A hand draws a bamboo slip from a tube of slips, a ring of small painted cups filled with wine stands around it, and a large jar painted with peonies stands beside them with warm vapour rising from its mouth.
Manners and games
Introduction
Drinking etiquette, the manners of urging a drink and drinking games.
Drinking customs cover drinking etiquette and the games played at the table, including the manners of drinking and drinking games. A drinking game is played to liven up the drinking. Ancient drinking etiquette is found in the Li ji chapter on the village drinking rite: the host bows to welcome the guests, and the bows on arrival, the offering and returning of cups and the polite refusals are many, serving to mark rank and age. Seating and the general rules of toasting belong to Seating and Toasts.