How to understand an old saying in the countryside that "six people shouldn't sit in the tortoise seat without three dishes on the table"?

"Don't put three dishes on the table, and six people don't sit on the tortoise's cushion", which means that if there are guests at home, you must not just cook three dishes, and six people must not sit behind the table, two on each side of the table. This sitting method is called tortoise cushion. There are various folk customs in our country, especially table manners. From an early age, we were taught not to knock on the bowl with chopsticks, not to put chopsticks in the bowl, not to put food in front of others and a series of table manners.

And "there are no three dishes on the table, and six people don't sit in the tortoise seat", which is also quite profound. In China, the system of ancestor worship is single, generally speaking, it is three to five dishes, mainly chicken, duck and fish. Moreover, in homophonic, "three" stands for "scattered", which is unlucky. Even if we don't pay attention to folk customs, homophones and sacrifices, if a guest comes, even if only one guest comes, the host's family will only cook three dishes, and it will be considered by the guests to drive him away.

Or let the guests mistakenly think that the host's lack of enthusiasm is not good for him, thus destroying the relationship between the host and the guest and making people angry, so the guests should make at least three dishes and one soup when they come. As for the six people who don't sit in the turtle seat, it comes from the banquet system in China. Seats are divided into main seats and main accompanying seats. If you take the wrong seat, you will be complained.

Turtle seat is not only troublesome because of seat sharing, but also called "tortoise" in our country, which is an insulting word, mainly insulting others' personality. If a guest comes to sit in this seat, he will mistakenly think that the host family is bothering him, or secretly scold himself, and will also alienate the relationship. In short, if you don't follow the folk customs, it will affect the harmonious relationship between relatives and friends.