The Legend of Chopsticks

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Chinese people use chopsticks about 3000 years ago. In fact, before Chinese people the use chopsticks, our ancestors also experienced a process of eat with the clutch. But how can clutch hot soups? So they had to take a number of grass stems wooden folding to help.

Chopsticks can be described as the quintessence of China. It is lightweight and flexible tableware in the countries of the world unique, was the West as the “Oriental civilization.” The history of the use of chopsticks in China dates back to the Shang dynasty. “Records of the Historian micro-sub-family” and a “Zhou start, like chopsticks,” records in the late Shang dynasty monarchs for Zhou, On this basis, there are at least 3000 years in China to use chopsticks history. Said the pre-Qin period of chopsticks to “embrace”, Qin and Han Dynasties called “chopsticks.” The ancients are very particular about taboo, because “chopsticks” and “housing” the word homonym, “housing” has to stop the Italian, the language is ominous, so its meaning while on anti-called “chopsticks.” This is the name of the origin of chopsticks.

Jiang Zi ya with chopsticks

The legend spread in Sichuan and other places, to say that only straight-bloomer fishing hooks and other things one would not do, so very poor. So,his wife wanted to kill him and married the other man.

Jiang Zi Ya fishing that day went home empty-handed again. His wife said: “Are you hungry? I burnt the meat for you already!” Jiang Zi Ya was really hungry, so he just reach out grab the meat. Suddenly a bird flew out the window, pecking him one. He was so painful. He went to catch the bird. When he pick meat up at the second time, the birds also peck at the back of him. Jiang Zi Ya was suspicious, and he was wondering why the bird peck him two times.I can’t eat the meat? In order to test the bird, his third grab the meat, when birds peck at him again. Jiang Zi Ya knew that this is a special Bird, so he pretended to catch the bird.He followed the bird to a hillside. Bird habitat on the one string and wind music, and Whisper song: “Jiang Zi Ya, eating meat is not available clutch, clutch meat is on my feet ….” Jiang Zi Ya heard Bird’s pointing, busy picked two small string and went home. Then his wife urged him to eat meat again, Jiang Zi Ya who then gave two wood inserted into bowl with meat, he suddenly saw a string and wind hissing Unit of smoke to emerge. Jiang Zi Ya pretend he did not know poison matter and said: “how can smoke the meat.Is it poisonous?” Saying this, Jiang Zi Ya send the meat to his wife’s mouth. Her face became white instantly and went out to escape.

Jiang Zi Ya understood that this bamboo was sent by God Bird, any poison can be testing out. After that, he used two bamboos each meal. This came out, his wife did not dare to poison him again, and neighbors also also learned to use bamboo to eat. Later, more and more people to emulate, the custom of eating with chopsticks also pass down from generation to generation.

This legend is obviously the product of worship bloomer; it is also inconsistent with the historical records. There have been times Yanzhou Wang ivory chopsticks, Jiang Zi Ya and Yan Zhou Wang were contemporaries. Since King Zhou had served ivory chopsticks, then bamboo chopsticks of Jiang Zi Ya was not much of an invention. However, there is one thing is true. That is, to the South Shang Dynasty bamboo chopsticks.

Natalie has been with the chopsticks

This legend spread in Jiangsu area. To say that Shang Zhou was moody, not to say that eating fish is not fresh, that is chicken soup too hot, sometimes cold dishes can not be said entrance. A result, many chefs have become the ghost of his sword. Chong Fei Da difficult for him to serve has also know that, so every time a banquet feast, she must advance to taste, lest King Zhou of Shang brackish or not and also angry. On one occasion, Natalie has been tasted with food bowls too hot, but the exchange had been too late, because the King Zhou of Shang have come to the dining table. Natalie has had King Zhou of Shang discuss the favor, Jizhongshengzhi, remove the head of a long busy folder Hosta will Lay up, blowing up another blow, and so a number of cold dishes and then into the mouth of King Zhou of Shang. King Zhou of Shang is a dissolute shameless person, in his view had been from the Da Jia Cai is fed pieces of matter of pleasure, so every day of Da have been so. Da has been specially designed for her that is so that craftsmen had two long Hosta Jia Cai, and this is the embryonic form of jade chopsticks. After the way this Jiacai spread private sector, have given rise to chopsticks.

This story was unlike the first one color legend is full of myths, but more close to life, there are some practical significance, but still rich in legendary, but also inconsistent with the historical facts. Archaeologists in Anyang Houjiazhuang 1005 Shang tombs unearthed steel chopsticks (chopsticks), as amended verified their age as early as the late King Zhou of Shang Yan Zhou era is clear that neither King Zhou of Shang invention of chopsticks, but also non-Da has been creation, should be the product of earlier.

Da Yu and chopsticks

This legend spread in north-east. To say that Yao and Shun times, floods swamped, Shun orders Yu to control flooding. Dayu was ordered later, vowed to clear the people suffering from floods, so the three past his home without. His days and nights, and fierce fighting water, storms, let alone a break, that is, to eat, sleep can not bear to delay a single minute.

On one occasion, Yu boat came to an island. He was hunger unbearable, so they put up pottery pot of meat. After boiling meat in water, because hot water can not clutch. Yu does not want the meat pot cooling wasted time, he should be in time for the peak in front of the water resources, so he cut off two branches in the folder out of the meat from the soup and eat up. From then on, in order to save time, Dayu always branches, Xi Zhu from the work of boiling water fishing. That may save the time needed for uniform flood. So time goes by, Dayu trained to have a skilled use of thin sticks folder ability to take food. Such men were to see him eat, not hot, and not leave hands greasy contamination, so to follow suit, and thus gradually formed the rudiments of chopsticks.

Although the “legend” is mainly through some sort of historical material to represent the people of the county public understanding of historical events, views and feelings, rather than strictly reproduce the historical event itself, but Yu in flood control in the use of chopsticks and chopsticks occasionally produce the initial process, so that today’s people believe that it is the real situation. Than the late-bloomer, and Natalie have legend of the system chopsticks have become even more simplicity and realism, also in line with the law of development of things.

Contributed to the birth of chopsticks, the most important opportunity for cooked food should be hot. Ancient times, because no metal utensils, and then because of animal bones short, very crisp, processing is not easy, so our ancestors would readily pick Xi Zhu and twigs to fish for cooked food. Year in a wilderness environment, human life in the dense forest grass cave, the most convenient material than the trees and bamboo. For this reason, Xiaogun, Xi Zhu after the time of our ancestors stir baked goods, hot food when the snatch fishing clip. Cooking Valley Panicum when mixing and so on, emerging shape of chopsticks. This is a human under special circumstances the inevitable law of development. From now on to study the shape of chopsticks. It is also with the characteristics of the original bamboo sticks. Even after 4,000 years of development, its original nature still can not be changed.

Of course, any legend through the ages the people’s choice, tailoring, fictional, exaggerated, rendering even the illusion processed, and Yu Chuang chopsticks is no exception. It is the thousands of people groping in the system gradually chopsticks process, concentrated in the typical figure who Dayu. In fact, the birth of chopsticks chopsticks should be the collective wisdom of the masses, not a person’s credit. However, the chopsticks may originate in Yuwang era, after several centuries or even millennia measures cable and universal, to the Shang dynasty has become widely used tableware.

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