.

At that time, a state banquet was held for foreign heads of state, and the menu was strictly in accordance with the standard of "four dishes and one soup". But by the end of 1990s and the beginning of this century, the standard of state banquet began to try "three dishes and one soup" or "two dishes and one soup".

At noon on August 24th, 2008, Hu Jintao, then president, once again held an "Olympic State Banquet" at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse to entertain distinguished guests from all over the world attending the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. The standard was "three dishes and one soup".

The meaning of "three dishes and one soup":

Media practitioners say that although "three dishes and one soup" or "four dishes and one soup" is only a form, our daily life is linked with national politics through everyone's "mantra", and "form" may become "ism", so the concept of economy can be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"Up and down now, we are all trying to save money. If these ideas can be embodied and spread through the most ordinary and realistic daily life, it is indeed a good thing! " A few dishes and a few soups are just formalism, which doesn't matter. The key is frugal consciousness and behavior. Without consciousness and behavior, there must be a system to protect it.

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