What's the significance of chopsticks in A Dream of Red Mansions appreciating in life?

Chopsticks are very common tableware in modern people's lives, but they played a more important role in ancient times. Chopsticks appeared many times in A Dream of Red Mansions, and their appearance changed people's way of eating. At the same time, their appearance has also brought a lot of important significance, which is a display of a person's pattern and attitude towards life, and also a reflection of a person's quality and family education. A small pair of chopsticks has an unexpected charm.

First of all, the birth of chopsticks changed people's way of eating. The difference between eastern and western food cultures lies not only in the way food is made, but also in the difference in tableware. The West likes to use knives and forks, but chopsticks are indispensable on the dining table in the East. Chopsticks are the "national quintessence" of China.

The birth of chopsticks has a very interesting development process. In ancient times, people still grabbed rice by hand, but they couldn't eat hot food. So in the pre-Qin period, people thought of using grass stems and wooden sticks to pick up food. This is the most primitive chopsticks.

There are also many folk legends about chopsticks, such as Jiang Ziya's invention of silk and bamboo chopsticks inspired by the divine bird, da ji's invention of chopsticks with a Hosta, which won the favor of Zhou Wang, and the legend that Dayu invented chopsticks in order to save time in taking hot food from branches during water control.

Chopsticks have many nicknames, among which many names have appeared in A Dream of Red Mansions. In forty times, chopsticks were called "Zhu" in three places and used twice, while "chopsticks" was directly written four times.

There is an interesting medical study on chopsticks. China's cleverness may be related to his long-term use of chopsticks. Using chopsticks can stimulate more than 30 joints and 50 muscles, which can promote the flexibility of hands and the coordinated development of brain.

Chopsticks, as indispensable tableware in our daily life, have been used in China for more than 3000 years. Understanding and understanding it is also an aspect of understanding our culture.

Secondly, the shape of chopsticks shows the pattern and living conditions of being a person, and has also changed greatly with the improvement of living standards. From two small round sticks to a round head and a square head, it symbolizes the place of being a circle, which is also the pattern of being a person.

The shape of Fiona Fang chopsticks, like the mode of life, can be round and advanced. The best state of a person's life is round. If people are compared to attacking people, they are round and square, and Qingwen is blindly square. As a combination of the two, Musk Moon is round and square.

Sheyue's roundness lies in her understanding of the difficulty of looking after the house alone at night. Baoyu compared her to another attacker. The beauty of Sheyue lies in her fierce quarrel. Different snake people should deal with different quarrels to ensure the peace of Hongyi Hospital. Sheyue's quiet, coupled with her "what to do" character, made her the last person with Baoyu.

Baochai and Daiyu seem to be opposites of roundness and squareness, but they are both included in Fiona Fang. Baochai seems to be in harmony everywhere, but when she is angry, she still leaves no room for others. Baochai's inner side is a kind of indifference and rejection, and she lives a rational life.

Daiyu seems to be very square about people and things, but Daiyu's roundness is an acceptance and tolerance. Daiyu seems stingy, but she doesn't care about using her as a shield for everyone. Daiyu reconciled with Baochai, rewarded her servants, responded appropriately to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing, and brought gifts to everyone in the family. Daiyu's mastery of the right made her live her own life, so she was ignorant of the world.

Chopsticks made of different materials show different attitudes towards life, ranging from grass, wood and bamboo to jade, jadeite, ivory and rhinoceros horn, and can also be developed into gold, silver, gold inlaid and silver inlaid. Different people use different chopsticks, and different occasions need different chopsticks.

When Grandma Liu went to Jia's house, Wang Xifeng just prepared two pairs of chopsticks for Grandma Liu, one is an old ivory chopsticks inlaid with gold, and the other is an ebony chopsticks inlaid with silver.

Ivory chopsticks inlaid with gold are ivory chopsticks inlaid with gold, which makes ordinary chopsticks appear "expensive" and "heavy". As Granny Liu described, these chopsticks are heavier than "fork-climbing chopsticks" and are only used when the Jia family holds a big banquet.

Grandma Liu was born in a peasant family. Naturally, she had never used such heavy chopsticks, so when she caught pigeon eggs with chopsticks, she accidentally fell to the ground. At this time, Jia felt that Wang Xifeng had gone too far, so he asked Wang Xifeng to bring granny Liu a pair of chopsticks-ebony inlaid with silver, which are usually used by everyone in the Jia family for dinner.

Ebony chopsticks inlaid with silver refer to the two ends and the middle of chopsticks inlaid with silver. These chopsticks are made of ebony, which is not only valuable but also has the function of ward off evil spirits. Grandma Liu doesn't know why chopsticks are inlaid with silver. Wang Xifeng told her that silver can be used for drug testing. If the food is poisonous, try this silver chopsticks.

In fact, through the little chapter of Granny Liu using chopsticks, we can see that the Jia family has a different attitude towards life from ordinary people. Jia Fu pays attention to wealth and ostentation. Everyone knows that chopsticks are expensive and difficult to use, but the Jia family must have them. However, Granny Liu may not like such chopsticks. Maybe simple wooden chopsticks or bamboo chopsticks are what she thinks is really practical.

The function of chopsticks is not only to eat, but also to use chopsticks in other aspects.

For example, the metal copper chopsticks in A Dream of Red Mansions are used to hold charcoal in hand stoves. As a fumigator, it is used to clip cookies and pull incense ashes. When Granny Liu went to Jiafu for the first time to eat the autumn wind, Granny Liu bowed down to Wang Xifeng, who fiddled with the charcoal in the hand stove with chopsticks.

In fact, chopsticks have other functions, which can be used as tools for hairpin hair, which is beyond the reach of ordinary Jia people and ladies.

Chopsticks can also be used as a tool of punishment. On Baoyu's birthday, everyone has a wine order. Xiangyun saw that Xiangling couldn't tell the answer, so she secretly told Xiangling. Daiyu just saw it and said it. Xiangyun hit Daiyu's hand with chopsticks.

Chopsticks can also be used as accessories for percussion instruments. Baoyu, Xue Pan and other dudes are eating in a restaurant. During the dinner, when they talked about playing with wine, Baoyu knocked on the cup with chopsticks and sang "Red Bean Qu", which shows that chopsticks still have many wonderful uses.

The style of chopsticks changes according to needs. The appearance of chopsticks showing wisdom is never fixed, and the length can be different, and it can also change according to the food you eat.

But the standard length is seven inches and six minutes, which is about 25.3 centimeters. This length represents that people have secular desires and are emotional animals different from ordinary animals. People should know how to control their emotions.

Chopsticks are relatively long in China, because they are long enough to hold distant dishes. In the early days, long chopsticks were a symbol of Jia's wealth. In modern life, you need long chopsticks to eat hot pot and pickle.

But Jia Fu wants to use short chopsticks. Chopsticks used in people's daily life are generally not long. When having dinner with the daughters, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng and other daughters-in-law are responsible for helping everyone. When they eat, there are also little girls who come up with dishes. People who eat don't have to go far away to get the dishes themselves. Naturally, chopsticks do not need to be too long.

Eating different foods will improve the style of chopsticks in different ways. Ethnic minorities in China can use "knife chopsticks", that is, chopsticks with knives. Because Japan can eat sashimi, the lower part of their chopsticks has a circle of threaded grooves, which are specially used to hold smooth foods such as sashimi and noodles. You have to prick it before you can clip it.

Third, the rules of eating with chopsticks, the nuances show personal cultivation. First, there are many stresses in adapting to chopsticks. For example, food can only be clipped from top to bottom, which is called "riding clip", and it is not allowed to turn the clip from bottom to top, which is called "sedan chair clip". This is a rule that everyone will always emphasize when eating. Doing something wrong will look down on a person's mentor.

Second, new people need to add new bowls and chopsticks when eating at the table, which is a respect for people. Once, after Li Wan and the old lady had served, Feng took Yuanyang and sat down to have dinner together. At this time, the old ladies who defecated quickly put on new bowls and chopsticks.

Third, people in China are absolutely forbidden to eat. "Chopsticks tied to steamed bread" is the custom of the dead. For life and death, everyone is taboo about price comparison on weekdays, so such behavior can't appear at dinner.

Fourth, when eating, you can't hold chopsticks with your mouth, which is unhealthy and unsightly, and you can't knock on the dishes with chopsticks. Only beggars used to do this. If you do this in the shop, it is equivalent to challenging the chef.

Fifth, when eating with chopsticks, you can't use a single chopstick to hold food or vegetables. It's time to hesitate in all the dishes. You can't leave soup everywhere with the dishes.

These details of using chopsticks are some rules to follow when eating. We often observe a person by eating, and it is these very small aspects that can be observed. If you don't pay attention to these, you will be laughed at.

Generally speaking, chopsticks occupy an important position in our life. Although they are only six feet seven inches, they play an important role. Its appearance came from accident, but it inadvertently changed people's way of eating. Its shape and nature sublimate with the changes of people's lives, from eating utensils to articles that show their own connotation and lifestyle. Through chopsticks, the rules of eating are also set, which, although small, shape personal accomplishment. Simple chopsticks bring long-term benefits to life.

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