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Eastern Han Dynasty. Unearthed in Sichuan,the portrait of brick (feast map)
showing a pair of chopsticks on the dishes held by the person squatting on the left.
筷子筷子 (kuàizi) (kuàizi) Chopsticks, a pair
of small tapered sticks, is the traditional eating utensil of China, Japan,Korea and Vietnam (the four “Chopstick countries”).
ChopsticksChopsticks are commonly are commonly made of wood, bamboo, made of wood, bamboo, metal, bone, ivory, and in metal, bone, ivory, and in modern times, plastic. modern times, plastic.
ChopsticksChopsticks are simple in design - merely two thin rods.
The top and bottom areas are smaller than one square centimeter, length varies, each with one end slightly smaller than the other. (The smaller, rounded ends come in contact with the food.)
ChopsticksChopsticks are traditionally held in the right hand only, even by the left-handed people.
HOW TO HOLD AND USEHOW TO HOLD AND USE
Practice 1:
Place the first (lower) chopstick in the base of the thumb and index finger and rest its lower end below on the ring finger as shown.
This chopstick remains fixed.
HOW TO HOLD AND USEHOW TO HOLD AND USE
Practice 2:
Hold the other (upper) chopstick between the tips of the index and middle fingers, steady its upper half against the base of the index finger.
Use the tips of the thumb to keep it in place.
Practice 3: Use the tips of the thumb, the index and middle finger to hold the other stick like an ink pen.
Make sure the tips of the two sticks line up.
HOW TO HOLD AND USEHOW TO HOLD AND USE
use a middle forefingerto open it.
To pick up food, move the upper chopstick with index and middle fingers up and down towards the stationary lower chopstick.
With enough practice, the two sticks function like a pair of pincers.
HOW TO HOLD AND USEHOW TO HOLD AND USE
use a index forefinger to close it.
Practice 4:
1. Never wave the chopsticks over food when having a meal because
it is considered as having poor manners.
2. Never spear or poke food with the tips of the chopsticks.
Chopstick EtiquetteChopstick Etiquette
3. Equally forbidden is using chopsticks to pull or push a dish forward.
4. If you need to put down your chopsticks, leave them on the chopsticks rest or by
the right side of your bowl or plate.
5. Do not stick them into a bowl of rice because it resembles ancestral
offerings and is frowned upon.
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6. Do not suck on the tip of the chopsticks.
7. If the table settings include serving spoons or chopsticks, use them instead of your own set to get yourself food.
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Folding of Chopstick RestFolding of Chopstick Rest
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
春秋铜箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
西汉竹箸与食案
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
东汉铜箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
唐代银箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
南宋银箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
辽代木胎包银漆箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
元代银箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
明代象牙箸
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明代四楞银链象牙箸
Exhibits of Exhibits of ancient ancient
chopstickschopsticks
刻诗象牙筷
Exhibits of Exhibits of ancient ancient chopstickschopsticks
八双镶银刻诗竹筷
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
清代旅游银餐具
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清代龙纹刀箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
清代金三镶玉箸
Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks
清代麻花纹银链仿珊瑚筷
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清代兽骨雕花仕女筷
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民初兽骨镶银双节筷
Chopstickswhich are 1.6 min length
Longest chopstickLongest chopstick
Chopsticks which are 6. 295 m in length
Portable chopsticksPortable chopsticks
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