Meaning of Chopstick 🥢

in #teammalaysia7 years ago (edited)

Chinese New Year is coming, lets we talk about the meaning of the chopstick and some chopstick etiquette. Chinese people are familiar with the use of chopsticks and this also chinese culture.
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HOW TO HOLD CHOPSTICK?

  1. You must hold the upper part and don't cross it.
  2. Hold it with your thumb, index finger, middle finger and third finger. One stick is against your third finger and the other leans on your middle finger.
  3. When you pick vegetable or meat in the dishes, use your index finger and middle finger to control the sticks.
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🥢Practice a lot then you will easily hold it🥢


“20 Things not to do with CHOPSTICK”
  1. Do not stick your chopsticks into your rice straight down. It resembles the incense that family members burn to mourn a dead relative. It also resembles an offering which is placed on the alter at an ancestral shrine.
  2. Do not cross your chopsticks. In Chinese cultures, this is a symbol for death. Always lay them parallel to each other. When possible use Chopstick Rests .
  3. Do not give food from your chopsticks directly to somebody other's chopsticks. Only at Buddhist funerals where the bones of the burned body are given in that way from person to person. Instead, place the food on an intermediary plate, preferably using a serving utensil or, if none is provided, turn your chopsticks around so the ends that have not been in your mouth touch the food, then give the plate to whomever.
  4. Do not pick your teeth with your chopsticks, even if there is no toothpick where you dine. If you must pick your teeth in public, cover your mouth as it is seen as rude.
  5. Chinese etiquette says that you may lift your personal rice bowl close to your mouth with one hand, as you use the chopsticks to push the rice into your mouth.
  6. Do not hit the bowl or plate with your chopsticks. It was what beggars did in ancient China.
  7. Do not point at people with your chopsticks, especially elders, or people of higher status than you.
  8. Do not stick out fingers whilst using chopsticks, as a continuation of the rule above. It is considered rude to stick out our fingers whilst eating.
  9. Do not rub chopsticks together. This is indicative of cheap chopsticks that splinter and is offending.
  10. It is bad manners to wave your chopsticks around aimlessly over the food, trying to decide what to take next.
    “Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard” Spike Milligan
  11. Do not dig under food to get the best pieces. It is also considered bad manners to change the food you have selected after you have touched the food.
  12. It is bad manners to spear food with the points of the chopsticks as if they were a fork.
  13. It is bad manners to pull the dishes towards you using the chopsticks. Always pick the dishes up or move them by hand.
  14. Do not lick, suck or nibble the ends of chopsticks.
  15. Do not reach across another person with your chopsticks.
  16. Do not eat food directly from the central plate; transfer it to your bowl first.
  17. Do not eat with a broken or mismatched pair of chopsticks. If one chopstick does break or cannot be eaten with, take a new pair, not just one to replace it. The Chinese are very superstitious and like things in pairs.
  18. Also do not use chopsticks as drumsticks, similar to the rule above, Chinese believe all good things come in twos. Therefore, by separating chopsticks between hands you are disturbing the peace.
  19. Do not use chopsticks as hair accessories. The hair accessories are completely different from chopsticks meant for eating. You would look silly with an ornamental fork stuck in your hair...
  20. Do not duel with chopsticks; again, they are for eating, and not fighting.

Info from “http://discoveringmandarin.blogspot.my/2009/07/20-things-not-to-do-with-chopsticks.html?m=1”


In Chinese culture, apart from being used to eat meals, chopsticks can also be given as a blessing or present.

As a gift “筷子 (chopstick)” represent “快乐 (happiness)”. During a festival or birthday, Chinese people like to give pairs of chopsticks to friends or relatives, it means that they are giving them “happiness.”
Not only friends or relatives, also send pairs of chopsticks to their business partners. Since chopsticks should be used in pairs, so it also stands for close “合作 (cooperation)” between two parties in business. However, do remember not to give silver chopsticks to your partners. If you do, they will think you distrust them!
We more frequently give chopsticks as a present for weddings or to lovers. Parents, relatives and friends express the hope that the newly married couple will “永不分离 (never part from each other)” by sending them a pair of chopsticks. Furthermore, they expect the newly-married couple to “快快生子(give birth to a baby as soon as possible)”. Chopsticks are also a good choice as a token of love between lovers. A pair of chopsticks represents the wish of “成双成对 (living as a couple forever)” in Chinese culture.


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Good morning.

Thank you for sharing.
There are so many rules, dos and don'ts. If I may, you can broke it into few points. Example, 7 ways on how to use your chopstick. Then another different article, 5 things you shouldnt do with your chopstick.

In this manner, our respectable cheetah will not find you. That is what we have learn during masterclass. Hehehe
Anyhow, keep on posting.

Thanks @papanog, so regret no have time to join you all in masterclass, if not sure more i learn from there. Anyway, i will keep posting and learn from you all. Your comment let me learn much.

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