Welcome To Group 3 Presentation

Chopsticks HistoryChopsticks play an role in Japanese food culture and are called “Hashi”. They also originated from China and

spread to Vietnam, Korea and Japan in A.D 500. In Japan, chopsicks were originally used only;for religious

ceremony, and originally look like tweezers. They were made from one piece of bamboo that was connected

by the top. When the 10th century arrived, chopsticks were being made into two separate pieces. In tradition,

chopsticks have been made from many different materials, such as silver and

gold but bamboo seems to be the most popular one due to its availability

inextensibility, resistance to heat and don’t smell or have a flavor.

How to use chopsticks

• 1. Hold the first stick firm and stationary in a fixed position.

• 2. Use the tips of the thumb, index and middle fingers to hold the other stick like a pen. Make sure the tips of the two sticks line up.

• 3. Pivot the upper stick up and down towards the lower stick. With this motion one can pick up food of surprising sizes.

• 4. With enough practice, the two sticks function like a pair of pincers.

A quick list of bad manners• 1. Waving chopsticks above food dishes.• 2. Sticking chopsticks into food instead of picking them up.• 3. Picking up a cup/bowl with the hand that is holding

your chopsticks.• 4. Sticking chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice.• 5. Passing from your chopsticks to somebody else’s

chopsticks.

Different kinds of chopsticks

• There are many different kinds of chopsticks, and they are also made with different materials. These kinds include bamboo or wooden, disposable, plastic, stainless steel and training chopsticks.

• Bamboo and wood are the most common materials in making chopsticks. Sometimes different wood tones are combined to make elegant chopsticks, other times special symbols or animal figures are carved onto them.

• Disposable chopsticks are usually made from wood or bamboo and are seen as an environmental issue because of how much wood is wasted.

• Plastic chopsticks are more environmentally friendly because they can be washed and reused. They are, of course, strong and they last a long time.

SPECIAL KINDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Disturbing statistics for chopsticksChina's population goes through roughly 45

billion pairs of disposable chopsticks a year - that's 130 million pairs a day.

To keep up with this demand, 100 acres of trees - 100 American football fields worth - are felled every day. That means that one acre of trees gets cut down to make chopsticks every

15 minutes.That works out to 16 million to 25 million

felled trees a year.Usually, these chopsticks are made from birch

or poplar (instead of the much more renewable bamboo) to save money. It takes 30

to 40 years for one birch tree to mature.In 2006, the Chinese government imposed a

5% consumption tax and a 30% price increase on chopsticks. Apparently, the only people this initiative really stopped from using disposable

chopsticks were some Japanese people.

Chopsticks Dance

* Chopsticks Dance was originally a single man’s dance at marriage of festival ceremonies, accompaniment of a stringed instrument.* The dancer holds a bunch of chopsticks in his hand and beats the shoulder, waist and legs.* Today, people tie the chopstick with a small rope, decorate it with red silk