An important fact is that rice is not used to accompany the hot dish; the hot plates, however, are used to accompany the rice. Broths and soups, unlike in the West, are served several times like other foods. The soup is usually accompanied by fruit. There should be 3 glasses of different sizes on the table, the largest is for drinking water, the medium is for rice wine and the smallest is for liquor. The base cover consists of a bowl, a plate, a pair of chopsticks, a teacup and a porcelain spoon. Chopsticks are used for eating and taking food, but after lunch they are never left on the plate, but next to the plate. People should not drink until the guest has raised their glass. A person never serves in his own glass; instead it serves someone else, while that person will return the kindness. People should not be surprised if someone drinks the soup while making a loud noise; is the right way to demonstrate that the soup is