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What do you mean when someone knocks on the table with his finger while pouring tea?

When pouring tea for others, the other person taps the table with his finger to show his gratitude and respect to the tea pouring host. Everyone must have seen the host knock on the table after pouring tea for the guests. This behavior of knocking on the table after pouring tea is called "hand knocking ceremony" "Hand-knocking ceremony" originated in Qing Dynasty and was related to Emperor Qianlong.

At that time, Gan Long went to the folk incognito. Tired of walking, I went to a small teahouse for tea with the local county magistrate. When Gan Long arrived at the teahouse, he directly picked up the teapot and wanted to pour tea for the county magistrate. The magistrate was flattered to see that the emperor wanted to pour tea for himself, but at that time he could not kowtow directly to thank the emperor. After all, it was a private visit, and no one knew that Qianlong was the emperor. The magistrate finally bent his finger and knocked on the table three times to thank the emperor. In this way, the "high-five ceremony" began to be popular until now.

In addition to the "hand-knocking ceremony" when drinking tea, we can also use the "hand-knocking ceremony" to thank the leaders for pouring wine for us when we go out to eat together. There are different ways to treat different people. If it is an elder, then we should bend our fingers and knock on the table three times. All bent fingers represent exhaustion. If this elder is someone you especially respect, then you can knock on the table nine times when you do the "knocking ceremony", which means three kneels and nine knocks.

You can also use the "hand-knocking ceremony" to offer tea at the wedding. After drinking tea, elders can bend their forefinger and middle finger and knock on the table twice. If the elders especially like the younger generation to pour tea for themselves, they can knock on the table three times.