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Chinese chopsticks tend to be longer than other styles, at about 27 centimeters (11 in). They are thicker, with squared or rounded cross-sections. They end in either wide, blunt, flat tips or tapered pointed tips. Blunt tips are more common with plastic or melamine varieties, whereas pointed tips are more common in wood and bamboo varieties ...
Serving chopsticks are usually more ornate and longer than the personal ones. There appears to be no Chinese word for communal eating and using one's personal chopsticks in the serving dish. However, at some formal meals, there may be pairs of communal serving chopsticks (公筷, gongkuai). [12]
Eating is a dominant aspect of Chinese culture and eating out is one of the most common ways to honour guests, socialize, and deepen friendships.Generally, Chinese etiquette is very similar to that in other East Asian countries such as Korea and Japan, with some exceptions.
Spoons were used as early as the Shang dynasty of the 2nd millennium B.C., both as a cooking tool and in eating, and were more common than chopsticks until perhaps the 10th century A.D. Chinese spoons typically have higher sides and can hold more than the western soup spoon. [1] These spoons are used throughout Asia.
Apologies, I missed this thread. Please see my message under 'Chinese Etiquette and Inversion of Chopsticks'. - Descender 06:12, 25 July 2005 (UTC) More etiquette problems: Do not stand chopsticks in a bowl of rice or anything else because the act is part of a traditional funeral rite. is mentioned both in the general and Chinese etiquette ...
During a meal, it is frowned upon for people to leave their chopsticks sticking up vertically in rice, be it leftover or a new bowl of rice. [1] The image of having chopsticks sticking up vertically in rice is similar to the image of having incense sticks being put up when the Chinese are offering meals to their ancestors’ ghosts.
In the tables, the first two columns contain the Chinese characters representing the classifier, in traditional and simplified versions when they differ. The next four columns give pronunciations in Standard (Mandarin) Chinese, using pinyin; Cantonese, in Jyutping and Yale, respectively; and Minnan (Taiwan). The last column gives the classifier ...
A hu (Chinese: 笏; pinyin: hù) is a flat scepter originating from China, where they were originally used as narrow tablets for recording notes and orders.They were historically used by officials throughout East Asia, including Japan, Korea, Ryukyu, and Vietnam.