筷子与刀叉

1) Embodies the culinary culture of the East, a lot of readily available bamboo, shows origins of different survival styles

2) Environmental factors, life habits practiced during Europe's nomadic era (ate a lot of roasted meat), fork/knife best suited them

3) They've been called by many names, origin can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty, weren't used universally until sometime after the Han Dynasty

4) Many different uses

5) fork/knife can be used to cut and dissect meat, chopsticks can be used to eat food of different sizes/shapes

张=小丑

1. chopsticks/knife & fork have a relation to the environment; they originated from areas that had bamboo

2. related to the life habits of ancient European travelers, they had to cut and eat meat while on top of a horse

3. used to use hands to eat but in eating roast duck could not directly grab the food so they started started using a type of tool to help eat the meat and vegetables etc..., and also to take out the food....so chopsticks gradually became the tool to use///traced back to the Zhou Dynasty but researchers say they weren't commonly used till after the Han Dynasty

4. they remain the same but the have thousands and thousands of different uses

5. something about using knife is not elegant... you have to cut the food than eat... idk

1. Because of the environment. In the east, there was bamboo. They made chopsticks out of bamboo. Chinese people initially used their hands to eat.

But when eating cooked foods, it is too hot to eat with your hands, they needed a tool to pick up hot food.

2. In the east, people were of a nomadic culture. They first appeared in ancient Europe

3. Chinese people initially used their hands to eat.

But when eating cooked foods, it is too hot to eat with your hands, they needed a tool to pick up hot food.

Something to do with the language. They added another component to the word to make it easily identifiable. “箸” became “筷”. It originally sounded too much like a bad word.

4. Versatile

Used for all situations

5. Different origins due to environmental and cultural reasons. Knives and forks are used because of lifestyle habits; people needed to bring their stuff with them as they had a nomadic lifestyle. The knife and the fork are inseparable???

Eating with knife and fork make you look more posh.

1. it is related to environment, they need bamboo to make them and there was a lot of bamboo where they lived

2. related to them having a nomadic lifestyle back in ancient times

3. origin of chopsticks can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty, but researchers explained that they probably weren't commonly used until after the Han Dynasty

they started calling them 筷子because the other word sounded too much like a bad word

4. they are very simple but there are many different kinds of them

5. when they started being used

what they are used for

1. Why people from the East use chopsticks? (2 details)

2. Why people from the West use fork and knife? (2 details)

3. Provide at least 2 details about the history of the chopsticks.

4. What does “不變應萬變” in this context mean?

5. What are the differences between fork and knife vs chopsticks?