Because it's easier to use chopsticks, and then it's also easier to pick things up when you use them. The chopsticks were developed in a process of continuous improvement for ease of use. Chopsticks are the most commonly used tableware in China. They were invented by the Chinese and later spread throughout the Chinese culture in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Nowadays, as the Chinese food culture continues to spread, more and more people are using chopsticks as common tableware. After using chopsticks for so many years, I think we've all wondered why they are 7.6 inches long and usually rounded at one end.

1. History of Chopsticks

Once upon a time, there was a man who was the first to eat, but he lost his dagger, so he plotted with Sung Woong, the captain of Nakagi at the Nagasuigaku Academy, General Wu Zilan, and Prince Fu. In this passage, "dagger" refers to the spoon used to eat, which is a spoon "sheath" refers to chopsticks. Here, the author tells the story of Cao Cao inviting Liu Bang to dinner. When Liu Bang heard that Cao Cao said he was a hero today, he was so shocked that he even lost his spoon and chopsticks. We can see that chopsticks had become a food tool for everyone, at least during the Three Kingdoms period.

2. The Inventor of Chopsticks

In fact, chopsticks were created much earlier than the Three Kingdoms period. It is said that Da Yu invented chopsticks. Dayu often cooked and ate because he was away from home all year round, but he was in a hurry and often couldn't wait for his food to cool down and eat it, so he ate it with wooden sticks, which slowly developed into chopsticks. Some say that Daji invented chopsticks while serving the King of Zhou in the Shang Dynasty. Others say that Jiang Ziya invented chopsticks.

3. Determination of chopstick size

In short, there are many stories about the invention of chopsticks. But now, how chopsticks were invented is not so important. Maybe our ancestors did it by chance through some inspiration in the course of their work and it might get popularized. Over the course of history, chopsticks gradually came to have more uniform specifications - 7 inches and 6 minutes long, with rounded heads and square handles.