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. ?
Chopsticks were called chopsticks in the pre-Qin period, chopsticks in the Han dynasty and chopsticks in the Ming dynasty. In the Book of Rites Quli, it is mentioned that "those who have soup have vegetables", and in the first aid article, it is said that "baa, baa, so it is also a food clip", while in the Book of Rites, Zheng Xuan notes that "baa is still a good thing". "Yunxian Miscellaneous Notes" contains: "Xiangfan is waiting for you, lacquer flower tray, wooden chopsticks, fishtail spoon."
Reed (pronounced "track"), reed (pronounced "fu"), beans, reeds, etc. Reed, shaped like a big bowl, has a round mouth, a big belly and a round seat under it. Some reeds have ears or square seats. After the rice was cooked, the ancients put the rice from the basket (mentioned above) into the basket and could eat it.
Baskets have similar functions to reeds, and are also used to hold grain. Most of them have lids. At first, some people said that the circle was called reed, while others said that the square was called reed. Later, the distinction became less strict. Especially when expressing sacrificial ceremonies, these two words are often linked together to form a specific word, which means sacrificial vessels.
There is an idiom called "no decoration" and "no decoration", which is just untidy. Literally, the sacrifice is too light and disrespectful; The extended meaning is to criticize the officials' incorruptibility. It can be seen that from ancient times to the present, corruption has been regarded as a matter of hurting family face.
Beans are a bit like tall plates with handles on them. Later, beans evolved into a measuring device. In ancient times, it was raised from four to one bean, which originated from its tableware function.
Rice baskets (pronounced "single") are mostly made of bamboo or reeds and used to hold rice. As can be seen from the material, compared with the bronze reeds of large families, most of them are ordinary people's tableware.
There is a saying in The Analects of Confucius that most people are familiar with: "One scoop of food and one scoop of drink, in a mean lane, people will be worried if they can't bear it, and they will not change their fun when they go back", describing the poor life of Confucius' student Yan Hui; Of course, what should be remembered more is his tireless attitude.
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During the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially in the Han Dynasty, due to the great development of China's diet, the tableware of this period formed the following characteristics:
First, the variety is complete. Tableware is more abundant and diverse, and most of the tableware seen in later generations appeared in this period, and all kinds of tableware have relatively fixed and specialized uses, and complete sets of tableware also emphasize complete collocation.
Second, the division of labor is fine. As more and more kinds of tableware, stereotypes and functions tend to be complete. Cups, plates, bowls, lamps, cups, spoons, spoons and spoons are not only of various types and sizes, but also perform their respective duties, and there are obvious differences in functions and uses.
The third is light and exquisite. Influenced by the change of social values, the size of tableware began to develop in a suitable and applicable direction during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and now it is further developed in a light and exquisite direction, which is more practical. At the same time, due to the progress of technology, tableware has also been made more exquisite.
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