Why do people use chopsticks, and when were they invented.?

Question

Just watched my 7 year old grand daughter use chopsticks to have her takeaway Chinese meal, and she asked me why the Chinese use them?? Good question Jessie!!

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks

Answer 2

Chopsticks originated in ancient China as early as the Shang dynasty (1600-1100 BC) and were widely used throughout East Asia. Tools resembling chopsticks were also unearthed in the archaeological site Megiddo in Israel. This discovery may reveal the existence of a trade relationship between the Middle East and Asia in early antiquity or may be an independent parallel development. Chopsticks were also common household items of civilized Uyghurs on the Mongolian steppes during the 6th–8th centuries. It is no more unusual to them as eating with a knife and fork in the west

Answer 3

http://www.robsworld.org/chopsticks.html

I can not find my folder for chinese food ????

I had a history site for chop sticks..

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http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html

Answer 4

If you use chopsticks, you'd come to realize that they're more efficient and useful than a plain fork. It's not merely tradition, it's a function of utility.

Answer 5

Purely for myself, I often eat hot meals during the working day sitting in my lorry, and if I carry a fork with me it is next thing to impossible to keep it clean. With chopsticks I can give them a good wipe then before using them again rub them with sandpaper. good and clean, and all good practice for eating in Chinese places..............................

Answer 6

it is traditional for Chinese to use chopsticks as it is traditional for us to use a fork, but they were used long before fork or spoons etc were invented, they have been traced back at least as far as the 3rd century BCE.

if your grand daughter would like to know alot more you can read this webpage*

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc...