A long wooden courtyard table is spread with home dishes around a clay pot of tofu, cabbage and chicken over charcoal, a hand tips broth back in from a wooden ladle, a steamer of buns stands nearby, and two children hold bowls and wait.
Home and village
Introduction
The family meal at home, and the banquet held for the neighbours of a village.
Family and village banquets cover the family meal put on at home and the village banquet put on for neighbours in the village. A family banquet is arranged according to the household and the number of guests, while a village banquet brings the people of a village or clan together to eat. Some water banquets have long since entered ordinary households and become one form in which the people hold a feast. The set format belongs to Set-Course Banquets, and the meaning of birthdays and weddings to Food Traditions.