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What are some interesting stories about chopsticks in traditional culture?

The interesting stories about chopsticks in traditional culture are as follows:

The first story is about Jiang Ziya. Jiang Ziya especially liked fishing, but he fished with a straight hook every day, so he never caught any fish, so Jiang Ziya's wife was very angry. One day when Jiang Ziya came home from fishing again, he felt very hungry and wanted to reach out and grab the meat on the table to eat, but at this time there was a bird pecking at his hand, and he drove the bird away, and the bird came back and pecked at his hand again, which didn't allow him to grab the meat with his hand to eat.

Just when Jiang Ziya was about to get angry, the bird suddenly spoke up, it told Jiang Ziya to follow him to the bottom of the fence, and then told Jiang Ziya to grab two small wooden sticks to clip the meat to eat. When Jiang Ziya held the bamboo sticks to hold the meat, the sticks ended up smoking. He felt very strange and asked his wife about it, but it turned out that she had poisoned the meat in a fit of anger.

After Jiang Ziya found out, he carried these two small bamboo sticks with him at all his meals, just to prevent someone from poisoning himself during the meal. Later people began to call these two bamboo sticks chopsticks.

The second story is about Dayu, and the chopsticks that appear here can also be said to be the original form of chopsticks.

The story goes that at that time, when Dayu was ruling the water, he passed the door of his house three times without entering it, and in order to hurry up he often failed to have three meals. Every time he was in a hurry, he ate in the field, and since time was very tight, he rushed to eat just as soon as the pot was opened. There were times when the pot had just been opened and there was no way to get down to grabbing it to eat. So he folded two branches for convenience and picked them out to eat, and then everyone saw that it was very convenient and clean to eat this way, so they all started to get used to eating things with bamboo sticks.

In fact, there are many other customs of chopsticks, such as chopsticks on the table must be neat and tidy, not long or short. And when using chopsticks, never knock the bowl with chopsticks, it is very rude thing. And when you are talking, you must not point your chopsticks at others, which is also impolite.