Auther：2022-06-16
Chopsticks, ancient name of zhù, jiá, usually made of bamboo, wood, bone, porcelain, ivory, metal, plastic and other materials, unique in tableware around the world, by westerners known as oriental civilization. China is the birthplace of chopsticks, the use of chopsticks has a long history, with chopsticks to eat at least 3,000 years of history, and then spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam and other Chinese character cultural circles, Matteo Ricci introduced chopsticks to Western countries. The famous physicist Li Zhengdao once said of chopsticks: Two things that are so simple, but they brilliantly apply the principle of leverage in physics. Chopsticks are an extension of human fingers, it can dothings fingers can do, and not afraid of high heat, not afraid of cold, is really smart. ”
As a tool for eating, chopsticks are unique cultural carrier, closely related to the etiquette, marriage, faith, and art of Chinese. Chopstick culture not only embodies the traditional national spirit of the Chinese nation, but also condenses the brilliant culture of thousands of years. From the appearance point of view, chopsticks a round end and a square, symbolizing the heavenly circle place; chopsticks combination, in pairs, combined into one, one for the initiative, the other for the follower, the initiative for the yang, the follower for the yin, representing the relative balance of yin and yang is perfect, everything is in the unity of the two opposites; chopsticks are Seven inches and six cents long, representing the seven emotions and six desires, respectively, joy, anger, sorrow, sorrow, fear, worry, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind.
In daily life, the use of chopsticks is very exquisite. The correct way to use the chopsticks is to hold the chopsticks with the right hand, the index finger of the thumb on the top, the little finger of the ring finger on the bottom, the middle finger in the middle, and the two ends of the chopsticks must be aligned. When we use chopsticks, we must also pay attention to mediating emotions and breath, pay attention to the strength of holding, in line with the requirements of the rules, the meaning of which is: to do things to know reverence, understand the measure, emphasize cultivation, etiquette, and keep the way of heaven. When using chopsticks, also pay attention to some etiquette and taboos. For example, avoid losing chopsticks: chopsticks are stretched out, but chopsticks are uncertain and lost; avoid turning chopsticks: you can't use your own chopsticks to paddle around in the dish; avoid offering chopsticks: chopsticks can't be inserted directly into rice bowls or dishes, because only ghosts and immortals do this; avoid knocking chopsticks: using chopsticks to beat bowls, basins, plates, tables, this is the habitual action of beggars to ask for rice, knocking chopsticks is actually self-ugly, but also a protest behavior that is slow to serve or dissatisfied with the quality of meals; avoid sticky chopsticks: chopsticks cannot clip other dishes when they are still glued to things; Avoid oblique chopsticks: you should pay attention to eating the dishes in front of you, and do not stretch your chopsticks obliquely to get the dishes...
Chopsticks are the accumulation of traditional culture of Chinese ancestors for thousands of years, two chopsticks contain special emotions, when discussing to the world around the table, let us feel the dietary culture in this civilized way of eating.
