14 Dining-Related Taboos from Around the World

Visit different countries, and you're bound to experience cultural differences—especially at the dinner table. Here are some things to help you mind your manners, wherever you're traveling next. China 1. Chinese tradition believes that long noodles symbolize a long life, so if you're lucky enough to eat a big steaming bowl of long noodles, don't cut them—it symbolizes cutting a long life short.