When it comes to composition, everyone must be familiar with it, especially expository essays, which are of great significance in compositions. Expository essays are a style of writing that uses explanation as the main method of expression to introduce and explain things. It is required to use certain explanation methods, such as definitions, classifications, examples, data, charts, etc. How can you write an excellent expository essay? Below is a 600-word description of chopsticks that I compiled (selected 10 articles). It is for reference only. Let’s take a look. Chopsticks Explanation 1
Chopsticks can be seen everywhere in our lives, and people always use them when eating. It is really ordinary and ordinary in people's eyes.
The emergence of chopsticks can be traced back several years ago. At that time, Chinese working people occasionally used two tree branches to hold their food between them when eating. They found that the branches were much more convenient than using their hands. Therefore, this food-holding tool - chopsticks, became widely spread in the land of China. From kings to farmers, everyone knows how to use chopsticks. There are many types of chopsticks, including gold chopsticks, silver chopsticks, copper chopsticks, ivory chopsticks, bamboo chopsticks, etc. The variety of decorations is too numerous to mention. Later, chopsticks spread to Southeast Asian countries and became a major local tableware.
As usual, chopsticks are still our main utensils when eating. The main shape of chopsticks is very ordinary - two hard sticks. Yet this simple object contains profound scientific truth. When we use chopsticks, we hold the middle and upper part of the chopsticks with our hands, with the index finger and the index finger in front, and the other three fingers at the back to hold the two chopsticks. When they are open, use the cover to push the chopsticks. When the index finger is raised, one chopstick will rise upward. When picking food, tilt your fingers back, press your index finger down, and the raised chopsticks will press down. This behavior is exactly an important principle in physics - the leverage principle. This shows how smart the Chinese nation is. ah!
Chopsticks embody the private pole principle very well and have many benefits. It was a long time after the invention of our chopsticks that Westerners invented eating tools such as knives and forks. Comparing chopsticks with knives and forks further reflects its superiority: Chinese people only use a pair of chopsticks to eat, which is trouble-free and convenient. No matter what they eat, they can quickly pick it up and save time. According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the fingers Exercise can encourage humans to use their brains better. You can also exercise with chopsticks while eating. Isn’t this “the best of both worlds”? But using knives and eating is different. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive. You have to change tableware from time to time according to the shape and type of food. Chinese chopsticks have long been famous around the world. When tourists and government heads from various countries come to China, they are almost required to learn how to use chopsticks. When boxing champion Ali came to China, he felt quite regretful because he had to eat rice with his hands at the banquet because he had not learned to use chopsticks. After many foreign friends have used our chopsticks, they often marvel at the mystery of these two small hard sticks.
The invention and use of chopsticks can not but be said to be a pride of the Chinese nation. Chopsticks Explanation 2
Nowadays, chopsticks are an essential tool for us Chinese to eat. They are usually thin, cylindrical, with two sticks, and are about 2 decimeters long.
Probably in the early days, people didn’t use chopsticks, so they ate with their hands. Today’s hand-picked meals are proof of this!
The use of chopsticks, I heard that there is such a story. One day, two people were fishing on a boat. When it was time to eat, the two of them cooked a pot of porridge. One person picked up the bowl and said, "Let's compete! Let's see who eats faster!" When the other person agreed, the two started to eat. The porridge was very hot. I wanted to cool it with my hands, but it was too hot, so I had to blow cool air into the porridge and drink it bit by bit. Another person picked two branches from the tree on the river bank and stirred the porridge in the bowl while blowing cool air into it. The porridge quickly became cold. So, that person was victorious. Because of their "fastness", they named these two branches "tachyon". Later, the news of eating with tree branches spread immediately, and everyone started using "kuaizi". Some people thought that the branches were not good, so they made "kuaizi" out of bamboo, so they added the prefix bamboo and became "chopsticks". The emperor heard about it and started using chopsticks, but he thought the chopsticks made of bamboo were too rustic, so he asked people to make jade chopsticks and gold chopsticks. That’s how chopsticks got their name.
Chopsticks have the spirit of putting others before yourself. When the host wants to eat the food, the chopsticks are responsible for picking up the food and then putting it into the host's mouth. Not only did the chopsticks not taste the delicious food themselves, but they were also stained with the host's saliva. But it has no regrets and always works diligently to serve its master. This is the "chopstick spirit" that I admire very much.
Now that technology has developed, many people are using "disposable chopsticks". A pair of fine wooden chopsticks were thrown into a dirty trash can after the owner used them once. Because disposable chopsticks have a short lifespan and are needed in large quantities, more trees have to be cut down to make them. As a result, forest resources have been greatly reduced. Doesn't this also correspond to the "fast" when it originated? Hey, the rapid extinction of forests will be a huge disaster!
Although the government is aware of the seriousness of the problem, it advocates using less disposable chopsticks. Some countries no longer use disposable chopsticks. I heard that Japan does not produce disposable chopsticks itself, but imports them from China. .
Chopsticks contain the spirit of dedication and sacrifice. Should they be so short-lived? Everyone must try to extend the service life of chopsticks and prevent the forests from becoming extinct quickly on our land. Chopsticks Explanatory Essay 3
Chopsticks are a great invention of the Chinese. It is said that there are three ways of eating in the world, 40% of them are held directly with hands; 30% are held with chopsticks, and 30% are eaten with knives and forks.
China began to use chopsticks as early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, but they were not called "chopsticks" at first. In "Pre-Qin Documents", the author calls chopsticks "Zhu". During the Sui Dynasty, chopsticks were also called "tendons".
How did the name "Chopsticks" appear? According to Lu Rong of the Ming Dynasty in "Shu Mu Miscellaneous Notes", Wuzhong in the south of the Yangtze River called "Kuaier" "Kuaier". The reason why canvas is called "rag" is because sailors taboo about "living" and "turning over". Around the Ming Dynasty, the word "kuai" was added with "bamboo head" and became "chopsticks". This is probably because most chopsticks are made of bamboo.
The structure of chopsticks is relatively simple. Chinese chopsticks are thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with a rounded bottom and a top. When chopsticks were introduced to Japan, the Japanese made them into conical shapes.
Although chopsticks are simple, the Chinese have also made a lot of efforts in the materials and carvings of chopsticks. In the pre-Qin period, ivory chopsticks and copper chopsticks were available. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, courts, officials and wealthy families have used gold and silver to make chopsticks, and carved chopsticks with jade, coral, etc. Exquisite chopsticks are also inlaid with silver tips, which are used to test whether food is poisonous. If it is poisonous, the silver head will immediately turn black or green.
Chinese people’s skill in using chopsticks often attracts foreigners. In recent years, a “chopstick craze” has emerged in the West. There are also “training centers” dedicated to teaching people how to use chopsticks. Some medical scientists believe that using chopsticks can activate more than 30 joints and more than 50 muscles in the human body, which is helpful for the dexterity of the hands and the development of the brain. Some people also say that Chinese people are particularly skillful with their hands, which has a lot to do with using chopsticks since childhood.
It is said that the world’s first “Chopsticks Museum” is in Germany. There are more than 10,000 chopsticks on display there with different origins, textures, and time periods. It can be said that they are all available! The chopsticks we use originally have such a long history and such a high status. Have you mastered it? If you don’t have a comprehensive grasp, then please pick up the chopsticks and study it carefully! Chopsticks Explanatory Essay 4
It is impossible to verify when and who invented chopsticks. I only know that in ancient times, Chinese ancestors first used their hands to grab things to eat, and the way animals eat today is somewhat similar. When our ancestors changed from eating raw food to cooked food, they found it inconvenient to grab food with their hands, so they picked up small wooden sticks from local materials as eating aids. After using them, they found that using two sticks was more convenient than one, so chopsticks were born. .
In the Qin and Han Dynasties, chopsticks were called "箸", and this name is still used in the Minnan dialect of our country. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was also called "jin". Later, it is said that the ancestors of Wu and Yue changed "箸" to "kuai'er" to avoid the homophony of "箸" and "Zhu", and were afraid that the boat would be stranded, hoping that the boat would travel quickly and everything would be smooth sailing, in order to achieve good luck. Chopsticks in the Han Dynasty were also called "抯Ti", which means to hold and then lift. This vividly illustrates the practical function of chopsticks. Later, since most chopsticks were made of bamboo, the word "bamboo" was added to the prefix of "kuai". This became today’s word “chopsticks”.
When our ancestors ended their life of eating hair and drinking blood and started using chopsticks, chopsticks were born together with civilization. From the information of a chopstick collector, we learned that there are more than 1,000 types of chopsticks so far: starting from tree branches, bamboos, and animal bone chopsticks in primitive society; Xia and Shang Dynasties have refined tooth chopsticks and jade chopsticks; the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have the appearance of primitive simplicity. Copper chopsticks and iron chopsticks; after the Six Dynasties, chopsticks made of gold and silver came into being. The most valuable among them are ivory chopsticks, rhinoceros bone chopsticks, ebony gold chopsticks and various jade chopsticks. Of course, the most commonly used chopsticks among the people are bamboo chopsticks and wooden chopsticks. Now disposable chopsticks have appeared, which are more convenient to use.
Chopsticks were introduced to Japan and Southeast Asia more than a thousand years ago. Therefore, the food culture of Asians is very different from that of Westerners.
Don’t underestimate this inconspicuous little stick. It is simple to make, flexible and clever, and has the effect of strengthening the body and brain after long-term use. It can be said that our ancestors made a great and worthy contribution to the world’s food culture. Respected inventions. Chopsticks Explanatory Essay 5
Chopsticks were born more than 3,000 years ago. This little thing contains a lot of culture! Next, let us study this little thing together.
Legend has it that during the Shang Dynasty, Jiang Taigong's wife thought that Jiang Taigong knew nothing but fishing, and wanted to poison Jiang Taigong and marry another man, so she poisoned Jiang Taigong's flesh. When Jiang Taigong picked up the meat and was about to eat it, a blue bird flew over and pecked his hand. Three times in a row, Jiang Taigong became curious and followed the blue bird up the mountain. I saw the blue bird sitting on a thin bamboo branch and chanting: "Jiang Ziya, Jiang Ziya, you can't eat meat with your hands, the meat is under my feet." Jiang Ziya knew that this was a sacred bird, so he hurriedly picked two Xizhu returned home. His wife urged him to eat meat. Jiang Ziya put the thin bamboo into the bowl, and a puff of green smoke suddenly came out. Jiang Ziya said to his wife: "Why does the meat smoke? Is it poisonous?" After saying this, he put the meat into his wife's mouth. My wife hurriedly ran out of the door. After this incident came out, the four collars also started eating with bamboo branches. Later, more and more people followed suit, and the custom of eating with chopsticks was passed down.
There are more and more types of chopsticks, including ivory chopsticks, ox bone chopsticks, silver chopsticks... There are also the most common wooden chopsticks. There are also more and more colors of chopsticks, including red, earthy yellow, brown... and some chopsticks even have patterns on them! Some chopsticks are square on the top and round on the bottom; some chopsticks are concave and convex, showing a wavy shape, which is very beautiful. But these chopsticks are thick at the top and thin at the bottom. The chopsticks are about 25 centimeters long and weigh about the same as a writing brush. They are tall and thin.
We hold chopsticks in various ways.
When I hold chopsticks, I press my index finger on the inside of the first chopstick, my middle finger on the outside of the second chopstick, and my thumb on the front of the two chopsticks. When we hold chopsticks, our fingers are sandwiched between the chopsticks. Because if you hold the chopsticks on the top to pick up the vegetables, it will easily fall off, but if you hold them on the bottom, it will not be easy to pick up the vegetables. Therefore, it is most appropriate to hold chopsticks in the middle.
Hey! Unexpectedly, these little chopsticks also contain a lot of cultural traditions and etiquette! Chopsticks Explanatory Essay 6
Chopsticks are a great invention of the Chinese. It is said that there are three ways of eating in the world. 40% of them eat directly with their hands, 30% of them use chopsticks, and 30% of them use knives and forks.
China began to use chopsticks as early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, but they were not called "chopsticks" at first. In pre-Qin literature, chopsticks are called "箸" or "箸". During the Sui Dynasty, chopsticks were also called "tendons".
How did the name "chopsticks" come about? According to Lu Rong's "Miscellaneous Notes of Shuyuan" in the Ming Dynasty, Wuzhong in the south of the Yangtze River called "箸" "kuai'er" and "flag cloth" as "rag". This is because sailing people are taboo about "staying" and "turning over". Around the Song Dynasty, the word "kuai" was added with a "bamboo" head and became "chopsticks". This is probably because chopsticks are mostly made of bamboo.
The structure of chopsticks is extremely simple. Chinese chopsticks are thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with a rounded bottom and a top. When chopsticks were introduced to Japan, Japan made the chopsticks into a cone shape.
Although chopsticks are simple, the Chinese have also put a lot of effort into the materials and carvings on them. In the pre-Qin period, there were ivory chopsticks and copper chopsticks. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the palace, government and wealthy families have used gold and silver to make chopsticks, and carved chopsticks with jade, coral, etc. Exquisite chopsticks are also inlaid with silver tips. This is used to test whether the food is poisonous. If it is poisonous, the silver tips will immediately turn black or green.
Chinese people’s skill in using chopsticks often attracts foreigners. In recent years, a “chopstick craze” has emerged in the West, and “training centers” have appeared that teach people how to use chopsticks. Some medical scientists believe that using chopsticks can activate more than 30 joints and more than 50 muscles in the human body, which can help improve the dexterity of the hands and the development of the brain. Some people also say that Chinese people’s hands are particularly skillful, which has a lot to do with using chopsticks since childhood.
It is said that the world's first "Chopsticks Museum" is in Germany, where more than 10,000 chopsticks of different origins, textures and time are on display. It’s truly a magnificent sight! Chopsticks Explanation 7
I have a history of more than two thousand years. I am an original tableware created by the ancestors of China. I am composed of two bamboo shoots. People only need to use three fingers to operate it. It is light and dexterous. , convenient and concise. Do you know who I am? clever! I am the chopsticks that will always be by your side.
I have a beautiful appearance, simple and generous, big at the top and small at the bottom, round at the top and bottom, slender and well-proportioned. When our twins get going, they can do anything. The skills of pinching, pawing and stirring are simply amazing to us. It's a piece of cake, but we can't have one without the other. Doesn't the song "Unity is Strength" refer to us?
Our bodies come in different heights, shapes, and skin colors. Some are tall and white and flawless, some are short and flowery, and some are of medium height but simple and generous, with soft and hard constitutions. , so colorful! Do you like us and want us?
It was a piece of cake to make us. It was just a piece of cake. Just shave two pieces of bamboo smooth and we became me. I am still considered a second-grade official, and I also have many royal relatives. They enjoy all the glory and wealth, and eat all the delicacies of the mountains and seas. Bird's nests and shark's fins are just their daily meals. I'm lucky enough to have a younger, poorer Jiupin Zhimaguan - disposable chopsticks. Disposable, disposable, as the name suggests, is used once and thrown away, this is them - wooden chopsticks. For that, we also sympathize. I feel sorry for you being used once by those restaurant people.
I am not only a witness to history, but also a witness to family ties. For example, I witnessed a family story of Xiao Ming’s family with my own eyes. On Saturday morning, Xiao Ming’s family rushed to go to tutoring, but he had to eat! So, I picked it up and started cooking rice quickly, which made me so tired that I couldn't breathe. But I saw that Xiao Ming’s mother and grandma kept picking up food for Xiao Ming. Isn’t this a family story? I have a characteristic, that is, "eat first", which means eating first. Regardless of good dishes, bad dishes, vegetarian dishes, or meat dishes, I have priority. Because I am convenient and flexible, I am loved by the people.
Don’t think that we are short-sighted, our future is bright, our footprints are all over the world, and foreigners will like to use us in the future, just wait and see! Chopsticks Explanation 8
I have a slender figure and am a typical "tall and slender person"; I can be seen everywhere around you - especially at the dinner table; but usually after people are done with me, Just throw me away, just like me now, lying at the bottom of the swill bucket, let you guess who I am. Have you guessed? By the way, I am a disposable chopstick.
Don’t ask me where I come from, I just remember that I once grew up in a dense forest, playing the role of "trunk" on an unknown big tree. I was wrapped in thick bark and my green neighbor, the leaves, was on my head. Then one day, I was cut down from the mountain with a sharp knife (maybe it was a chainsaw), and then sent to a processing factory, where I was skinned, washed and sterilized, and subjected to high temperature and pressure - I fainted from the pain. , and then I realized that I was now like this: naked from head to toe, wearing only a plastic bag with "Advanced Disposable Hygienic and Disinfecting Chopsticks" printed on it.
It turns out that I am not the only one who was turned into chopsticks. Many of my companions were also turned into chopsticks. We were loaded onto trucks, some were taken to canteens or restaurants, and most of us settled in street food stalls. I was sent to the cafeteria of a school in Shanghai, and with me were more than 5,000 pairs of chopsticks. When it was meal time, we were transferred from the hands of the grandma in the cafeteria to the hands of the teachers and classmates. After playing our only role, we were thrown out as garbage.
Disposable chopsticks are disposable chopsticks after all. They were once part of the tree. We cannot choose whether to become disposable chopsticks. But people are different. Whether we should be made into disposable chopsticks or not, ultimately it is up to rational people to make the choice. Chopsticks Explanation 9
Chopsticks are a special kind of tableware invented in my country. It is also an indispensable tableware for our people to have three meals a day. Chopsticks have its own characteristics and its own unique culture.
Chopsticks originated in my country and are also widely used in Southeast Asia. Almost all countries in East Asia also use chopsticks. Almost 90% of China's 1.3 billion people use chopsticks for three meals a day. Chopsticks are composed of two straight sticks. Under normal circumstances, the diameter of chopsticks does not exceed the length. They are mostly made of bamboo, wood, stainless steel, plastic and other materials. Due to the influence of the characteristics of our country's food culture, chopsticks were born almost at the same time as food. They have a history of at least 5,000 years. During these 5,000 years, Chinese people have continuously improved and innovatively applied them. The final usage is roughly the same, which is our thumbs. Use it in conjunction with the middle finger to pick up food.
Chopsticks have many characteristics and are very versatile. Today, when Chinese cuisine and international cuisine are communicating with each other, chopsticks can not only easily help us taste our own cuisine, but also help us taste international cuisine that is different from our country. At the same time, it also has the characteristics of dexterity, convenience, and functional features that help hand coordination.
At the same time, the chopsticks not only reflect our country’s long food culture, but also added an interest to the color, aroma and taste of the food when our country’s food was famous all over the world. While tasting Chinese food, you also experience an indescribable sense of history. Different from the knives and forks of foreigners, the chopsticks invented by the Chinese not only reflect the great wisdom of the Chinese people, but also reflect the national nature of the Chinese people, which is different from the knife and fork nation. Looking back at history, our country has no record of actively attacking others. As for the Eight-Power Allied Forces, who among those who have invaded other countries does not use knives and forks? The history of Japanese people using chopsticks has something to do with China. They claim to be civilized while using knives and forks, but using knives and forks while their blood is still flowing with aggression is not in line with their so-called civilized nature. In my opinion, chopsticks can also reflect the unique civilization and cultural characteristics of our country.
Chopsticks are common around us and are found in almost every household. They are also an indispensable daily necessities in our lives. It not only helps us taste delicious food, but also shows us the long history and culture of China. Chopsticks Explanation 10
One day, Xiaojun went out to eat noodles. When he just picked up the disposable chopsticks, suddenly, the chopsticks spoke: "Hey, hey, kid, do you know who I am?" "Aren't you just a convenient disposable chopstick?" Xiaojun felt strange and said to Chopsticks said. "You know I'm convenient, what else do you know about me?" Xiaojun scratched his head, shook his head, and said to the chopsticks: "I'm hungry, just tell me!"
Disposable chopsticks Helplessly, he said to Xiaojun: "We will retain a lot of bacteria during the production and packaging process. The outer packaging polyethylene film will produce more harmful ingredients at high temperatures and induce many chronic diseases in the human body. We undergo sulfur fumigation and bleaching. , will produce a large amount of sulfur dioxide, and the sulfur dioxide will solidify when exposed to cold. With the flow of air, it can easily solidify into the respiratory tract, causing coughs, asthma and other diseases. The shelf life of sterilized disposable chopsticks is up to 4 months. Once the shelf life has passed, It is very likely to bring Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli and hepatitis bacteria, etc. "The disposable chopsticks are still talking, Xiaojun can't sit still.
He quickly returned home and searched for the disadvantages of disposable chopsticks.
It turns out that, in addition to what it just said, disposable chopsticks have reduced my country's forest coverage rate to less than 14% and desertified land resources. Moreover, China produces 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, which requires cutting down 25 million trees. At the current rate According to calculations, our country will cut down all the forests within 20 years. 20 years will be enough to destroy China. If we still want to put the Chinese land in new green clothes, 200 years will not be enough.
Xiaojun stuck out his tongue and thought with shame, it turned out that the disposable chopsticks were reminding me just now! In the future, I will start from myself to protect the earth and eliminate disposable chopsticks and other disposable items that are harmful to the environment.