What is chopsticks? How to use it? What kind of it?

1. Welcome To Group 3
Presentation

2. Chopsticks History
Chopsticks play an role in Japanese
food culture and are called “Hashi”.
They also originated from China and
spread to Vietnam, Korea and Japan in
A.D 500. In Japan, chopsicks were
originally used only;for religious
ceremony, and originally look like
tweezers. They were made from one
piece of bamboo that was connected
by the top. When the 10th century
arrived, chopsticks were being made
into two separate pieces. In tradition,
chopsticks have been made from many
different materials, such as silver and
gold but bamboo seems to be the most
popular one due to its availability
inextensibility, resistance to heat and
don’t smell or have a flavor.

3. How to use chopsticks
• 1. Hold the first stick firm and
stationary in a fixed position.
• 2. Use the tips of the thumb, index
and middle fingers to hold the other
stick like a pen. Make sure the tips of
the two sticks line up.
• 3. Pivot the upper stick up and down
towards the lower stick. With this
motion one can pick up food of
surprising sizes.
• 4. With enough practice, the two
sticks function like a pair of pincers.

4. A quick list of bad manners
• 1. Waving chopsticks above food dishes.
• 2. Sticking chopsticks into food instead of picking
them up.
• 3. Picking up a cup/bowl with the hand that is
holding your chopsticks.
• 4. Sticking chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice.
• 5. Passing from your chopsticks to somebody else’s
chopsticks.

6. Different kinds of chopsticks
• There are many
different kinds of
chopsticks, and they
are also made with
different materials.
These kinds include
bamboo or wooden,
disposable, plastic,
stainless steel and
training chopsticks.

7. • Bamboo and wood
are the most common
materials in making
chopsticks.
Sometimes different
wood tones are
combined to make
elegant chopsticks,
other times special
symbols or animal
figures are carved
onto them.

8. • Disposable
chopsticks
are usually
made from
wood or
bamboo and
are seen as
an
environment
al issue
because of
how much
wood is
wasted.

9. • Plastic
chopsticks
are more
environmen
tally
friendly
because
they can be
washed and
reused.
They are, of
course,
strong and
they last a
long time.

10. SPECIAL KINDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12. Disturbing statistics for chopsticks
China's population goes through roughly 45
billion pairs of disposable chopsticks a year -
that's 130 million pairs a day.
To keep up with this demand, 100 acres of
trees - 100 American football fields worth -
are felled every day. That means that one acre
of trees gets cut down to make chopsticks
every 15 minutes.
That works out to 16 million to 25 million
felled trees a year.
Usually, these chopsticks are made from birch
or poplar (instead of the much more
renewable bamboo) to save money. It takes 30
to 40 years for one birch tree to mature.
In 2006, the Chinese government imposed a
5% consumption tax and a 30% price increase
on chopsticks. Apparently, the only people this
initiative really stopped from using disposable
chopsticks were some Japanese people.

13. Chopsticks
Dance
* Chopsticks Dance was
originally a single man’s
dance at marriage of
festival ceremonies,
accompaniment of a
stringed instrument.
* The dancer holds a
bunch of chopsticks in his
hand and beats the
shoulder, waist and legs.
* Today, people tie the
chopstick with a small
rope, decorate it with red
silk