The philosophy contained in chopsticks, as a tool we must use when eating, is also in contact with our mouths, so the material of chopsticks must be exquisite, and the use of chopsticks should also be exquisite. Let's share with you the philosophy contained in chopsticks.
The Philosophy of Chopsticks 1 People in China have been eating with chopsticks for more than 4,000 years. Chopsticks are two things that we usually call a pair. Because of Tai Chi and Yin and Yang thoughts. Tai Chi is one yin, one yang and two. Tai Chi gives birth to two instruments, four images, four images and eight diagrams. Chopsticks are round at one end and square at the other. What needs to change is that the sky is round. We use round heads to hold food. "Circle" means "sky". The standard length of chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes, which shows that people have secular desires.
Eating is also a kind of practice. To get rid of secular desires, chopsticks should move quietly and combine movement with movement when holding vegetables. When holding chopsticks, the thumb and middle finger represent the image of "heaven and earth" Such a simple object has wonderfully applied the lever principle of physics, which is the wisdom of China people! This is the traditional culture of China-extensive and profound!
Teacher Degang Guo once said in the program: "China pays attention to gossip, which can be divided into bright gossip and dark gossip. Eight trigrams in Ming dynasty-dry, look, root, truth, smoke, reason, Kun and dui. Dark gossip-Hugh, Life, Injury, Du, Scene, Death, Surprise, Open. There are two chopsticks in a pair, and the other is a "right" hexagram, which means eating is also eating. The length of the two chopsticks is "wood", which means the entrance. This is the hexagram of Xun. When using chopsticks, one is on the top and the other is on the bottom. This is one yin and one yang. One yin and one yang is Tai Chi. Thumb is above, ring finger is below and middle finger is in the middle. This is the image of three talents in heaven and earth. "
Small chopsticks are seven inches long, and the combination of dynamic and static is yin and yang. The sky is round and the road is wide, which has given birth to China's eternal prosperity!
Philosophy contained in chopsticks 2 China's culture is profound, and even the seemingly ordinary living environment has its profound meaning. We often say "seven don't go out, eight don't return". Although it is just a way of traveling by word of mouth, most people will abide by this sentence. In housing, we will also pay attention to: "No willows in front of the door, no mulberry in the back." Of course, these statements all represent people's yearning for future life, hoping to make their lives more satisfactory through their own changes.
We all use chopsticks when eating. There are many kinds of chopsticks with different lengths. In fact, the ancients were very particular about designing chopsticks. For example, the standard length is seven inches and six minutes, with one end rounded. People may think that this is just to make eating more convenient, but in fact, this design can be full of too many meanings. Secular desires, representing seven inches and six points, are designed to remind people to be temperate in whatever they do.
One end of chopsticks is square and the other end is round, which symbolizes a round place. This is the ancient people's cognition of the world. When people use chopsticks, the thumb and forefinger are up, and the middle finger, ring finger and little finger are down in turn, representing the three talents of heaven and earth. Moreover, chopsticks always appear in pairs. People in China pay attention to two parts, one is Tai Chi, and the other is Yin and Yang. Everything is relative, and the combination of yin and yang will have a good result.
Chopsticks have a long history, which is recorded in Han Feizi. So far, Asian countries including North Korea, South Korea and Japan are using chopsticks. Of course, the consumption of chopsticks also has many taboos and taboos. For example, when eating, don't make a loud noise with chopsticks, and it is even more uncivilized to beat the plate with chopsticks. Even when eating, we must pay attention to protect chopsticks from falling on the ground, because dropping chopsticks will be considered a very indecent move.
Of course, people know little about the philosophy of chopsticks now. With the progress of the times, more and more different chopsticks appear in the market. We naturally need to accept new things, but we can't lose what our ancestors left behind. Our country has a history of civilization for thousands of years. Even the chopsticks we use every day are full of profound cultural accumulation, and we all have our own ideas on how to use chopsticks. Therefore, we must firmly remember this culture left by the ancients.
Philosophy contained in chopsticks 3 In fact, China people's chopsticks have a history of 3000 years. During the Warring States period, the ancients still used knives and forks. Slowly, chopsticks were used in the pre-Qin period, specially for serving vegetables.
There are three theories about the origin of chopsticks. One is that Jiang Ziya was inspired by the divine bird to make chopsticks; One is that da ji used Hosta as chopsticks to please Zhou Wang; One is that in order to save time, Dayu used branches as chopsticks to hold hot food.
These legends cannot be verified. The ancients gave chopsticks a profound metaphor. For example, the standard size of chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes, which represents secular desires, so you should know how to save food when eating.
One end of chopsticks is round and the other end is square, representing a round place. This is due to China people's basic understanding of the world.
Two chopsticks represent Tai Chi Yin and Yang, which contains deep cultural philosophy, which is estimated that many people don't know.
Chopsticks used to be called "chopsticks" instead of "chopsticks", with bamboo above and chopsticks below, which vividly expressed the meaning of people using chopsticks.
If one day you travel through ancient times, don't say chopsticks, call chopsticks, or they won't understand what tableware you want.
Until the Ming Dynasty, in Suzhou and Shanghai, chopsticks were called Kuaier in order to avoid taboo.
Since the Qing Dynasty, with the cultural integration between the North and the South, Kuaizi has spread all over China. Until modern times, Kuaier gradually became the word chopsticks under the translation of western foreigners.
This is the historical change of chopsticks. At the same time, it has a profound cultural philosophy, abides by the philosophy of Tai Chi Yin and Yang, and the unity of opposites means a perfect result.
Actually, being a man is different. You should be as upright as chopsticks and as round as chopsticks.