Eating at home, why do parents scold when chopsticks are inserted into a bowl?

? Basically every child has been scolded for putting chopsticks in a bowl. We couldn't understand it when we were young, but now we know it is a taboo.

Putting chopsticks in a bowl is like putting two incense sticks in an incense burner, and this kind of chopsticks is usually used to worship the dead, so parents will think it is immoral. In addition, there is a custom of putting chopsticks into rice to worship the dead, also known as "pouring rice", which means people have finished eating.

Moreover, there is a legend that if you do this kind of thing, you will get a serious illness that is difficult to cross at a certain age, so parents are more taboo about it. If you put chopsticks in the bowl, you will be scolded.

Some old people think this is beheading rice, because there is an ancient custom that criminals will be given a meal on the road when they are executed, and the way to put the meal on the road is to put chopsticks into a bowl. This is similar to driving incense, so it is also taboo.

And beating chopsticks or bowls is not allowed. They think it is a sign of begging in the street. In order to avoid such a life in the future, such behavior is not allowed. There are even people who are not allowed to put chopsticks of different lengths on the table. They think it's totally unlucky. They mean that if anything happens, it means death.

Therefore, there are many taboos on the ancient dining table, which even continue to this day. We can't say that we should be completely superstitious about this, but for the sake of family happiness, we can also believe that there is no need to make them unhappy on things that they value more. Therefore, it is better to do less actions that your parents tell you not to do.