Category: Life >> Food/Cooking Problem description: I am not a foreigner.

Ask for the authentic method.

Analysis: The use of chopsticks by Chinese people for dining has been handed down from ancient times. In ancient times, they were also called "箸". The use of chopsticks in daily life is very particular.

Generally, when we use chopsticks, the correct way to use them is to hold the chopsticks with your right hand, pinch the upper end of the chopsticks with your thumb and index finger, and hold the chopsticks with the other three fingers naturally bent, and the two ends of the chopsticks must be aligned.

During use, the chopsticks must be placed neatly on the right side of the rice bowl before eating, and they must be placed neatly vertically in the center of the rice bowl after eating.

Action essentials: Hold chopsticks with the five fingers of your right hand naturally bent. Hold one chopstick between the tail of your thumb, index finger and middle finger. Hold the other chopstick between the bottom of your thumb and ring finger. Bend your little finger naturally.

When picking food, bend the index finger and middle finger inward so that the first chopstick is close to the second chopstick to pick up the food.

During the whole process, only the index finger and middle finger will move, and the other fingers will not move; for chopsticks, the first chopstick will move, and the second chopstick will remain motionless!

But there are absolutely no taboos on the following twelve ways to use chopsticks.

Three long and two short: This means placing chopsticks of uneven lengths on the table before or during the meal.

This approach is very unlucky, and we usually call it "three longs and two shorts".

It means "death".

Because the Chinese used to believe that a person must be put into a coffin after death. After the person is put in, but before the coffin lid is closed, the coffin consists of two short wooden boards at the front and back, and three long wooden boards at the sides and bottom.

, the coffin made of five wooden boards happens to be three long and two short, so this is extremely unlucky.

Immortal guides the way: This approach is also extremely unacceptable. This way of holding chopsticks is to hold the chopsticks with your thumb, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger, and extend your index finger.

This is called "swearing on the street" in the eyes of Beijingers.

Because when you extend your index finger while eating, you are always pointing at others. When Beijingers extend their index finger to point at others, it usually means accusing them.

Therefore, pointing fingers when using chopsticks is tantamount to blaming others. It is the same as swearing and is not allowed.

Another situation that also has this meaning is talking to others while eating and pointing at them with chopsticks.

Tasting chopsticks and leaving a sound: This method is also not acceptable. The method is to hold one end of the chopsticks in your mouth, suck it back and forth with your mouth, and make a hissing sound from time to time.

This behavior is considered a *** practice.

Because sucking chopsticks with your mouth while eating is a rude behavior in itself, and coupled with the sound, it is even more annoying.

Therefore, this kind of practice will generally be considered as a lack of tutoring, and it is also not allowed.

Knocking on bowls and bowls: This behavior is regarded as begging for food. It is done by tapping the plates and bowls with chopsticks while eating.

Because in the past, only beggars would hit the begging bowl with chopsticks, and the sound produced by it coupled with the plea from the mouth would attract the attention of passers-by and give alms.

This practice is regarded as an extremely *** thing and is looked down upon by others.

Patrolling the city with chopsticks: This method is to hold the chopsticks in your hand, pretending to be no one else, and use the chopsticks to go back and forth among the dishes on the table to find the best place to take down the chopsticks.

This kind of behavior is a typical sign of lack of self-cultivation, and is extremely arrogant and disgusting.

Digging with chopsticks: This refers to digging around with chopsticks on the food plate in order to find prey, just like a tomb robber.

This approach is similar to "cruising the city with a pair of chopsticks", which are both uneducated and annoying.

Tearing Chopsticks: Actually, when you use chopsticks to pick up vegetables on your own plate, your hands are not in good position, causing the vegetable soup to spill into other dishes or onto the table.

This practice is considered a serious disrespect and is also undesirable.

Turning the world upside down: This means using chopsticks upside down when eating. This practice is very looked down upon by people. As the saying goes, if you are hungry and don't care about food, you will lose face and use the chopsticks upside down. This is absolutely not allowed.

Dinghaishenzhen: It is not acceptable to use a chopstick to insert dishes on the plate during meals. This is considered a humiliation to the diners at the same table.

Doing this while eating is equivalent to extending your middle finger to people in public in Europe, which is also unacceptable.

Offering incense in public: It is often done out of kindness when serving food to others, and for convenience and convenience, one inserts a pair of chopsticks into the rice and hands it to the other party.

It is considered disrespectful by others, because the tradition in Beijing is to do this when offering incense to the dead. If you insert a pair of chopsticks into the rice, it is regarded as the same as offering incense to the dead. Therefore, inserting chopsticks into the rice is regarded as disrespectful.

In a bowl is never acceptable.

Crossed Cross: This point is often not noticed by people. When eating, the chopsticks are casually crossed on the table.