"If you don't put three dishes, you won't get five chopsticks and six seats." What's so particular about this?

First, the dishes are not three. In fact, the three dishes are the same as the dishes sacrificed in ancient times. The number three is unlucky, so many people will have scruples.

When Tomb-Sweeping Day worships his ancestors, we usually light three sticks of incense and put three kinds of fruits or food. In fact, this is a custom of offering sacrifices, and many people are particularly taboo about it, so basically there will be no three dishes. Another reason is that China people's writing is extensive and profound. Three? With what? Scattered? And then what? Mourning? It is a homophonic word, which gives people the feeling that it will bring ominous signs. Food is the most important thing for the people, and everyone is willing to believe in good things and try to avoid such unlucky things.

Second, chopsticks don't add up to five. In ancient times, three long and two short were very bad meanings. Five chopsticks are easy to produce such associations and cause misunderstandings.

Ancient people were very particular about table manners. Chopsticks appear in pairs on the table, and there is basically no singularity. In the present table manners, if there are odd chopsticks, it also means that one can't use them, and it will also bring embarrassing scenes to guests. In addition, many people will think that five chopsticks mean three long and two short, which will be very taboo and think that five chopsticks will bring unlucky signs. We should also pay more attention to table manners.

Third, if you don't sit six or six people, you will form a tortoise seat, and the tortoise will remind people of the tortoise. People who pay attention to table manners don't do this.

Although many people will say that the tortoise is actually a meaningful longevity animal, it is really inappropriate to put it on the dining table. Most people who have done catering will feel impolite as long as they know that they can't make turtle seats, and others will think that you don't understand table culture. China people are very picky about the number of people who stay. Eight people sit down, there must be two in the southeast and northwest. When ten people sit, it is 3+3+2+2. Every practice is very particular. No matter what industry you are in, you must pay more attention to these manners when you invite people to dinner.