Chopsticks Ppt.

Eastern Han Dynasty. Unearthed in Sichuan,the portrait of brick (feast map)

showing a pair of chopsticks on the dishes held by the person squatting on the left.

筷子筷子 (kuàizi) (kuàizi) Chopsticks, a pair

of small tapered sticks, is the traditional eating utensil of China, Japan,Korea and Vietnam (the four “Chopstick countries”).

ChopsticksChopsticks are commonly are commonly made of wood, bamboo, made of wood, bamboo, metal, bone, ivory, and in metal, bone, ivory, and in modern times, plastic. modern times, plastic.

ChopsticksChopsticks are simple in design - merely two thin rods.

The top and bottom areas are smaller than one square centimeter, length varies, each with one end slightly smaller than the other. (The smaller, rounded ends come in contact with the food.)

ChopsticksChopsticks are traditionally held in the right hand only, even by the left-handed people.

　　

HOW TO HOLD AND USEHOW TO HOLD AND USE

Practice 1:

Place the first (lower) chopstick in the base of the thumb and index finger and rest its lower end below on the ring finger as shown.

This chopstick remains fixed.

　　


Practice 2:

Hold the other (upper) chopstick between the tips of the index and middle fingers, steady its upper half against the base of the index finger.

Use the tips of the thumb to keep it in place.

Practice 3: Use the tips of the thumb, the index and middle finger to hold the other stick like an ink pen.

Make sure the tips of the two sticks line up.


use a middle forefingerto open it.

To pick up food, move the upper chopstick with index and middle fingers up and down towards the stationary lower chopstick.

With enough practice, the two sticks function like a pair of pincers. 　


use a index forefinger to close it.

Practice 4:

1. Never wave the chopsticks over food when having a meal because

it is considered as having poor manners.

2. Never spear or poke food with the tips of the chopsticks.

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3. Equally forbidden is using chopsticks to pull or push a dish forward.

4. If you need to put down your chopsticks, leave them on the chopsticks rest or by

the right side of your bowl or plate.

5. Do not stick them into a bowl of rice because it resembles ancestral

offerings and is frowned upon.

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6. Do not suck on the tip of the chopsticks.

7. If the table settings include serving spoons or chopsticks, use them instead of your own set to get yourself food.

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Folding of Chopstick RestFolding of Chopstick Rest

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Exhibits of ancient chopsticksExhibits of ancient chopsticks

春秋铜箸　　　


西汉竹箸与食案　　　


东汉铜箸　　　


唐代银箸　　　


南宋银箸　　　


辽代木胎包银漆箸　　　


元代银箸　　　　


明代象牙箸　　　

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明代四楞银链象牙箸　　　

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刻诗象牙筷　　　


八双镶银刻诗竹筷　　　


　　清代旅游银餐具　


清代龙纹刀箸　　　


清代金三镶玉箸　　　


　　清代麻花纹银链仿珊瑚筷　


清代兽骨雕花仕女筷　　　


民初兽骨镶银双节筷　　　

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