China people still attach great importance to table manners. From ancient times to the present, the variety and quantity of food served to guests are very particular.
Many people still believe in gods. When offering sacrifices to ancestors and worshipping Buddha, they light three sticks of incense, burn three pieces of paper and offer three plates of offerings at a time. It seems that this activity continues to this day. However, when you invite others to dinner, you usually pay attention to auspiciousness and happiness, and you don't like the number of odd dishes. Moreover, serving three dishes is easy to make people think that you are going to visit the grave to give something for worship. If the guest is superstitious, he will feel unlucky, as if he is cursing that he will not live long. Therefore, both the guests and the guests will avoid this situation, so as not to cause misunderstanding. This kind of attention is not only valued by ancient people, but also will be paid attention to when people treat them to dinner now. After all, they would rather believe it, but not believe it. In particular, people who do business still believe in Feng Shui. If their financial resources are affected, people who do business will collapse.
It's also said that you can't sit for six. If six people sit opposite each other on one side of a table, it's like the four legs of a tortoise, and it seems disrespectful. China people pay attention to hospitality, and the distinguished guest has to sit in the theme, which is more like cursing the distinguished guest as a little puss-head. Although the tortoise is a symbol of longevity, it also has an unpleasant nickname, such as tortoise, so if you treat someone and ask for help, maybe people will be offended if things are not done. So smart people will still pay attention to this problem.
In fact, "You can't sit six without putting three things on the table" is not only a feudal saying, but also a manifestation of the ancient people's attention to etiquette. Many times, we should look at things from both sides. As long as we don't overdo it, we can still absorb good things and make things better.