What is the traditional cultural connotation of chopsticks?

1. Chopsticks are round at one end and square at the other. The circle symbolizes the sky, and the square symbolizes the place, corresponding to the round place. This is the basic principle for China people to understand the world. The top is round and the bottom is in direct contact with food, which means "food is the sky for the people."

2. When holding chopsticks, the thumb and forefinger are at the top, the ring finger and little finger are at the bottom, and the middle finger is in the middle, which is the image of three talents in heaven and earth. This is China people's understanding of the relationship between man and the world.

3. A pair of chopsticks is divided into two pieces, which means that China people abide by the concepts of Tai Chi and Yin and Yang. Taiji is one, yin and yang are two, and one is divided into two, which means that everything is composed of two opposites; The combination of yin and yang also means a perfect result.

4. There are eight diagrams in Zhouyi: doing, watching, rooting, truth, training, reason, Kun and meeting; Dark gossip: rest, life, injury, du, scenery, death, shock, and opening. There are two chopsticks that are two, corresponding to gossip, meaning "mouth". Chopsticks themselves are straight and long, corresponding to "Xun" in gossip, meaning "Ru".

5. When using chopsticks, one is active and the other is passive; The initiative is yang and the passive is yin, which is the image of two instruments.

6. Putting a pair of chopsticks on the dining table is like putting a pen on the desk, which is a sign of elegance.