Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Why did the Chinese originally think up the idea to use chopsticks to eat with?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Why did the Chinese originally think up the idea to use chopsticks to eat with?),it will help you,my kids.
Answer:
Chopsticks were developed about 5,000 years ago in China. It is likely that people cooked their food in large pots which retained heat well, and hasty eaters then broke twigs off trees to retrieve the food. By 400 BCE, a large population and dwindling resources forced people to conserve fuel. Food was chopped into small pieces so it could be cooked more rapidly, thus needing less fuel.
The pieces of food were small enough that they negated the need for knives at the dinner table, and chopsticks became staple utensils. It is also thought that Confucius, a vegetarian, advised people not to use knives at the table because knives would remind them of the slaughterhouse. Chinese chopsticks, called kuai-zi (quick little fellows), are usually 9 to 10 inches long and rectangular with a blunt end. By 500 CE, chopstick use had spread from China to present-day Vietnam, Korea, and Japan.
In Japan, chopsticks were originally considered precious and were used exclusively for religious ceremonies. The earliest chopsticks used for eating looked like tweezers; they were made from one piece of bamboo that was joined at the top. By the 10th Century, chopsticks were being produced in two separate pieces.
It was an idea by Confucius. He believed that knives were tools of violence, so the Chinese resorted to eating food with chopsticks and spoons.
"The honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse and the kitchen. And he allows no knives on his table." (Confucius)
While I don't share the ancient philosopher's abhorrence at the mere thought of a man in the kitchen, his dislike of knives is more understandable. Confucius equated knives with acts of aggression, which went against his non-violent teachings. Some experts credit his influence with the widespread adoption of chopsticks throughout China; scholarship had triumphed over the warrior lifestyle.
History of Chopsticks
While the precise origins of chopsticks are unknown (the first chopsticks may have been twigs used to spear a roast cooked over an open fire) they were definitely in use by the Shang dynasty (1766 BC - 1122 BC).
Their enduring popularity since that time may actually be linked to Chinese cooking methods - before stir-frying the food is cut into tiny pieces, making them easy to manipulate with a chopstick.
Here in the west, where fork eaters are in the majority, it is sometimes easy to forget that the fork has only recently become an essential item at the dinner table. True, the Byzantines used forks in the 10th century, and Catherine de M'edici introduced the pointed tines to the French court in the early 1500s. But in the United States, it wasn't until the eighteenth century that people felt the need for more than a knife and spoon. By contrast, chopsticks have been the utensil of choice throughout all of China since the Han dynasty (approximately 200 BC to 200 AD).
The Difference Between Chinese and Japanese Chopsticks
There are several differences between Chinese and Japanese chopsticks:
Chinese chopsticks are normally made of unfinished wood or bamboo.
Japanese chopsticks are normally made of lacquered wood or bamboo.
Chinese chopsticks made for adults are normally about 10 ? inches (shorter chopsticks for young children are available)
Japanese chopsticks are normally about 9 inches
Chinese chopsticks taper to a blunt end.
Japanese chopsticks taper to pointed ends.
You can also find chopsticks made with inexpensive plastic, or more expensive materials such as jade or ivory.
Do You Need to Use Chopsticks?
Today, chopsticks are growing in popularity in non-Asian countries. And why not? After all, if you can handle rice with chopsticks, why not linguine? But I have a confession to make. Despite my love of Chinese cuisine, I am a bit of a klutz with chopsticks. Somehow I've never fully mastered that delicate art of holding the bottom stick stationary between my thumb and fourth finger, while using the tip of that same thumb and my index and middle fingers to manipulate the top chopstick, in order to capture a bite-sized morsel and steer it toward my mouth. Being left-handed only complicates the whole process.
Still, I must agree with Asian food aficionados who won't go near a plate of Ginger Beef without their "Kuai zi." (The word "chop" is pidgin English for kuai, which means quick or speedy). Just as coffee loses some of its tangy essence when served in a Styrofoam cup, Chinese cuisine simply tastes better eaten with chopsticks. And there are distinct benefits to having to work a bit harder to obtain your food: for one thing, it forces you to realize exactly how much you are eating.
Chopsticks - A Cultural Phenomenom
Given its prominence in Asian culture, it is not surprising that chopsticks have transcended the boundaries of food. Poems have been written about them, and researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University put the basic concept behind chopsticks to good use when designing the Mars Rock Corer. Studies have been conducted on whether chopstick usage helps improve memory, and whether it can aid children in learning to write Chinese. But whether you wrap your noodles around your fork or pick them up with chopsticks, here are some recipes for you to enjoy (and hopefully use to perfect your chopstick skills!)
Great websites:
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/chopstic...
http://www.asianartmall.com/chopstickshi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chopsticks...
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/cooking...
I would guess that it is because of the habit of having family style dinners where food is placed on platters and diners select morsels from each rather than having their own plate.
Considering that, it keeps dirty fingers out of the food everyone shares. It would also keep fingers away from spicy peppers and hot food.
There is always the question then that the tips of chopsticks would be dirty but there is probably an answer for that somewhere.
shanghi dyanasty...they gave up metal objects to eat with and to defend themselves and made a humane way of defending themselves without metal they made chopsticks out of bambo and sticks like a switch to protect themselves and develop a style thats humane. also (Chinese) shanghi were the first ones to pass on the first fishing pole for americans in the 1700's bambo fishing pole.
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Kitty said: Yes.Why did the Chinese originally think up the idea to use chopsticks to eat with?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Why did the Chinese originally think up the idea to use chopsticks to eat with?),it will help you,my kids.
Answer:
Chopsticks were developed about 5,000 years ago in China. It is likely that people cooked their food in large pots which retained heat well, and hasty eaters then broke twigs off trees to retrieve the food. By 400 BCE, a large population and dwindling resources forced people to conserve fuel. Food was chopped into small pieces so it could be cooked more rapidly, thus needing less fuel.
The pieces of food were small enough that they negated the need for knives at the dinner table, and chopsticks became staple utensils. It is also thought that Confucius, a vegetarian, advised people not to use knives at the table because knives would remind them of the slaughterhouse. Chinese chopsticks, called kuai-zi (quick little fellows), are usually 9 to 10 inches long and rectangular with a blunt end. By 500 CE, chopstick use had spread from China to present-day Vietnam, Korea, and Japan.
In Japan, chopsticks were originally considered precious and were used exclusively for religious ceremonies. The earliest chopsticks used for eating looked like tweezers; they were made from one piece of bamboo that was joined at the top. By the 10th Century, chopsticks were being produced in two separate pieces.
It was an idea by Confucius. He believed that knives were tools of violence, so the Chinese resorted to eating food with chopsticks and spoons.
"The honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse and the kitchen. And he allows no knives on his table." (Confucius)
While I don't share the ancient philosopher's abhorrence at the mere thought of a man in the kitchen, his dislike of knives is more understandable. Confucius equated knives with acts of aggression, which went against his non-violent teachings. Some experts credit his influence with the widespread adoption of chopsticks throughout China; scholarship had triumphed over the warrior lifestyle.
History of Chopsticks
While the precise origins of chopsticks are unknown (the first chopsticks may have been twigs used to spear a roast cooked over an open fire) they were definitely in use by the Shang dynasty (1766 BC - 1122 BC).
Their enduring popularity since that time may actually be linked to Chinese cooking methods - before stir-frying the food is cut into tiny pieces, making them easy to manipulate with a chopstick.
Here in the west, where fork eaters are in the majority, it is sometimes easy to forget that the fork has only recently become an essential item at the dinner table. True, the Byzantines used forks in the 10th century, and Catherine de M'edici introduced the pointed tines to the French court in the early 1500s. But in the United States, it wasn't until the eighteenth century that people felt the need for more than a knife and spoon. By contrast, chopsticks have been the utensil of choice throughout all of China since the Han dynasty (approximately 200 BC to 200 AD).
The Difference Between Chinese and Japanese Chopsticks
There are several differences between Chinese and Japanese chopsticks:
Chinese chopsticks are normally made of unfinished wood or bamboo.
Japanese chopsticks are normally made of lacquered wood or bamboo.
Chinese chopsticks made for adults are normally about 10 ? inches (shorter chopsticks for young children are available)
Japanese chopsticks are normally about 9 inches
Chinese chopsticks taper to a blunt end.
Japanese chopsticks taper to pointed ends.
You can also find chopsticks made with inexpensive plastic, or more expensive materials such as jade or ivory.
Do You Need to Use Chopsticks?
Today, chopsticks are growing in popularity in non-Asian countries. And why not? After all, if you can handle rice with chopsticks, why not linguine? But I have a confession to make. Despite my love of Chinese cuisine, I am a bit of a klutz with chopsticks. Somehow I've never fully mastered that delicate art of holding the bottom stick stationary between my thumb and fourth finger, while using the tip of that same thumb and my index and middle fingers to manipulate the top chopstick, in order to capture a bite-sized morsel and steer it toward my mouth. Being left-handed only complicates the whole process.
Still, I must agree with Asian food aficionados who won't go near a plate of Ginger Beef without their "Kuai zi." (The word "chop" is pidgin English for kuai, which means quick or speedy). Just as coffee loses some of its tangy essence when served in a Styrofoam cup, Chinese cuisine simply tastes better eaten with chopsticks. And there are distinct benefits to having to work a bit harder to obtain your food: for one thing, it forces you to realize exactly how much you are eating.
Chopsticks - A Cultural Phenomenom
Given its prominence in Asian culture, it is not surprising that chopsticks have transcended the boundaries of food. Poems have been written about them, and researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University put the basic concept behind chopsticks to good use when designing the Mars Rock Corer. Studies have been conducted on whether chopstick usage helps improve memory, and whether it can aid children in learning to write Chinese. But whether you wrap your noodles around your fork or pick them up with chopsticks, here are some recipes for you to enjoy (and hopefully use to perfect your chopstick skills!)
Great websites:
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/chopstic...
http://www.asianartmall.com/chopstickshi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chopsticks...
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/cooking...
I would guess that it is because of the habit of having family style dinners where food is placed on platters and diners select morsels from each rather than having their own plate.
Considering that, it keeps dirty fingers out of the food everyone shares. It would also keep fingers away from spicy peppers and hot food.
There is always the question then that the tips of chopsticks would be dirty but there is probably an answer for that somewhere.
shanghi dyanasty...they gave up metal objects to eat with and to defend themselves and made a humane way of defending themselves without metal they made chopsticks out of bambo and sticks like a switch to protect themselves and develop a style thats humane. also (Chinese) shanghi were the first ones to pass on the first fishing pole for americans in the 1700's bambo fishing pole.
correctness,It's Non-profit and only for informational purposes.
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