Chinese dining etiquette

China people's dining etiquette, dining should be civilized and regular. If foreign guests can't persuade them to eat food, it's best to introduce the characteristics of the food. It's up to him whether the guests eat or not. Some people like to persuade and even bring food. Let's introduce the dining etiquette in China. Let's learn about it.

Chinese dining etiquette 1 invites. If you receive a banquet invitation (whether it is an invitation or an invitation), you should reply to the other party as soon as possible so that the host can arrange it. Generally speaking, there is a resume. The words V.P. (Please reply), whether there is one or not, should be answered in time. If it is marked "Regretsonly", you can only participate after replying, but you should also reply in time. Invitations issued after oral agreement will generally be marked with the words "Toremind", which only serves as a reminder and does not require a reply. Call or reply to each other. Don't change the invitation after you accept it. If you can't attend due to special circumstances, especially the guest of honor, you should explain and apologize to the host as soon as possible, or even apologize in person. Before being invited to participate in the activity, it is necessary to verify the host of the banquet, the time and place of the activity, whether the spouse is invited, the host's requirements for clothing, etc. Pay special attention to long-term activities to avoid going to the wrong place, or the host does not invite the spouse but both of them participate.

Mastering the time of attendance, attending banquet activities, the time of arrival and the length of stay reflect the respect for the host to a certain extent. It should be mastered according to the nature of activities and local habits. Being late, leaving early or staying too short is considered impolite or deliberately negligent. High-ranking guests can arrive later, and ordinary guests should arrive earlier. After the guests leave, they will leave one after another.

Attend the banquet and arrive on time or one or two minutes late according to local customs; In China, they will arrive on time two or three minutes in advance or at the request of the host. If you attend the reception, you can arrive within the time specified in the invitation. If you really have something to leave early, you should explain it clearly to the host and then leave quietly. You can also say hello in advance and leave then. When you arrive at the banquet place, take off your coat and hat in the cloakroom first, and then go to the host's welcome room to greet the host. If it is a holiday, congratulations should be expressed. Send flowers to participate in celebrations in other countries, and you can give bouquets or flower baskets according to local customs and relations between the two countries.

When attending a family dinner, you can send the hostess a small amount of flowers as appropriate. When seated and invited to attend the banquet, you should obey the host's arrangement. If it is a banquet, you should know your table number and seat before entering the banquet hall. When you sit down, pay attention to whether your name is written on the seat card on the table. Don't sit around at will. If the neighbors are old people or women, they should take the initiative to help them sit down first. After the meal was seated, the host greeted him and began to eat. Don't overeat when eating. Finish the food on the plate. If it is not enough, you can take it again. If the waiter divides the dishes, if necessary, the waiter will take them when delivering them. If I can't eat or don't like the food, don't refuse it when the waiter serves it or the host takes it. Put a small amount on the plate and say, "Thank you, that's enough." Don't look embarrassed about those bad dishes. Eat gracefully. Shut up and chew, don't drink soup, and don't make any noise when eating. If the soup and vegetables are too hot, wait until they are cold. Don't blow them with your mouth. Don't spit out the fishbones and bones in your mouth directly. Cover your mouth with a napkin and take it out by hand (chopsticks can be used to eat Chinese food), or spit it gently with a fork and put it on the plate. Leftovers and used tableware toothpicks should be put on the plate, not on the table. Don't talk with food in your mouth. When picking your teeth, cover your mouth with your hand or napkin and speak. No matter the host, guest or guest, you should talk to the people at the same table, especially the neighbors. Don't talk to only a few acquaintances or only two people. If you don't know your neighbor, you can introduce yourself first. Toast As the guest of honor, you should know the toasting habits of the other party, that is, why and when to toast, so as to make necessary preparations. When clinking glasses, the host and guest touch first, and many people can raise their glasses at the same time, not necessarily clinking glasses. Be careful not to cross glasses when toasting. When the host and guest make speeches and toasts, they should stop eating and talking, pay attention to listening, and don't take this opportunity to smoke. Stand still while playing the national anthem. After the host and guests talk and clink glasses with the distinguished guests, they usually go to other tables to propose a toast. In this case, they should stand up and raise their glasses. When clinking glasses, observe each other's greetings and toast each other at the banquet to show friendship and anger, but remember to drink too much. Drinking too much is easy to lose your manners, or even lose your manners, so you must control it.

Less than a third of what I drink.

Take off your coat. You can't unbutton your clothes in public, no matter how hot it is. Informal small dinner, such as the host inviting guests to take off their coats, male.

Bink took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair.

Have tea (or coffee). If you want to drink tea or coffee, you can add milk and sugar to the cup yourself. After stirring with a small teaspoon, the teaspoon is still put back.

In a small dish, milk and sugar are usually put in different containers. When drinking, hold the cup handle in your right hand and the saucer in your left hand.

When eating pears and apples, don't bite them all. Cut them into four or six petals with a fruit knife, peel and core them with a knife, and then eat them by hand.

When peeling, the knife edge is inward and inward from the outside. Peel the banana first and cut it into small pieces with a knife. Oranges are cut into pieces with a knife, such as oranges, lychees and longan.

You can peel it and eat it. The rest, such as watermelon and pineapple, are generally peeled and cut into pieces, and can be cut into small pieces with a fork when eating.

When chicken, lobster and fruit are served at the banquet, sometimes a small water bowl (copper basin, porcelain bowl or crystal glass jar) is served with roses floating on the water.

Rose petals or lemon slices are used to wash hands (someone once mistook them for drinks and made a joke). When washing, wet your fingers with your hands in turn, rinse gently, and then

Dry with a napkin or a small towel.

Some people who have souvenirs will give each participant a small souvenir or a flower. At the end of the banquet, the host asked the guests to bring it over. In this case,

You can say a word or two to praise this small gift, but you don't have to express your gratitude in a serious way. Sometimes, foreign tourists often take away banquet menus as souvenirs.

Sometimes people at the same table are invited to sign the menu as a souvenir. Don't take away all kinds of entertainment items, including candy, fruit, cigarettes, etc. Unless the owner specially indicates it as a souvenir.

Sometimes, after attending a private banquet, a memo or business card is often sent to express gratitude.

Pick up food at a buffet dinner or cocktail party. When the waiter serves, don't point the gun at me, and then take it in front of me. Nobody around took it.

When you get the first copy, don't rush to get the second copy. Don't stand around the food table, just stand back and let someone else take it.

The use of tableware Chinese tableware is mainly bowls and chopsticks, while western food is knives, forks and plates. Foreigners are usually invited to eat Chinese food, and the west also eats Chinese food.

Eat more, not only set dishes and chopsticks, but also set knives and forks. The use of a knife and fork is to hold a knife in your right hand and a fork in your left hand, cut the food into small pieces and then send it to your mouth with a fork.

Europeans don't change hands when using, that is, they hold the fork in their left hand from cutting to feeding. After cutting, the Americans put down the knife and took the fork in their right hand to the food entrance. as soon as...

Take the knife and fork from outside to inside in the order of eating. After eating each dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate to show that you have finished eating. If you haven't finished eating, put it in a figure of eight or

Cross-swing, the blade should be inward. When eating chicken lobster, you can tear it with your hands at the owner's sign, otherwise you can cut the meat with a knife and fork and cut it into small pieces to eat.

When cutting meat with bones or hard shells, the fork must firmly hold the meat, and the knife should be cut close to the fork edge to avoid slipping. Be careful not to use too much force when cutting vegetables.

Hit the plate and make a sound. Foods that are not easy to fork, or foods that are not easy to fork, can be gently pushed onto the fork with a knife. Don't eat with a spoon except soup.

Eat it. Soup is served in a deep plate or a small bowl. When drinking, scoop it up from the inside out with a spoon and put it in your mouth. When you finish eating, you can lift the plate out slightly. It tastes fishy.

Some foods, such as fish, shrimp, game, etc. , all with lemon. You can squeeze out the juice and drop it on the food by hand to remove the fishy smell.

In the event of an accident, in the process of the banquet, due to carelessness, there are abnormal situations, such as excessive force, which makes the knife and fork hit the plate and make a noise.

Or the tableware fell to the ground, or the drink spilled. , should be calm and don't worry. When the tableware makes a noise, you can gently tell your neighbor (or your host).

Sorry, if you drop it, the waiter can send a set of tableware. If the drink spills on the neighbor, apologize and help dry it; If the other person is a woman

Pass a clean napkin or handkerchief and dry it yourself.

China Dining Etiquette 2 Our country has always had the folk custom that "guests come to offer tea". In ancient times, Qi Shizu, Lu Na and others advocated replacing wine with tea. In the Tang Dynasty, Liu advocated "tea has ten virtues", and thought that drinking tea can not only strengthen the body, but also "respect people with tea", "make tea more enjoyable" and "make tea feasible". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, many literati, such as Bai Juyi, Li Bai, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi, Pi Rixiu, Wei, Wen, Lu You, Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo, not only loved tea, but also praised and described it in their masterpieces.

The most basic way to serve tea is to serve tea immediately when customers visit. Before serving tea, you should ask the guests about their preferences. If you are treated a little, you should serve snacks before serving tea.

As the saying goes, wine is half a cup of tea. Pay attention when serving tea: tea should not be too full, and it is appropriate to be eight full. The water temperature should not be too hot to avoid accidentally scalding the guests. When there are more than two visitors at the same time, the tea color served should be uniform and coordinated with the tea tray. Hold the bottom of the tea tray with your left hand and the edge of the tea tray with your right hand. If the snack is placed in front of the guest's right, the teacup should be placed on the right side of the snack. When serving tea, you should say "I'm sorry" to the people present, then serve tea with your right hand, smile from the right side of the guest, look at the other person and say, "This is your tea, please enjoy it!" When serving tea, we should give it to the guests with high positions in the order of position, and then give it to our colleagues in our company according to position.

When entertaining guests with coffee or black tea, the handle of the cup ear and teaspoon should face the guest's right. In addition, a packet of sugar and cream should be prepared for each guest and placed next to the cup (plate) for the convenience of the guests.