Besides China, which countries eat with chopsticks?

Chopsticks, a traditional dining tool in China, were invented in China.

People in China have used chopsticks for thousands of years. Chopsticks existed as early as Shang Dynasty. Yu Lao record:? In the past, people were like chopsticks, but Ji Zi was afraid? Here? Hey? , which means chopsticks. According to archaeological findings, the earliest chopsticks in China were copper chopsticks, which were unearthed in Yinxu, Anyang City, Henan Province.

In fact, our ancestors not only learned to use chopsticks at the earliest, but also used tableware and other dining tools much earlier than European countries. For example, a bundle of 5 1 fork dining tools was unearthed in Luoyang, Henan Province, which shows that our ancestors knew how to use forks long ago.

Chopsticks have a profound historical and cultural heritage. In the traditional culture of China, round chopsticks symbolize heaven and square, corresponding to the round place. This is China people's understanding of people and the world. China people have fully demonstrated the functions and connotations of chopsticks in thousands of years of historical development.

With the development of the times, we can choose more and more kinds and styles of chopsticks, such as stainless steel, wood, plastic, ivory and so on. In the forty-four chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions, there is a passage describing Granny Liu's embarrassment when eating. Those long, heavy and luxurious chopsticks are chopsticks inlaid with gold in ivory. Granny Liu saw it and said, This fork climber is heavier than our shovel. Where can we keep him? ? Make everyone laugh.

Chopsticks originated in China, and later spread to Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries. It can be said that many countries in Asia have the habit of using chopsticks. However, due to different eating habits and customs, the styles of chopsticks in different countries are slightly different. For example, Japanese people live by the sea and often eat fish. So their chopsticks are pointed, mainly for the convenience of separating fish from thorns.

From top to bottom, the differences of Japanese, Korean and China chopsticks.

Therefore, as can be seen from the above two photos, China's chopsticks are relatively long, Korean chopsticks are medium-sized, and they are basically stainless steel and relatively flat, while Japanese chopsticks are short and sharp.

There are many legends and stories about chopsticks in history. For example, because Dayu was in a hurry, he often ate outdoors, but because the soup and food were too hot, he held the food with branches to avoid being burned. This is the original prototype of chopsticks. Of course, legends are just legends, not official history.