Tableware has been used in China for a long time. The history of using spoons is about 8000 years, and that of using forks is about 4000 years. The upper limit of using chopsticks is uncertain, but it has a history of at least 3000 years. Forks were still used until the Warring States Period.

A bundle of 5 1 forks was unearthed from the Warring States tombs in Luoyang, Henan Province. After the Warring States period, the fork may be destroyed, and records and objects rarely appear. The division of labor between spoons and chopsticks in the pre-Qin period was very clear. Spoons are used to eat, and chopsticks are used to eat dishes in soup.

There are also many folk legends about chopsticks, such as Jiang Ziya's invention of silk and bamboo chopsticks inspired by the divine bird, da ji's invention of chopsticks with a Hosta, which won the favor of Zhou Wang, and the legend that Dayu invented chopsticks in order to save time in taking hot food from branches during water control.

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.

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There is no official record about the origin of chopsticks, but there are three legends about the origin of chopsticks:

1, the workaholic Dayu eats barbecue with branches.

In the Yao-Shun era, Dayu was ordered to control water and refused to enter the house for three times. He struggled with the rough waves day and night, and he couldn't delay a moment.

As soon as the animal meat is cooked, eat it in a hurry and then move on. However, the soup boiled and I couldn't start, so I broke the branches and ate it. This is the prototype of chopsticks.

2. Jiang Ziya tried poison with chopsticks.

When Jiang Ziya lived in seclusion, he took a fishing rod to the river every day and lived a poor life. His wife doesn't want to live such a hard life with him anymore, so she wants to kill him and poison her food. I didn't expect Jiang Ziya to be saved by a god bird.

The bird perched on a silk bamboo and whispered, "Jiang Ziya, Jiang Ziya, you can't eat meat with your hands. The meat is at my feet. " So Jiang Ziya put two thin silk bamboos in the bowl.

Just as I was about to serve meat, I saw a puff of smoke coming out of the bamboo and silk. I knew the food was poisonous. After the news came out, the neighbors also learned to eat with bamboo branches. Later, more and more people followed suit and the custom of eating with chopsticks was passed down from generation to generation.

Da ji teased Zhou Wang with chopsticks.

In order to please Zhou Wang, da ji took off the long Hosta on her head and sent the food to Zhou Wang's mouth. Zhou Wang is a dissolute and shameless person. He thought it was a pleasure to feed da ji with food, so he wanted da ji to do it every day.

Later, da ji asked craftsmen to make two jade chopsticks for her to hold food, which was the initial prototype of jade chopsticks. Later, this way of carrying food spread to the people, and chopsticks came into being.

There are many romantic sayings about chopsticks. For example, the standard length of chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes, which shows that people have secular desires to show their essential differences from animals.

For another example, chopsticks have square ends and round ends, which represent round places. Of course, there is a strong pragmatism behind these romantic statements, which is why they are seven inches and six points.

Instead of three inches or twelve inches, it is because it is too short to hold and too long to get in the way; One is afraid to put the wheel on the table and fall to the ground, and the other is round and doesn't lick his mouth.

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