What did ancient China and Europe eat?

Chopsticks are a unique dining tool in the world today. They have many functions, such as clamping, poking, picking, picking, pinching and tearing. China has a history of using chopsticks for more than 3000 years. This is the quintessence of China. It is unique in the tableware of all countries in the world and is praised by westerners as "the civilization of the East".

Li Zhengdao, a famous physicist, once talked about chopsticks in an interview: "These two simple things have wonderfully applied the lever principle in physics. Chopsticks are an extension of human fingers. They can do whatever their fingers can, and they are not afraid of high heat and cold. This is really great.

Let's talk about how China and Europe ate in ancient times.

First of all, the Neolithic cookers in China were clay pots, pans, kettles, pots, ground stoves, brick stoves and stone stoves. Tableware is rough bowls, bowls, plates and pots.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there appeared an iron pot with two ears at the bottom for steaming or boiling, which was placed on the stove and on the steamer. Compared with bronze cookware, it is more advanced, which prepares the conditions for the emergence of oil cooking.

The third stage of cooking development in China is Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Jin and Yuan. Among tableware, the most important thing is that porcelain tableware with unique charm has gradually replaced pottery, iron wall and lacquer tableware.

Tableware in China has developed from pottery to bronze to iron to porcelain, and tableware is chopsticks. It was called "Xie" in pre-Qin, "Zhu" in Qin and Han Dynasties, and chopsticks in Ming Dynasty.

Let's talk about European tableware.

In the Stone Age in Europe, people divided food with stones and then ate it directly with their hands!

After the end of the Stone Age, there was a gradual emergence of using wood to hold food and eating with hands; Later, nobles used silverware to hold food or ate it with their hands; It was not until China porcelain entered Europe that they used porcelain to hold food and eat with their hands.

1 1 There were double-toothed forks in Europe in the th century, but few people ate with them and were not respected by religion. Most people still grasp food with their hands. At this time, they separated the food with knives and filled it with porcelain, wood and silverware.

From16th century to18th century, fork meal was accepted by people. The main tableware includes porcelain, silverware, knives and forks, but some people still eat by hand.

/kloc-in the 0 th and 8 th centuries, the four forks used by French nobles were sought after by people, and the times gave him a deeper symbolic significance. Since then, four forks have become a must-have item on the dining table. At this time, knives, forks and plates became the necessary tools for Europeans to eat.

Healthy eating lies not only in the hygiene of food, but also in the hygiene of our tableware. From scratch, China uses chopsticks and Europe uses forks. Although the eating tools are different, virtually, we have all made progress to ensure the health of our diet. The society that human beings have entered has been progressing. I hope everyone can also pay attention to the health of diet.