Male chopsticks generally refer to chopsticks specially used for serving vegetables, which are generally white, and each person has a pair, which can only be used when serving vegetables. Chopsticks originated in China, which is one of the symbols of China's food culture, while public chopsticks also originated in China.

Public chopsticks are often associated with separate meals and joint meals. Both eating together and using public chopsticks have a long history in China. As early as Xia and Shang Dynasties, the "separate meal system" appeared in China. Zhao Gou and Song Gaozong are the representatives who use public chopsticks, but after the Song Dynasty, the * * meal system began to replace the meal system. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the * * meal system had completely replaced the meal system.

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The significance of public chopsticks:

Chopsticks are an important embodiment of China's traditional food culture. Chopsticks have been recycled in domestic catering industry since ancient times. Since the 1980s, with the development of social economy, people's living standards have been continuously improved, the pace of life has been continuously accelerated, and the catering industry has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity.

The use cost of chopsticks is relatively low, only the cost of buying chopsticks and sterilizers is needed. Generally speaking, operators don't pay much attention to the cleanliness of chopsticks, especially during the peak period of eating, and they simply wash them without disinfection, so chopsticks are generally not hygienic.