Inviting guests to dinner and giving gifts is a social way in China’s traditional culture, which has its own specific etiquetteprocedures. The following is the generalprocess of inviting guests to dinner and giving gifts:
Inviting guests to dinner:
Invitation: As an inviter, you should communicate with the guests in advance the details such as time,place and number ofpeople, and send them invitations.
Reception: When guests arrive, you should meet them inperson and warmly welcome them into the restaurant or banquet venue.
Seating: According to the guest’s identity or other requirements, arrange the seats to make the guests feel as comfortable and respected aspossible.
Ordering: Ordering meals reasonably and accurately according to guests’ tastes andpreferences. At the same time, you can also choose a suitable diningplace according to your actual situation to avoid excessive waste beyond your financial resources.
Dining: During dining, we shouldpay attention to friendly communication with guests, share life experiences, work experiences and other topics, and create a good dinner atmosphere.
Gift-giving:
Determine the object of gift-giving: Before giving a gift, determine the object of gift-giving, and learn about their hobbies,professional status and other information, so as to choose the appropriate gift.
gift selection: according to the identity andpersonality of the gift giver, choose a meaningful, valuable and suitable gift for the otherparty. At the same time, we should alsopay attention to theprice and quality of gifts.
giftpackaging: the exquisiteness of giftpackaging will also affect the mood of the recipient. Therefore, it is necessary to choose exquisite and high-grade gift boxes orpackaging bags, and add greetings or thank-you letters to them to make the gift morepersonalized and warm.
Gift-giving: When giving gifts inperson, you should be sincere and solemn, and at the same timepay attention to the details such as the delivery method, occasion and time of the gift.
What do you say when giving gifts?
1。 Please take it.
2。 Please accept it.
3。 It’s just a token of my appreciation … 4. Although it is not aprecious thing … 5. Although it’s just some ugly things … A light meal is not a tribute. I’d like you to try it. This is from the countryside. 8。 This is a famous localproduct in ourplace … 9. I heard that you like this very much, so … it is a traditional virtue of Chinapeople to come and not be rude. When giving gifts inperson or handing them over on behalf of others, you should stand up, smile, look at each other, and deliver the gifts with both hands. And say a decent word, so the effect of giving gifts is naturally better. Don’t deliver gifts in one hand, let alone quietly jam or secretly deliver gifts. Peaceful and friendly expressions and natural and graceful movements are accompanied by your appropriate language expression, and the recipient unconsciously accepts the gift. This effect is definitely the best with the behavior of quietlyputting gifts under the table or in a corner of the room like a thief.