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Etiquettes at a Chinese restaurant…?

I’ve seen people open the cap of the teapot open and leave it at the end of the table when they want a refill of their hot tea. Is that how you ask for a refill of hot tea in Chinese culture? Also, why do the waitpersons/servers make so much noise when they are putting the dishes away, etc? Is it better to make more noise?
I guess Chinese etiquettes are similar to the Japanese one…I’ve been to expensive(up-scale, whatever you like to call it), but I don’t know…the noise just occurs a lot in a restaurants that I went to by coincidence.

Yes, leaving the teapot lid upside down on the pot, and leaving the pot at the end of the table is a silent gesture to tell the waiter/waitress to fill up the teapot again. It’s better than say, yelling out “Oi you! Fill my tea up won’t you?”, don’t you think? lol
And if you “just eat like you’re not ashamed”, that’s considered very rude.
As for the noise, I don’t actually know. Etiquette-speaking, the waiters/waitresses are meant to be as quiet as possible, so maybe they just happened to be in a bad mood that day…?
Although, since a lot of Chinese plates, bowls etc are made of porcelain, sometimes noise is just unavoidable, and the waitresses/waiters are usually hurrying to do their job as quickly as possible, thus unable to avoid the noise.
Another pointer: try putting as little of your arm on the table as possible. I know its a habit for Westerners to put their whole arms on the table while eating, but for Chinese it’s the opposite. We understand you need to use your hands for eating, but try putting as little of your arm as possible.

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