2007-01-20 20:37:32 · 4 answers · asked by Big Al 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
The Chinese invented chopsticks 3,000 years ago.
2007-01-20 20:47:59 · answer #1 · answered by BR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The History of Chopsticks -- We are not sure when chopsticks were first used but, we do know that they were invented in China where their use has been traced back at least as far as the 3rd century B.C. The famous philosopher Confucius, who lived over 200 years earlier, influenced the development of chopsticks with his nonviolent teaching. According to his teaching, food should be cut up in slaughterhouses or kitchens, not at the table. Knives, with their association to war and death, were not to be brought to the dinner table. Today, chopsticks are used in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam as well as China, making them the world's second most popular method of conveying food to mouth.
2007-01-21 04:48:03 · answer #2 · answered by cross_+hua 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Emperor Chuah of China first cut two tiny bamboo sticks in a jungle while going on a hunt when he wanted to eat..n ppl began to follow his style n until now ppl r using two sticks which r now called the 'chopsticks'
2007-01-21 04:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by saNdHyA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Chinese dude
2007-01-21 04:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by q8abat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋