Here are some rules of using chopsticks
1. Don't point your chopsticks (or index finger) at others. This is seen as a sign of disrespect. Likewise, don't wave your chopsticks around in the air or play with them while eating.
2. Don't knock on tableware with chopsticks: this is seen as a sign of begging.
3. Don't stir food with your chopsticks to find what you want. This is very rude (and unhygienic).
4. Don't invert your chopsticks, i.e. use them the wrong way round (to avoid losing face).
5. Never stick chopsticks into your food, especially not into rice. Only at funerals are chopsticks stuck into rice on an altar, where they look like joss sticks, also burnt on the altar for the dead.
1. 同意Rita,吃饭不能发出声音。
如果我在家吃饭声音很“响”,我的妈妈就提醒我:不要吃得那么响啊! :P
2. Fenfen 说得对。 吃饭握住饭碗最好; 最好让长辈和客人先吃。
① 不过,我家人没规定我必须握住饭碗吃饭,但要求我:不要驼背凑近饭碗。:)
② 最好让长辈到齐再吃饭,但是,万一全部人都上桌了,有一位长辈还在煮饭或忙别的事情呢?在这种特殊情况下,我家人一般都是先喊一句“***(喊长辈)赶快来吃饭吧!”,然后就先开吃了。
③ 我父母很少邀请朋友来家吃饭。一般请别人吃饭时,都是去餐厅吃,餐厅上菜时,一般让客人先夹菜。
3. Peter 的疑问非常好!据闻,日本文化 ( Japanese Culture ) 就要求吃面声音要“响”
中国文化好像没有这样的传统吧?我还没见过真正有修养的中国人吃面声音很大。:P