Cultural Composition of Chopsticks (20 words)

China is the birthplace of chopsticks. With a history of 3000 years, it is the area in the world where chopsticks are used to eat. Chopsticks seem to be just two very simple thin sticks, but they have the functions of picking, poking, clamping, mixing and scraping, and they are convenient to use and cheap. Chopsticks are also a unique tableware in the world today. Chopsticks are the product of the slow evolution of human beings in Asia, not invented by someone.

Chapter 22 of the Scholars: "The waiter brought a pair of chopsticks, two small plates and another plate of bacon." Shen Congwen

"I read a small book and a big book at the same time": "There is a small rice shop on the side street, and there is a big bamboo tube in front of the door, which contains chopsticks cut from bamboo."

Chopsticks are eating tools invented by Han people. Archaeological data show that in ancient times, Han ancestors knew how to pick up food with branches and bamboo branches.

Chopsticks were called chopsticks in ancient times, and the ancient book Han Feizi Yu Lao said, "The past is like chopsticks, but Ji Zi is terrible." Zhou Wang was the monarch at the end of Shang Dynasty. It can be seen that chopsticks made of ivory appeared in China as early as 1 1 century BC, that is to say, the history of using chopsticks in China has been recorded for more than 3,000 years. In addition, there are many folk legends about chopsticks, such as Jiang Ziya's invention of bamboo and silk chopsticks inspired by the divine bird, da ji's invention of chopsticks with a hairpin to win the favor of Zhou Wang, and the legend of Dayu's invention of chopsticks to save time in taking hot food from branches during water control. The length of ordinary chopsticks is about 22-24 cm. Chopsticks have many handicrafts, and more traditional crafts are integrated into the design, which has become the choice of people's collection and is also very popular with foreigners.