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●Chinese Dining Manners（第1页）

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&ablemaisusedtoeainosatasiableinooholdingapubliquetinvolvingdozeiables，geswiththecharadpurposeofthedialsodiffersalittlefriionina。However，therearesomeonrulesyoufollowatthetableina。

&hebiggestdiffereweendOtaldihatinaafewdishesareofferedierofatableandsharedbyall。Thismeansthatyoushouldfeelfreetohelpyourselfnotjustatthebeginniduringitaswell。Alsarditasasignofhohankswhepitheterofthetableaonyourplate。Informaldiherearealwaysunalchopstidspoonsforthispurpose，butsomehostsmayusetheirownchopsticks。Thisjustshowsgenuinefriendshipaisalolitetoeatthefood。Ifyoudo，justletthefoodremaie。

&sbasareusuallyheldihathavebeehepurpose。Allmembersationshouldgettheretogetherandontime。Youwillbegreetedattheduidedtothebaroom，wherethehostsarelikelytohavegathered。Traditionally，asinallos，theheadatioheroomfirst。Donotbesurprisedifyourhostsweleyouwithaloudroundofapplause。Youshouldapplaudbackasaresponse。

Tablemannersinaalsoifortheelders，justlikemuchofothereseetiquette。Atthetable，servefoodforyoureldersbefitforyourself。Also，ifsomeo，makesurethatwhenyoukglasseswithsomeohanyoutherimlassislowerthanthatoftheelderpersohisisanimp。esepeopleemphasizefilialpietyallthetime。

Peopleioordermorefoodthanwhatisheywillfinditembarrassingifallthefoodiseatenup。Whenyouhavebeenfull，justsayso。Oryouwillalwayseatmorethahy!

&ablemalyrelatedwiththeuseofchopsticks。Itisthesiimportaaesetable。Maiquetteguidetheproperuseofchopsticks。Assueedstobeusedinaright>

Itisthehost’sdutytuests，andatveryformalbaspeopledooeatuntilthechiefhostservedaportioofhoively，thehostmaysimplypickuphischopstidinerthat，oakeanyfoodinanyamountforhimherself，althoughitisimpolitetosearchyourfavorableportionsinadish。Remembertoeatslowly。Don’tmakeyourselffilledupwhenfivecoursesarelefttogo。Itisimpolitetostopeatinginthemiddleofaba，andyourhlythinkthatsomethioupsetyou。

Drinkingtakesanimportantpositionis。Toastingismandatory，andthedrinkingofspiritsstartsohehosthasproposedatoastatthebeginningofthediislikelythatheshewillstandandholdhisherglassoutwithbothhandswhilemakinganopeningremark。Whehewanbei，whisbottomsup（literallyemptyglass），everyoshouldemptytheirglasses。Aftertheintroductorytandtoastioall。Followingtoastsbemadefrompersoothegroupasawhole。Nowordsareoproposeatoast，anditisoemptyylass，althoughtodososhowsmorerespect。Rememberthatstrongdrinkshouldneverbedrunkalone。Ifyouarethirsty，youkbeeresinsipsindividually，butifyouprefertodrinkhardliquor，besuretobeapaniedbysomeoyourtable，smileandraiseylass，anddriher。Beeresalsobeusedf。Also，itisdiscourteoustofillylasswithoutfirstfillingglassesofallothers。Thisappliestoalldrinksandnotjusttospirits。Ifylassbeptyandyourhostislikelythatheshewillpourdrinksforyouimmediately。Whenfillinganlass，itispolitetofillitasfullasyouwithouthavingtheliquidoverflowtherim。Thisrepresentsfullrespedfriendship。

Itisamatterofpolitehehethisguestsdrunk。Ifyoudonotplantodrinkalakeitknownattheverybeginnioavoidembarrassmehehostmaykindlytrytopersuadey。Oogetridofthispressureistotellyourhostthatyictoalthecourseatbaisquiteusualforsomeequitedrunk，althoughvdowninpubligsaboutlossofface。Afterafewroundsofheavydrinking，youmaynoticeyourhostsexgthemselvestothewashroom，fromwheretheyofteurnabitlighterandrefreshedformoretoasting!

&hasoffidedwhedishisfihereislittleythatisis。Thehostmayaskifyouhavebeenfull，whidoubtedlywillhavedoheprincipalhost，suggestingthatthebahasended。Usually，theprincipalhostwillsaygoodevenithedooraosettlethebillwiththerestaurateur。Otherhostsusuallyapaheirdstayoutsidewavinguntilthecarshaveleftthepremises。

Afteryouhavebeeainedbyyoureseassociates，itispropertoreturnthefavoruherrestraiimpossible。