China began to use chopsticks as early as Shang Dynasty, but it was not called "chopsticks" at first. Chopsticks were called "chopsticks" or "chopsticks" in pre-Qin literature. In the Sui Dynasty, chopsticks were also called "tendons".
How did the name "chopsticks" come from? According to Lu Rong's Garden Miscellaneous Notes in the Ming Dynasty, Wuzhong in the south of the Yangtze River called chopsticks "kuaizi" and rags "rags". It's because sailors are afraid of "living" and "turning". About after the Song Dynasty, a bamboo head was added to the word "chopsticks", which became "chopsticks", probably because chopsticks were mostly made of bamboo.
The structure of chopsticks is extremely simple. In our country, chopsticks are thick on the top and thin on the bottom, and the bottom is round. When chopsticks were introduced to Japan, Japan made them into cones.
Although chopsticks are simple, people in China have also made many articles on the materials and carvings of chopsticks. There were ivory chopsticks and copper chopsticks in the pre-Qin period. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, palaces, yamen and rich households have made chopsticks out of gold and silver, and carved chopsticks out of jade and coral. Exquisite chopsticks also have silver heads to test whether food is poisonous or not. If it is poisonous, the silver head will turn black or green immediately.
China people's kung fu with chopsticks often attracts foreigners. In recent years, there has been a "chopstick craze" in the west, and there have also been "training centers" that teach people to use chopsticks. Some medical scientists believe that using chopsticks can drive more than 30 joints and more than 50 muscles of the human body, which is helpful to the dexterity of hands and the development of the brain. It is also said that China people's skillful hands have a lot to do with using chopsticks since childhood.
It is said that the world's first "Chopsticks Museum" is in Germany, where more than 10,000 kinds of chopsticks with different origins, textures and times are exhibited. This is a magnificent sight.