(ⅱ) Different seating arrangement

    Due to cultural differences between China and Western countries, the seating arrangements of guests and the host also vary in organizing the banquet, for example: South and north vs. right and left, Men first vs. Ladies first. These two points are expounded respectively as follows. In China, the seat facing south in a banquet is usually regarded as the most honorable, while the seat facing north is comparatively less in importance.

    However, in Western countries, the situation is quite different. In ancient times, a person used to hold a dagger in his right hand to carry out his assassination .Only when the guest was arranged to sit on the left side of the host, was it inconvenient for an assassin to perform the action, but much easier for the host to subdue the assassin and protect the guest(毕 ......