When hosting a banquet in Changsha, why is there a prepared meal? Will you be looked down upon if you don’t prepare a prepared meal?

Throwing a banquet is always looked down upon.

Changsha people follow the money without doing it from their hearts, and they are not convinced. So the "smart" people concocted meal preparations to dominate the family and get their share of the money back.

Little did he know that when it was his turn to do things, he jumped into the hole he dug. Stupid stupid [face covering]

Preparing meals is to prevent too many guests. It is difficult to have the dinner at the same time when additional dishes are added at last minute. With a prepared meal, this situation will not happen and the meal can be started at the same time.

Preparing meals for banquets is now popular not only in Changsha, but also in other places. If you don't do meal preparation, it's not that you're being looked down upon, but that there's a trick in it.

First, taste the quality of the hotel food. When city people hold banquets, most of them choose elegant hotels. The host will go to the hotel in advance to make a reservation, and then decide on the menu based on his financial strength and affordability. The day before the banquet, the host will invite a group of relatives and friends to the hotel, and ask the hotel to prepare a few tables according to the menu to taste the quality and taste of the food. If there are quality problems with some dishes, or the taste does not meet everyone's requirements, the host will ask the hotel to make changes and rectifications based on the guests' suggestions to be prepared. In fact, eating a prepared meal fully reflects the owner's cautious and thoughtful style.

The second is to divert some guests from the prepared meals. The prepared meal can be for a few tables or a dozen tables, depending on how many relatives and friends the host has. In the past two years, the COVID-19 virus has been like an invincible enemy. It is like a black ghost, always wreaking havoc in the skies everywhere. Especially during holidays, some local governments have made relevant regulations on dinner parties, and banquets must not exceed the number of tables. The host had to take measures to break up the banquet and allow some relatives and friends to attend the banquet in advance to relieve the pressure of dining the next day and comply with the government's relevant requirements of not having large-scale dinner parties.

The third is the need to build party style and clean government. If the host is a civil servant or a party member, there are relevant regulations when hosting banquets, and must be reported and organized within the approved quantity range. In particular, those with positions cannot accept gifts from service units and service personnel, let alone take the opportunity to do anything arrogant. In order to change the target and reduce the size of the banquet that day, some hosts adopted the method of dividing the banquet into batches, venues and time, so as to avoid the supervision of the organization and disciplinary inspection departments.

Strictly speaking, preparing meals does no harm. It not only increases the host’s energy, material, financial and manpower to prepare the banquet, but also defeats the fine tradition of thrift and simplicity. Some even affect the party. Building a clean and honest government.

People around Changsha, especially Wangcheng District, like to prepare meals. There are not many people doing meal preparation in the city.

The initial meal preparations in Changsha were mainly for distant guests, because they usually had to arrive at the host’s house one day in advance, and the host’s family booked hotels and banquets so that the guests could sleep and eat comfortably. ! The second day is the main banquet. After eating, you leave and no more guests are invited! Therefore, prepared meals first appeared in suburban areas. At that time, transportation was not as convenient as it is now, and cars were not as popular as they are now. Therefore, distant guests had to arrive at the host's house one day in advance to show respect for the host's home! This is where meal prep comes in the first place! After continuous improvement, Changsha’s preparatory meal on the first night has gradually become as grand and polite as the main dinner the next day! Therefore, regardless of whether the guests are far or near, everyone comes to Haihai to have a meal in the evening. If you don’t eat, you will get nothing! This is equivalent to having two formal dinners for weddings and weddings in Changsha, one in the evening and one at noon on the second day! The meal prepared on the night before the wedding is usually called Xiaoyanjiu, which means a formal meal for a dutiful son to thank his relatives, friends, and those who help with work. The main meal for the funeral the next day was called Shangshan Dinner! The innate dinner for a red wedding is called a preparatory meal! The main banquet on the second day is called the pavilion banquet if the woman is hosting the banquet, and the main banquet on the second day is called the wedding banquet if the man is hosting the banquet! Therefore, Hunan people, especially Changsha people, are polite and bold, which is reflected in these details!

Most urban areas do not have prepared meals, but they have always been available in suburban and rural areas [yawn]

Yes, the trend of comparison is getting more and more serious now. If you don’t provide prepared meals, you will be looked down upon. , people will say that the host is too stingy!

In the past, there were only main meals, no meal preparations