Rural people are reluctant to go to restaurants for banquets. Why is this?

It is common to hold banquets in rural areas. After hundreds of thousands of years of continuous evolution, banquets are no longer just a banquet. It carries the customs of the countryside, the economic strength of the host family, and the complex worldly sophistication. etc. The author is from Weinan, Shaanxi. Let me talk about some phenomena of banquets here. Hosting banquets in hotels in rural areas only happened in the past ten years. Even now, hosting banquets at home is still the mainstream. To say why, there are probably the following reasons: 1. Cost-effectiveness.

Take our hometown as an example. In a slightly better hotel, a table of 18 dishes costs at least six to seven hundred or seven to eight hundred. However, the same standard, if done at home, is capped at 300. Economic accounts are a reason that cannot be ignored. After all, the economic level of most rural families is not enough to be wealthy enough. 2. Distance problem.

Usually there are not large hotels in the countryside that can accommodate hundreds of people dining at the same time (in recent years, there have been some restaurants specially designed to host weddings and weddings). If you want to go to a hotel, there will be transportation problems for hundreds of people. This is a big problem. Considering the time cost, safety hazards and other factors, doing it at home is the easiest and most worry-free solution. 3. Banquets in rural areas must have an atmosphere. It is not just a round of banquets, but also involves very complicated human relations and sophistication.

As for our local wedding, two days before the wedding, we have to go door-to-door to invite people. These people are all fellow villagers. Usually, everyone has to help each other when something happens. This is the most basic interpersonal relationship in the countryside. Network of relationships. Everyone is usually busy with their own affairs, and it is rare to get together when something happens. Before the official wedding banquet begins, many people will gather at home to eat, drink, and play cards just to create this atmosphere. But in a hotel, the whole process usually only takes one or two hours, and the atmosphere is not good. If it is a simple matter, you will have to be busy for several days before and after, and the banquets will come one after another.

To put it bluntly, hosting banquets in rural areas is really not a matter of money. Happy events are easy to say, but simple events are impossible! Unless, like the West, we throw away all our funeral rituals, everyone bows and then goes to eat? This is obviously impossible! Whether it's red or white, it's a big deal. Especially in rural areas, on the one hand, it is subject to practical conditions, and on the other hand, it is the deep-rooted traditional culture. The banquet is not the purpose, but it is like a "family banquet" to make guests feel at home!