Speaking of old Beijingers dining rules, it is a lot, some of the old rules with a modern look is really difficult to understand and accept, and even some superstition, but it reflects the simplicity of old Beijing and psychological support for hundreds of years to food culture and customs.

One can not be inserted chopsticks when eating rice in a bowl of candy, especially families with seventy or eighty years old, and definitely not the chopsticks inserted in a bowl filled with rice. This is due to the early years after the family of the dead to put offerings, which "fell down meal" is to chopsticks inserted in a bowl filled with rice. If the chopsticks inserted in the container of rice bowl, is the greatest disrespect for the elderly at home.

Second, after eating rice, a bowl to be spotless, you can not have the rest of the sticky rice bowl, elders who often say to young people, sticking rice bowl, the future wife to marry a pock-marked. In fact warned young people to develop a good habit to cherish food and live cheaply.

Three is not enough time to eat rice can not say "begging" or "again to bowl," say "and then bowl" or "re-filled bowl," because in the past the old Beijing street beggar called a "beggar" .

Four is not Baji mouth while eating, not a sound soup, use a spoon to gently about what to drink, not to drink Picking breathing, if too loud to be considered non-respect for human and eat next uneducated, like many swine feeding children.

Fifth, when allowed to beat bowl with chopsticks, the food did not end on the table, the children sit quietly at the table to wait, what if the child is not sensible beat rice bowl with chopsticks, the adults will immediately rebuke: "I do not accept beggar . "because in the past the street beggars are mostly side beat their jobs while begging.

Sixth, we can not chat when to eat, drink and chat mostly when people are eating now, but in the past the old Peking Man was exquisite "food is not Words" and "meal in silence," especially when large families sit together to eat, are not free to speak, especially children, is to eat a meal, anyone who casually talk while eating, the light will be reprimanded by adults, and adults with serious cases would have been marked with chopsticks twice.

Seven is not just changing seats at dinner, sitting just where to start, where it has been sitting, holding jobs can not sit here for a while, a moment to sit where. Because only street beggars is to be a another one, changing "location."

Eight is a meal, if not careful who lost his hand jobs, food trays and other guys broke to quickly say "broken pieces (year after year) peace" in order to ease the atmosphere, so missed who will not embarrass .

Now these children are mostly the old arguments have been played down, or even disappear completely, but in some households pay attention to the old people at home, but also still retains part. In some ways, some of the old arguments children to create a harmonious dining environment map is auspicious, is actually a manifestation of Wen Ming.