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Etiquette

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Table manners

Meals are shared and age matters: the eldest starts first, and many dishes go in the middle for everyone.

DoWait for the eldest to pick up their spoon first. · Keep your rice bowl on the table — you don't lift it.

AvoidDon't stick chopsticks upright in rice — it looks like a funeral offering. · Don't blow your nose at the table.

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