Your waiter will cross them to show that your bill has been settled, or you can do the same to show the waiter that you have finished and are ready to pay the bill. Although Chinese culinary art and tea brewing have reached great heights unequaled in the world, Chinese wine has not reached the extent of the West. However, the Chinese make up for this lack of variety by having a proper philosophy for drinking and by insistence on proper moments and surroundings for drinking wine. As a result of this the Chinese feeling for wine has been essentially correct for many centuries. One writer says wine resembles the cavalier and is for good comradeship.
Tea resembles the recluse and is for quiet company.
Wine Scalars and connoisseurs throughout Chinese history have left behind many writings on the art of drinking. His famous essay on wine drinking has immortalized him. According to him only those who drink well leave their names to posterity. The ears are beyond the reach of thunder and you could not see mountain. Heat and cold no longer exist and affairs for the world are of no concern.