Why are standard chopsticks seven inches and six minutes long? What's special about them?

Chopsticks are the most commonly used tableware in China. The standard length of chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes. The representative is secular desire, which is used to show that there are essential differences between people and animals. Tai Chi is one, Yin and Yang are two. Chopsticks are two apart, which means that everything is made up of two opposites. Together, the two are the combination of yin and yang, which also means a perfect result.

When using chopsticks, we should pay attention to cooperation and coordination. Only when one moves and the other does not move can the clamp be stable. If both of them move, or neither of them moves, they can't be clamped. This is China's Yin-Yang principle and the lever principle of western mechanics.

The history of using chopsticks in China can be traced back to Shang Dynasty. "Shi Zi" recorded that "there was an image at the beginning", and Zhou was the monarch at the end of Shang Dynasty. Based on this calculation, China has used chopsticks for at least 3000 years. Chopsticks were called "chopsticks" in the pre-Qin period and "chopsticks" in the Qin and Han dynasties.

Chopsticks are not only used for eating, but also widely used in folk customs such as weddings, funerals and celebrations. The shape of chopsticks in China is almost cuboid or cylinder, or the head is round and the tail is square, only the head and tail are slightly thinner, and pointed chopsticks are also very popular. Because bamboo grows rapidly and widely, the utilization rate of bamboo chopsticks is high, and chopsticks made of traditional precious materials such as mahogany and ivory are also very useful.

Chopsticks are used as daily food tools by China people in China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Viet Nam, Mongolia, Singapore and Malaysia.

As a country with thousands of years of civilization, even a pair of small chopsticks has a profound cultural accumulation. The chopsticks we use every day have faith, and every gesture is an idea, which is the condensation of China's wisdom.