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International Conventions For Etiquette Dining Etiquette

The Chinese have always attached importance to the "seat number".

In the book of rites, it is said that "heaven and earth are everywhere", that is, everything in the universe has its place.

For a person, the different positions between the human body and the upper, lower, front and rear sides reflect different identities, status and ranks. It is related to the affirmation of a certain society or a group to a person's value, which is the embodiment of his personal value as well as the social respect for his personal status.


Great China, a state of etiquette, exquisite at the table.

The seating order

It's a traditional virtue.

When people eat, they respect the guests. Two respecting the elderly, the upper seat is usually given to the guests or the elderly. Our traditional practice is to "take the left as the top", and think that the left is higher than the right.

But in fact,

Foreign etiquette

Medium,

International practice

The arrangement of seats is just the opposite of Chinese traditional arrangement. The international practice is right high left low.

Therefore, Chinese people should not only talk about Chinese tradition, but also observe international etiquette in international communication.


In international practice,

Eat

When arranging tables, they usually use round tables, and the diners at each table should be double.

In arranging a table in a formal banquet hall, the following five principles should be observed, namely, "facing the door for the upper", "taking the middle as the upper", "taking the right as the upper", "taking the distance as the top", and "stepping on the stage".

In fact, in order to avoid being unhappy at the time when the foreign guests are sitting on the wrong seat, a grand banquet can place a seat card in advance before each dining table seat. The invitation card is marked with the table number of the banquet, or imported by the marshal, or holding a Cambodian map, and it is not easy to travel wrong.


When entertaining foreign guests, we must make it clear that we should not eat for eating, but more importantly, we should express our respect for foreign guests and create an atmosphere conducive to further exchanges between the guests and the host.

Therefore, we must not underestimate the arrangement of meals, arrange the work, consider incompleteness, improper arrangement of seats, and make the parties unhappy.

The so-called "diplomacy is no small matter", even in the dining table, we should also pay more attention and careful arrangement to show respect for foreign guests as host.

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