public chopsticks generally refer to chopsticks specially used for holding vegetables, usually white, and each person is equipped with a pair, which can only be used when holding vegetables. Chopsticks originated in China, which is one of the symbols of Chinese food culture, while public chopsticks also originated in China.

public chopsticks are often associated with the system of separate meals and combined meals. Whether it is sharing meals or using public chopsticks, it has a long history in China. As early as Xia and Shang Dynasties, China had already appeared "eating separately". Zhao Gou, Song Gaozong, was a representative figure who used public chopsticks, but after the Song Dynasty, the * * * meal system began to replace the separate meal system, and by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the * * meal system had completely replaced the separate meal system.

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Significance of public chopsticks:

Public chopsticks are an important embodiment of China's traditional food culture. Since ancient times, domestic catering industry has used chopsticks circularly. Since the 1981s, with the development of social economy, people's living standards have been continuously improved and the pace of life has been continuously accelerated, and the catering industry has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity.

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