China culture is extensive and profound. Do you know what culture a pair of chopsticks contains?

China culture is extensive and profound. What kind of culture does a pair of chopsticks have? People in China have a long history of eating with chopsticks. As China people, we can say that we will use chopsticks all our lives. So what's the truth in chopsticks?

Chopsticks have a history of at least 3000 years. Chopsticks are 7 inches and 6 minutes long, representing people's secular desires. Seven emotions are emotions, sadness and fear, and six desires refer to people's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and heart, representing people's physiological needs. Everyone knows that chopsticks are paired, representing relative yin and yang. The five fingers of chopsticks represent the fire, water and soil in Jin Mu, and the round head of chopsticks represents the round place. When we use chopsticks, it means harmony between heaven and earth, and we are also very particular about using chopsticks. Too strong to open them, too weak to hold Cai, which shows that people should know how to be measured and polite between heaven and earth, and it is of great benefit to know.

The chopsticks we are talking about today represent a culture of the Chinese nation and refer to some meanings other than the use function. Long ago, chopsticks were called chopsticks. Because ancient people were very taboo about chopsticks, chopsticks were homophonic with stopping, so they were called chopsticks. In our life, young couples always give chopsticks when they get married, which means chopsticks can give birth to children quickly, so that young couples can have children early. There are many rules for the use of chopsticks. We have heard a song, one pair of chopsticks is folded gently, and ten pairs of chopsticks are folded continuously. Chopsticks are often used to describe unity. When we eat, we eat a bowl of rice. If the chopsticks are placed horizontally at night, it means that the chopsticks are full and sealed.

Let's talk about the functions of chopsticks, besides clamping, there are also stirring, picking, cutting, scratching and so on When it comes to clip, it means to clip things, so chopsticks were originally called clip. Stirring is a very common function, such as stirring eggs, stirring in a circular motion. Stir, turn back and forth, and mix vegetables in our lives. Then there are chopsticks In the past, when we tried to eat raw, we used chopsticks. This is also a function. Divide is to completely separate a dish, which is also a function. It can be seen that the functions of chopsticks are varied.

There are many taboos in using chopsticks. First of all, remember to put chopsticks on the lower side. The old man thinks it is a pity to hold chopsticks like this. Chopsticks should be raised above the center line, about two thirds. Secondly, chopsticks are always parallel. It is common practice to align the chopsticks heads, which can only be adjusted by hand, and chopsticks are not allowed to be pinched at the end before eating. In ancient times, this was called poverty. If this will be indecent, don't knock at the door. It is forbidden to insert chopsticks into steamed bread, which is a rule. If we make a good table rule, it is a kind of accomplishment.