{"id":6457,"date":"2019-11-18T01:37:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T01:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/kuai-zi-chopsticks\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T01:37:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T01:37:48","slug":"kuai-zi-chopsticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/kuai-zi-chopsticks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7b77\u5b50 Chopsticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An organization has drawn up measures to add chopsticks to the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The move aims to raise awareness regarding the culture behind the use  of these utensils, according to Shanghai Chopsticks Culture Promotion  Association.<br \/>  &nbsp;<br \/>  One association authority says chopsticks are increasingly neglected in modern China although they are unique Chinese items.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1.8 billion people currently use chopsticks worldwide.<br \/>  &nbsp;<br \/>  According to some experts, chopsticks, though small, serve as a means to pass on Chinese civilization.<br \/>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u><font size=\"4\">How much do you know a<em><\/em>bout chopsticks(\u7b77\u5b50ku&agrave;i zi)?<\/font><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you able to use chopsticks while eating Chinese food? To use  chopsticks is perhaps the first thing some foreigners must learn in  China. Chinese seem to be masters of chopsticks. They can eat slippery  dumplings, round glutinous rice dumplings and long-pulled noodles with  chopsticks. For some foreigners, such a task can be termed as mission  impossible.<\/p>\n<p>The correct way of using chopsticks is simple: use your thumb, index  and middle fingers to co<em><\/em>ntrol the upper stick and hold still the lower  stick with your thumb and ring fingers. When you try to take the food,  o<em><\/em>nly move the upper chopstick. In this way you can put the food into  your mouth. Chopsticks are daily utensils for Chinese. They become a  perfect gift item. Elegantly made bamboo chopsticks are well-received  gifts that represent steady improvement and good luck.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191121_5dd5776580609.jpg\" alt=\"\u7b77\u5b50 Chopsticks\" \/><br \/>  <font size=\"4\" style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff7100\">[yu&aacute;n] <strong>\u5706<\/strong> round<br \/>  [f\u0101ng] <strong>\u65b9<\/strong> square<br \/>  [ji\u0101]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>\u5939<\/strong> pick up<br \/>  [p&eacute;i y\u01ceng] <strong>\u57f9\u517b<\/strong> nurture<br \/>  [sh&iacute; j&ugrave;]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>\u98df\u5177<\/strong> daily utensils<\/font><\/p>\n<p>  The traditio<em><\/em>nal shape of chopsticks holds the same kaleidoscopic view  as Yi or principle of changes. One end of the chopstick is square and  the other is round, representing the round sky and square earth. While  using chopsticks, some Chinese regard certain ways as taboo. For  example, you should not point at others with chopsticks. Or you should  not strike the bowl and plate with chopsticks. Do not hold the  chopsticks in the mouth. When the food is taken with chopsticks, it  should not be put back in the plate. There are certain ways to place  chopsticks. Don&#8217;t insert chopsticks into the bowl of rice, as it is the  ritual at the sacrifices offering ceremony for ancestors. Some people  believe chopsticks are the best training utensils. To use them every day  can make your fingers nimbler and nurture your brains as well. If you  are not able to use chopsticks, you can follow our instructions listed  above.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-567881305\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organization has drawn up measures to add chopsticks to the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2015.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,16],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-6457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-traditional-chinese-festivals","tag-culture"],"views":184,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}