What do people in China pay attention to when they invite guests to dinner and arrange seats? Where do these rules come from?

What do people in China pay attention to when they invite guests to dinner and arrange seats? 1. Men and women are male, female and right, with their backs to the front door; Male and female guests are divided into male, female and right, facing the main entrance and sitting opposite the host and hostess. The other pair of guests are male, female and right, from right to left in the order of generations. Sit down. The man sat facing the main entrance; The hostess sat opposite her master with her back to the front door. Male guests sit on both sides of the male host in turn according to the principle of high right and low left, and are arranged in turn according to seniority; Female guests are arranged on both sides of the hostess according to the principle of seniority and high right and low left. The closer you get to your master, the nobler you become.

2. The closer the table is to the main table, the more important the table position is to the host. It is generally called "right high and left low", that is, right respect and left low. The definition of left and right is determined by the position facing the main entrance. That is, the right side of the door and the left side of the door. In other words, you stand at the door, facing the table, with respect on the left and inferiority on the right. In the seating order, the guest of honor sits in the upper right position of the host and the wife of the guest of honor sits in the upper right position of the hostess. Regardless of the dining table, we should also pay attention to the middle position as the most distinguished seat, and invite the host, leaders and elders to attend.

3. Some hotels will fold the napkins in the upper seats into different patterns, which are higher than those in other seats. In addition, the environment, such as the location of the air conditioning port and whether there is a beautiful view outside the window, will affect the change of the seat position. Take a wedding banquet or birthday party as an example. On this occasion, there is usually a concierge desk to serve the ceremony. We regard the seats near the concierge desk as top seats, which can highlight the status of the guest of honor and facilitate the ceremony. The rest of the guests can sit behind the guest table.

Where do these rules come from? Banquet originated in the hazy era of social and religious development. Long before agriculture appeared, primitive clans and tribes held various sacrifices and ceremonies when the seasons changed. These ceremonies often have dinners. After the emergence of agriculture, due to the closer relationship between seasonal changes and farming and harvesting, people have to hold a grand feast on designated days to celebrate the renewal of nature and people. Earlier written records about China banquets can be found in "Diet" in the Preface to Zhouyi. With the increasing variety of dishes and the diversification of banquet forms, there are more and more banquet names.