How did chopsticks come from?

Among the tableware in the world, China's chopsticks have a unique style and are regarded as the essence of Chinese civilization.

In ancient times, people ate with their hands, but when eating hot food, they helped them with sticks because they were very hot. In this way, you unconsciously developed the ability to hold food with a stick. After a long time, I learned the technique of using chopsticks consciously and unconsciously. At the end of primitive society, people used chopsticks made of branches, bamboo or animal bone horns. Polished tooth chopsticks and jade chopsticks appeared in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, solemn and simple copper chopsticks and iron chopsticks appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and lacquer chopsticks of various specifications were also produced in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. Later, there were exquisite and precious silver chopsticks and gold chopsticks. In modern times, there are many chopsticks with beautiful appearance and different materials. Among all kinds of chopsticks, the most precious ones are ivory chopsticks, rhinoceros horn chopsticks, ebony chopsticks inlaid with gold and various jade chopsticks.

The names of chopsticks are different in different times. Chopsticks in the pre-Qin period were called "carry" and sometimes "?" Chopsticks were called "chopsticks" in Qin and Han Dynasties and "tendons" in Sui and Tang Dynasties. In Li Bai's "It's Hard to Go", there is a poem "I can't eat if I give up drinking and throw aside my muscles". The name "chopsticks" was formed in the Song Dynasty.

Chopsticks are light and easy to use, and spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other countries as early as 1000 years ago. It was introduced into Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Java during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some people have done special research and measurement, which proves that small chopsticks can affect more than 30 joints and dozens of muscles of the human body when used, and the nerves in these joints and muscles are connected with the cranial nerves, so using chopsticks can make people ingenious.