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There has always been a relatively big controversy between the north and the south in terms of dining, and the difference between sweet and salty pies in the north and south is a long-standing topic of discussion.
The topic to be discussed today is the difference between the tables used in the north and the south when eating, generally speaking, in the south more people will choose to eat at the dining table, but in the north there is a habit of using the coffee table to eat, which makes many southerners unable to understand, why is this?
Generally speaking, when eating with a coffee table, there is no way to overcome the problem of sitting on the sofa and eating, the posture is too uncomfortable, and you will be full if you can't eat much;The other problem is the informality and the casualness of eating, both of which have deep historical reasons behind them.
First of all, why do many northerners choose to eat on the coffee table, the low table with a small bench always feels very squeezed space, is it more uncomfortable to sit in this environment to eat?
The climate in the north is generally very distinct in four seasons, and before winter, people will burn the kang at home in order to keep warm, and then the family will sit on the kang to eat, which is both warm and allows everyone to gossip about homely things, these memories are the memories shared by many northern friends in childhood.
The winter in the north is very cold, in the era when heating was not yet widespread, if people want to set up a table in the dining room or living room for eating, they must face the problem that the food will quickly become cold, because of the cold, people will reach out to pick up the vegetables will freeze their hands.
In this cold environment, it is difficult for people to gather together to create a happy and relaxing atmosphere. At this time, we moved our eyes to the kang at home, which was large enough to entertain many guests and warm everyone up.
Setting up a small table on the kang to eat became a common choice for many northerners, and later, people had heating and floor heating. There is no need for everyone to get together to keep warm, but eating around a small table has still become a habit engraved in the bones of many northerners.
This habit has evolved into a meal around the coffee table, which has replaced the small table on the kang of the year, and has become a manifestation of people's memories and habits in the past.
In addition to our historical habits, another very important reason for eating at the coffee table is the different room structure and layout in the north and south. When the economy of the north and the south was developing rapidly, it was not synchronized, and the houses built in various places were also very local characteristics.
In the north, the economy took off earlier than in the south, mostly because of the development of local mineral resources. At this time, people did not have a clear division of labor for the aesthetics and structure of the room as they do now.
In rural areas, building a house is more about having a living room and a bedroom, and a house is built. In this case, the kitchen is either a shed in the open air or a separate kitchen, also known as a cooktop.
It can be seen that at that time, people's thinking about the division of labor in the house was reflected in two aspects, one was to live in people, and the other was to entertain guests. At this time, more detailed dining rooms and showers will not be on everyone's radar.
In this case, the function of the dining room is implemented either in the bedroom or in the living room. As we have just mentioned, it is inconvenient to eat in the living room in the northern winter every day, so naturally, the bedroom has become the primary place to realize the function of the dining room.
This situation continues to the present day, and it has become that northerners choose to eat at the coffee table. Bathing in the northern bathhouse is an important part of people's daily life, and even now, people have developed a bathing culture with the characteristics of Northeast China.
We can observe the difference between the northern and southern institutions of higher learning, in the northern colleges and universities will basically have public bathing baths, but in the southern colleges and universities are basically separate shower rooms, which is rare, and it can be said that there are basically no bathhouses.
From this we can see that the northern room partition has basically continued a less obvious distinction. Although there are toilets in the house, people still choose to go to the bathing center from time to time. It's a cultural continuation.
Eating at the coffee table is also a continuation of this blurred divide. First of all, our ordinary people's houses are generally between 70-130 square meters, which is not considered a large house, so in order to make the overall house appear larger, we generally only choose the foundation division.
It's simple, one kitchen, one bathroom, one living room and a few bedrooms. Northerners' attachment to restaurants is far less intense than Southerners'. More often than not, the living room is used as a dining room. But the living room originally undertakes many functions, and if there are too many things, it is easy to mess up.
In the living room, at least there should be an entertainment area, such as a sofa, a TV, and a three-piece coffee table.
In this environment, there is no use for setting up a dining table other than eating. This single function can be very cluttered and cramped in the whole environment, and slowly turns into a coffee table into a multi-purpose table.
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