Why is there a saying that "father and son sit at different tables, uncles and nephews drink at different tables"?

There are always some familiar sayings among the people. These sayings are the experiences left by the older generation. In fact, the main reason for the emergence of common sayings is that these experiences were handed down from ancient times. In ancient times, they may have been affected by feudal ideas. In ancient times, there were always a lot of etiquette to bind us. So generally in ancient times, there were a lot of etiquette to follow when sitting with the elders, and many kinds of habits gradually emerged. "Father and son sit at different tables, uncle and nephew drink at different places." is one of them.

It is inevitable for us to hold banquets. In fact, there are certain considerations when choosing seats for banquets. "Father and son eat at different tables, and uncles and nephews do not drink at the same table." The main meaning of this sentence is that father and son cannot sit at the same table to eat, and uncles and uncles cannot sit at the same table to eat with people of the later generation. Generally speaking, the above meaning is that when hosting a banquet, people of the same generation usually sit at the same table to eat, and they cannot sit and eat with the generation behind or the generation before them.

In fact, this concept is generally more likely to appear in rural areas. Generally, people with longer seniority are more likely to gather together, and they tend to have similar topics. People of the same generation tend to talk about the same topics more often. In fact, there are certain reasons for this phenomenon. There is a saying that every three years old, there will be another generation gap. Once the age gap is large, their ideas will be different, and there will be a generation gap in communication. And for those young people, their thinking is more active, while for those of the older generation, their ability to accept new things will be very slow. Therefore, if the younger generation and the older generation sit together, it will be relatively difficult for them to communicate. So from ancient times, this habit has slowly continued to this day.

Maybe every place has different habits, but I think most of the habits in this aspect are the same, "Father and son sit at different tables, uncles and nephews don't drink together." I believe this is A custom followed in most places.