[Phenomenon] Today, one in five people in the world eats with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are not only a kind of eating tool, but also contain profound cultural connotations.
In the recently published book Chopsticks: Diet and Culture, historian Wang Qingjia focuses on the "Chopsticks Cultural Circle", making chopsticks the theme of historical research.
The book explores the important role of chopsticks in the formation of cultural traditions by investigating the catering culture in East Asian cultural traditions in China, Korea, Japan, and other countries.
[Comments] Chopsticks are a common commodity for Chinese people, but for historians, history can be seen from a chopstick.
"Vertical water line is white and green, one can make two eyes.
Chinese traditional culture is not only poetry, calligraphy, and painting, but also between a drink, a peck and a cup.
Some scholars divide the world culture into three parts according to their eating habits, namely chopstick culture circle, finger food circle, and knife and fork food circle, which correspond to different civilized regions respectively.
The book Chopsticks is devoted to the study of the Confucian cultural circle corresponding to the chopstick culture, which transcends the level of utensils.
Researchers generally believe that chopsticks originated in China.
Six bronze seals unearthed from Yin Ruins in Anyang can be handled. Ivory and bronze seals also unearthed from ruins of the late Shang and Zhou Dynasties are proof of this.
Chopsticks are deeply involved in the long history of Chinese culture
According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, when Cao Cao said, "Today's heroes are the only ones who make the emperor and fuck his ears", Liu Bei was shocked and "lost the dagger."
The dietary culture behind chopsticks has been enriched in the long history, and a complete set of etiquette rules has been developed to restrict people to eat and use chopsticks neatly and gracefully.
For example, Zhuxi's "Notice for Children's Meng" in the Song Dynasty stipulated that "every diet, a key must be kept, a key must be kept, a key must be kept, a key must be kept in the case of eating already.
In many Asian countries, chopsticks are also used as gifts for newlyweds, meaning pairs.
Today, chopsticks are still essential kitchen utensils for Chinese people, and as one of the symbols of Chinese culture, they appear on tables all over the world.
The Silk Road in history is also the way of food culture; chopsticks are not only utensils but also the connecting point of different societies, customs, and ethnic groups.
Today, we have built the "one belt and one road", so that many foreign friends have packed chopsticks with a circle and a square, which symbolize the "sky and round place" into the trunk.
In some countries, people learn Chinese etiquette, practice using chopsticks, and taste Chinese food and the profound culture behind it.
One small chopstick has become an important way to connect people's hearts and build a bridge between different civilizations to learn from each other.
Source: People's Daily
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