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The story of the origin of chopsticks

1. One said that Jiang Ziya was inspired by the divine bird to invent the bamboo chopsticks, the other said that da ji invented chopsticks with hosta in order to please people, and the legend that Dayu invented chopsticks with branches in order to save water and time. 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 deeply loved by foreigners.

Chopsticks, called chopsticks in ancient times, are usually made of bamboo, wood, bone, porcelain, ivory, metal, plastic and other materials. Chopsticks are one of the symbols of China's food culture and one of the commonly used tableware in the world. They were invented in China and later spread to Japanese, Vietnamese and other cultural circles in China.

3. People in China are used to using chopsticks, while people in Africa, Middle East, Indonesian and Indian subcontinent grasp with their fingers. At present, the earliest chopsticks found in China are copper chopsticks unearthed from Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan Province. "Everything is done wrong, Yu Lao" said: "The former is an elephant, while Ji Zi is terrible." Zhou Wang was the monarch at the end of Shang Dynasty, which shows that ivory chopsticks appeared in China more than 3000 years ago.