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Chinese Dining Etiquette Guide

Chinese dining etiquette dictates that guests should greet the host upon arrival. Younger guests should wait for elders to be seated before sitting down themselves and should wait for elders to begin eating before starting their own meals. Chopsticks are the primary eating utensil and should be used properly without playing or waving them in the air. Diners should avoid distractions and show respect for elders and others at the table.

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Chinese Dining Etiquette Guide

Chinese dining etiquette dictates that guests should greet the host upon arrival. Younger guests should wait for elders to be seated before sitting down themselves and should wait for elders to begin eating before starting their own meals. Chopsticks are the primary eating utensil and should be used properly without playing or waving them in the air. Diners should avoid distractions and show respect for elders and others at the table.

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Etiquette in Chinese dining

Greetings

 Guests at a meal should greet the host and other guests after arriving at the banquet.

Seating

 The Chinese dining etiquette has that youths should not sit at the table before the elders. If the
guest of honor or most senior member is not seated, other people are not allowed to be seated.

Eating

 Youths should not start eating before the elders start eating.
 When eating with a bowl, one should not hold it with its bottom part, because it resembles the act
of begging.
 Chopsticks are the main eating utensils for Chinese food, which can be used to cut and pick up
food.
 When someone taking a break from eating at the table, they should not put the chopstick into the
rice vertically, because it resembles the Chinese traditional funeral tribute, which involves putting
chopstick inside a bowl of rice vertically.
 It is considered inappropriate to use knives on the dining table.
 Chopsticks should not be waved around in the air or played with.
 Food should first be taken from the plate in front.
 It is considered impolite to stare at a plate.
 Watching TV, using mobile phones or doing other activities while eating is considered a bad
habit.
 If an older person puts food in a younger person's bowl, the younger person should thank them.

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