When there are many people at the banquet, such as more than 20 people, or when there are more than two tables at the banquet, it is advisable to prepare a seating chart for guests to identify their seats and facilitate their seating.
After the host is seated, the guest of honor is on his right. People with high status, high status or old age are honored and sit at the dinner table.
At the bottom of the seat, there are no female guests.
A more formal banquet should be seated in the order of the guest and the host. In China, the seating level is generally based on the entrance direction, with the front door as the upper seat and the back door as the lower seat. If the guests are lovers, they should sit opposite each other or be arranged alternately by men and women, and the host should sit down. At present, the common seating arrangement is that the host's left side faces the door, the main guest sits on the host's right side, the second guest sits on the host's left side, and others sit in the interval between the host and the guest. The seat facing the door is usually occupied by the host. If the status of the guest of honor is higher than that of the host, the host should give up the subject and sit on the left side of the guest of honor.
The habit in the west is that a row of seats does not consider the direction of entering the door, but is based on the position of the owner, and the position of the owner is the best; The number of tables is subject to the position of the main table. The basic principle is that the right is high and the left is low, and the near height is far from the bottom, that is, the height of the table depends on the distance from the main table and the left and right.
Formal or large banquet:
Seats are usually arranged for formal or large banquets, but only some guests are arranged, and some only arrange tables or sit casually.
1, banquet seats are mainly arranged according to the protocol order of the attendees, and at the same time, political relations, language use, religious beliefs, majors, etc. should be comprehensively considered.
2. At the same table, the height of the seat depends on the distance from the host's seat, with the right high and the left low.
3. For banquets with more than two tables, the position of the first master of other tables can be the same as that of the master of the main table, or it can be the main position facing the main table.
If the status of the guest of honor is higher than that of the host, in order to show respect for him, you can put the guest of honor in the host's position, while the host sits in the guest of honor, and the second host is on the left of the guest of honor.
5. If there is someone with higher status than the host among the attendees, the person with higher status can sit in the main seat, and the host can sit on his left.
6. When there are female guests, China is used to arranging female guests together, that is, the guest of honor sits on the upper right of the host, and the wife of the guest of honor sits on the upper right of the hostess. According to the general international practice, couples are not arranged to sit together, usually men and women sit together, subject to the hostess, the guest of honor is on the upper right of the hostess, and the wife of the guest of honor is on the upper right of the host.
7. The guest of honor brought his wife, but the host's wife couldn't attend. Usually, other women with equal status can be invited as the second host. If there are no women with proper status present, the host and guest couples can also be arranged on the left and right sides of the host.
8. If a long table is used, when there are 6 people, 10 or 14 people at a table, the host and hostess can sit in the traditional positions at both ends of the table. If there are 8 people at a table or 12 people, the host and hostess should sit at both ends of the long table when taking office.
9. If a round table is used, the interpreter is usually arranged on the right side of the host and guest; When using a long table, it can also be arranged opposite the host and guest. When the translator is not on the table, he sits behind the guest of honor and the host.