Chopsticks are another ancient discovery above and beyond the four ancient Chinese inventions (gunpowder, compass，papermaking and printing). People began to use the eating utensil during the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago.
Chopsticks, used to lift food to the mouth, are basic accessories at Chinese meals. It is widely believed that Chinese have been using chopsticks since the 18th century BC.
Today chopsticks are usually made from wood or bamboo, or, sometimes, ivory or silver. They can be plain, lacquered and/or painted with floral or other designs. It has been said that emperors and empresses, in feudal times, used chopsticks that were made exclusively for them. It took a skilled craftsman about a month to make a pair of chopsticks—painted with the royal symbols of the coiling dragon and flying phoenix—for the emperor and empress.
Bckground Information
>>>>>History of the Chopsticks
>>>>>Chopsticks and Health
>>>>>Sayings of Celebrities
>>>>>Getting Started
>>>>>Something Else about Chopsticks
Various Chopsticks
>>>>>Bamboo or wooden chopsticks
>>>>>Metal Chopsticks
>>>>>Chopsticks of ivory and beast bones
Ten Don'ts
>>>>>Placing Chopsticks Unevenly三长两短
>>>>>Pointing at Others with Chopsticks 仙人指路
>>>>>Sucking the Chopsticks Noisily 品挤留声
>>>>>Striking Plates or Cups击盆敲盅
>>>>>Searching from Plate to Plate 执粉巡城
>>>>>Reversing Heaven and Earth 颇倒乾坤
>>>>>Miraculous Needle Pacifying the Ocean定海神针
>>>>>Burning Incense and offering Sacrifices 当众上香
>>>>>Crisscrossing chopsticks 交叉十字
>>>>>Dropping Chopstick(s)落地惊神
