Basic Knowledge Of State Banquet

　 What is a state banquet?

Another important ceremonial activity of the visiting guests is the pendulum. State banquet 。 The state banquet is a formal banquet held by the president of the state or the premier of the State Council for the visit of foreign heads of state or government. The grand banquet of the state banquet is based on the word "country", which serves the foreign guests in the name of the state and embodies the national image everywhere. Therefore, it is the highest form of banquet, such as the national flag hanging on the front of the banquet hall, playing the national anthem, the state banquet invitation card, the menu, the seat card, the music list for the feast, and even the tableware on which it is decorated are decorated with the national emblem.

The solemn state banquet can also be seen from the costumes of the participants. All the people present at the state banquet were formally dressed. Western fashionable dress, men dressed in black tuxedo, tie tie, lady wearing a long dress, 1986 Queen's welcome to China banquet, the British men and women guests like that. When our staff attend the state banquet, men usually wear dark suits or Chinese tunic suits, while women wear Chinese style jackets with long skirts or Qipao.

　　 State banquet Scale and seat

In the past, the banquet was welcomed at the grand banquet hall on the two floor of the Great Hall of the people. Since the late 80s of last century, it has been held in the Western Hall on the first floor of the Great Hall of the people (after the formal talks between the two sides in the East Hall), it is very convenient to attend the banquet in the Western Hall. At present, the state banquet in the West Hall is usually ten tables.

In addition to our leaders and guests, the main table is arranged for the officers and staff members of both sides and the ambassadors of both sides to be seated. The rest of the tables are arranged according to their status. The owners of each table face the same direction. The main guests at each table are on the right hand side of the host, and the translation is on the right hand side of the main guests.

　 State banquet program

The state banquet usually starts at 7 in the evening, and the time does not exceed 1 hours and 15 minutes. The escort of the guests and the host first attended the meeting. When the banquet started, the ambassador and spouses were escorted to the banquet hall accompanied by our leaders, when the military band played a welcome song. In the middle of the banquet, there is a song in the middle of the dinner, all of which are famous pieces of music from China and visiting countries. After the banquet, the ambassador, accompanied by our leader, went to the band and thanked the band. Finally, the ambassador walked out of the banquet hall accompanied by our leaders and shook hands to the central hall of the North Hall. {page_break}

It turned out that when the host and guest spoke at the state banquet, they usually arranged after the hot dishes or at the beginning of the banquet. After his speech, the guest played the national anthem. After the guest spoke, he played the national anthem. Since July 1, 1990, the speech of our national banquet has been cancelled, so the time for playing the national anthem is at the beginning of the banquet, that is, when our leader escort the ambassador to the main table seat of the banquet hall, he will stand before the seat and wait until the national anthem is finished. First play the national anthem, then play the main anthem. When they played the two national anthem, they all stood up and stopped walking and talking (except the photographer). Since 2003, the national anthem has not been played since the national banquet is usually held after the welcome ceremony. The national anthem has been played at the welcome ceremony, and the national anthem has been playing for a long time.

　　 State banquet Etiquette and service

On the state banquet, the waiter wore a black suit and tie tie; the waitress wore a beautiful and elegant cheongsam. They serve the wine with superb action, considerate service and enthusiasm.

After seated, the waiter immediately set up a cold dish for each guest, and served the soup after cold dish (which is different from Chinese food), followed by meat dishes and vegetarian dishes. The first dish is often the representative dish of the banquet, the most valuable. Hot dishes are usually three meat and vegetable (usually 2-3 dishes now). They are served in turn, that is to say, after the guests have finished eating a dish, the new dish will be replaced, and another dish will be served by the waiter in time. The main course is dessert and fruit.

State banquet used wine, mainly in the past Moutai, since October 1988, the state banquet stop using Moutai liquor and other strong spirits. Laoshan Mountain's mineral water, Tsingtao Brewery and five-star beer are rarely seen at the state banquet due to the relatively large export volume. The new generation of Beijing beer, Tianjin dry white wine, Coca-Cola, Yanjing Beer, orange Bao, dynastic wine, coconut juice, Bi Yun Dong mineral water and Zhejiang Longjing tea have become the main drinks of the state banquet.

Our country banquet often adopts the method of eating Chinese food and Western food, that is, guests can eat Chinese food with knife and fork. For each guest at the table, Chinese chopsticks and Western knives and forks are placed at the same time for guests to choose. The tableware is specially made, with Chinese porcelain, pottery, gold ware, silverware, stainless steel ware, bronze ware, etc. Porcelain and pottery have exquisite pictographic tableware, such as cabbage shaped porcelain plates, fish leaf shaped porcelain plates, cattle (FISH) shaped porcelain plates, turtle shaped porcelain plates, persimmon shaped porcelain jars, orange shaped porcelain cups, chicken shaped pottery jars, duck shaped pottery jars, conch shells, apple shaped bowls, etc. The wine set is glass, crystal and other products.