The history and culture of chopsticks, what is the culture of chopsticks?

The standard length of chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes, which represents that people have seven emotions and six desires, in order to show that they are fundamentally different from animals. Chopsticks are round at one end and square at the other. The circle symbolizes the sky.

The symbolic place of the square corresponds to the round place of the sky; This is the Chinese's understanding of the basic principles of the world; Secondly, when holding chopsticks, the thumb and index finger are on the top, the ring finger and the little finger are on the bottom, and the middle finger is in the middle, which is the image of the three talents of heaven, earth and man, which is the Chinese understanding of the relationship between man and the world.

Chopsticks are round at one end and square at the other, the round one symbolizes the sky, the square one symbolizes the earth, the square one touches the food at the top, and the round one touches the food below, representing "the people take food as the sky". Chopsticks are one of the symbols of Chinese food culture, invented in China, and later spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other Chinese character cultural circles.

A pair of chopsticks divided into two represents the Chinese observance of the concept of Tai Chi and Yin and Yang, Tai Chi is one, Yin and Yang is two, one is divided into two, which means that everything is composed of two opposites, two into one, the combination of Yin and Yang, also means a perfect result.

When using chopsticks, one is active, the other is driven, the initiative is yang, and the action is yin, which is the image of the two instruments.

A pair of chopsticks lying on the dining table, like a pen lying on the desk, is a sign of elegance.

Chopsticks are one of the symbols of Chinese food culture and one of the most common tableware in the world, which was invented in China and later spread to Korean culture, Japan, Vietnam and other Chinese character cultural circles.

Chinese are used to using chopsticks, while Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia.

and the Indian subcontinent and other regions to grasp with their fingers. The earliest chopsticks found in China is Yinxu, Anyang City, Henan Province.

Excavated copper chopsticks.

China has been using tableware for a long time, the history of using spoons is about 8,000 years, the history of using forks is about 4,000 years, the upper limit of the time of using chopsticks is uncertain, but it is at least 3,000 years old, and the dinner fork was still used until the Warring States period, and the Warring States tomb in Luoyang, Henan Province has unearthed 51 dinner forks tied into a bundle. After the Warring States period, the fork may have been eliminated, and there are few records and real objects.

The division of labor between spoons and chopsticks in the pre-Qin period was very clear, the spoon was used for eating, and the chopsticks were used to eat the dishes in the soup.

Etiquette of use.

1. Sodium caseinate.

Sodium caseinate should not be put back on a plate after picking up food.

2. Sodium caseinateSodium caseinate cannot be pointed at people with chopsticks or pointed at with chopsticks during meals.

3. Sodium caseinateSodium caseinate cannot insert chopsticks into a bowl of rice or rice. This is the method of placing ancestral offerings, see Foot Tail Rice.

4. Sodium caseinate: Do not hit the bowl with chopsticks. When you go to the house for dinner, you should especially not hit the bowl with your chopsticks.

5. Sodium caseinateSodium caseinate does not compete with other people's chopsticks.

6. Sodium caseinateSodium caseinate cannot be reversed with chopsticks.

7. Sodium caseinateSodium caseinate should not rotate (play) chopsticks.

8. Sodium caseinateWhen going to the banquet, you should not move the chopsticks (the same is true for the spoon) before the host shouts "start the chopsticks", and then wait for the guests or the oldest person present to move before starting to eat.

9. Sodium caseinate Sodium caseinate In the process of dining, the chopsticks have been raised, but I don't know which dish to eat, at this time, the chopsticks should not move back and forth in each dish or cruise in the air, turn back and forth on the plate but do not pick up the dishes.

10. Sodium caseinateWhen taking food from the same food container as other diners, do not use chopsticks to turn it in it, but choose the area to be used in advance and then pick it up.

11. Sodium caseinateSodium caseinate In Japan, chopsticks must be placed on the chopstick rest or other places where they can be put with both hands.

The above content refers to Encyclopedia - Chopsticks.

1. Send chopsticks to the newcomer, which means that the pearls are perfect and the precious son is born quickly.

2. Send your lover chopsticks, which means that they will be paired in pairs and never separated.

3. Send chopsticks to friends, implying equality, friendship and harmony.

4. Send the teacher chopsticks, which means that he is upright and upright, and he returns the peach and plum.

5. Give chopsticks to the elderly, implying eternal happiness and boundless longevity.

How to use chopsticks.

There is no single way to hold chopsticks correctly and how to use them, but they are all the same. The chopsticks on it are controlled with the thumb, index finger, and middle finger. It is important that the lower chopsticks are fixed, and only the upper chopsticks are moved, and then the food is clamped.

With the heads of the two chopsticks together and the tips of the chopsticks aligned, it is easy to pick up what you are eating.

There are usually two ways to hold chopsticks, the hands are placed in the back of the chopsticks, and the fingertips are touched in the middle of the chopsticks.

1.China is the birthplace of chopsticks.

Eating with chopsticks has a history of 3,000 years, and it is the home country in the world where chopsticks are used for food. Chopsticks look like just two very simple small sticks, but it has the functions of picking, picking, clipping, mixing, chopping, etc., and it is easy to use and inexpensive. Chopsticks are also a unique type of tableware in the world today.

Anyone who has used chopsticks, whether Chinese or foreigners, admires the inventor of chopsticks. But who invented it? When was Creation born?

No one can do this now. In the ancient Chinese country, there are no written materials that record this great contribution to human civilization, perhaps our ancestors lacked words at that time, or the books that recorded chopsticks were lost? In short, there are only four words in this unsolved case: "no record in history".

Of course, the study of chopsticks and chopsticks culture is not impossible to find any circumstantial evidence.

2.Historical development.

The main opportunity for the birth of chopsticks should be the hot cooked food. In ancient times, because there were no metal utensils, and because the animal bones were short, extremely brittle, and difficult to process, the ancestors picked fine bamboo and branches to get cooked food. In the wilderness, humans lived in dense forests, grasses, and caves, and the most convenient materials were trees and bamboo branches.

Because of this, small sticks and thin bamboos passed through the plucking of the ancestors when they roasted things, and they took the scoop clips when they were in a hurry to eat hot. Stirring during steaming millet and other stirring, the prototype of chopsticks gradually appeared. This is the inevitable law of human development in a special environment.

Studying from the shape of the current chopsticks, it also has the characteristics of the original bamboo sticks. Even after more than 4,000 years of development, its primitiveness remains unchangeable.

1. The origin of chopsticks.

In primitive societies, humans lived by gathering berries and hunting, which determined that the way of eating was simple and rude, that is, grabbing by hand. With the advancement of production tools, our ancestors learned to use pottery to cook food. As a result, it is no longer possible to eat in a simple way by grasping by hand.

As a result, they learned to use two wooden sticks to pick up hot food cooked in pottery.

2. The development of chopsticks.

Chopsticks were called 梜 (pronounced with the same clip) and chopsticks in ancient times, and it can be seen that the early chopsticks were made of bamboo or other wood. The earliest chopsticks unearthed in China are the copper chopsticks of the Shang period excavated in Yinxu. The wooden chopsticks buried in the ground have long been carbonized and can only be seen in history books.

But copper chopsticks still shine to solve the mysteries of history after thousands of years. During the Shang Dynasty, when the bronze smelting technology matured, the ruling class began to cast and use various bronze tripods for eating, and the primitive dining utensils and pottery began to be eliminated by the ruling class.

Han Feizi Yu Lao said: "The former is like a chopstick, and the basket is terrifying." It can be seen that ivory chopsticks were already used when the king of Shang was king.

As a basic dining tool, chopsticks can be used by ordinary people even if they are ordinary people. Whether it is made of bamboo or other wood, it has been swaying with the industrious hands of the Chinese people for thousands of years. And the ivory chopsticks, jade chopsticks, and gold chopsticks in the hands of the wealthy class, no matter how exquisite they are, are only witnesses of history.

3. The transformation of chopsticks to chopsticks.

Chopsticks were called "chopsticks" in the pre-Qin period, "chopsticks" after the Han Dynasty, and "chopsticks" began to appear in the Ming Dynasty. "The Book of Rites: Qu Li" mentions that "those who have vegetables in the soup use the soup", and the "First Aid Chapter" says: "The chopstick, a soup, so the food is also sandwiched".

The transition from "chopsticks" to "chopsticks" began in the Wuzhong region of the Ming Dynasty, which is the area around today's Suzhou and Shanghai. Because these places are particularly particular about avoidance, and there are many ships in these places, the sound of "chopstick" is easy to associate with a boat dwelling. In order to avoid suspicion, they did the opposite, and took the chopsticks as the fastest, which entrusted the boatman's good wishes for a smooth sailing.

In the Qing Dynasty, the north-south exchange spread the name "chopsticks" to the north and south of the river, and was soon accepted by the north. Therefore, in the early days, "chopsticks" were actually "fast", and there was no bamboo prefix. It's just that people added it later.