China's chopsticks, spread to Japan and South Korea, how have they changed?

First of all, we solemnly declare that chopsticks were undoubtedly invented by China people. Chopsticks were invented by the ancestors of the East Asian continent and gradually spread to the surrounding areas. In the end, chopsticks formed a sphere of influence centered on China, including the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Southeast Asia. Although they all use chopsticks, there are still considerable differences between Chinese and Japanese chopsticks. It can be said that one chopstick is different from another.

Chopsticks were originally called "chopsticks". Having said that, I have to thank the people of Ming and Qing dynasties. They are the epitome of the wisdom of ancient working people. They did a lot of things on chopsticks, some of which are still popular today. First, they changed the name of chopsticks. It is said that the boatman simply changed it to "chopsticks" or "chopsticks" to avoid the sound of "living", and later it became the name of chopsticks; The second is to shape chopsticks into the standard shape of square feet, which has become what we see today; The third is to standardize the length of chopsticks, which is longer than the previous generation, mostly around 25 cm.

China's history book "Biography of Japanese Wei Zhi" records that ancient Japanese "ate with their hands", which also shows that chopsticks have not been widely used in island countries. It is generally believed that chopsticks were introduced into Japan from China via the Korean Peninsula at the end of the Yayoi period. It is made of bamboo and looks like tweezers, unlike chopsticks in pairs now. It is called "folding chopsticks" in Japanese. Folding chopsticks are also mainly used for sacrificial activities, so they are regarded as artifacts.

In the 8th century A.D., chopsticks became quite popular in island countries and became the favorite tableware of all walks of life. At that time, it was also called "Tang Zhu", which means chopsticks of the Tang Dynasty. However, the islanders at that time seemed to be more particular than the people in the Tang Dynasty, and they divided chopsticks into two pairs of vegetarian dishes: the chopsticks for eating fish and poultry were called "real fish chopsticks" and the chopsticks for eating vegetarian dishes were called "vegetable chopsticks".

With the development of chopsticks today, it can be said that although China people have the patent right to invent chopsticks, it has spread to different countries, but it is showing different forms and cultural characteristics. The mighty torrent of history has finally precipitated a little trace and landed on such details as chopsticks.