Chopsticks are not just objects of daily living, but also hide a lot of Vietnamese cultural beauty Vietnam is an agricultural country, major food is rice, with abundant marine resources from rivers, lakes and sea. Vietnamese meal has sticky rice, vegetable, with the Vietnamese pieces of fish, so Vietnamese use chopsticks instead of cutlery or hand. The three regions of Vietnam have their own unique culinary culture but there is a distinct feature in common is the way of using chopsticks. The North ancient villages are covered by bamboo, so people will get old bamboos body to make chopsticks. Northerners use chopsticks which is a little bit shorter than Southerners. The South is covered with coconut so Southerners use that plants to make their own chopsticks. That makes Vietnamese chopsticks are completely different from stainless steel or aluminum chopsticks from Korea, Japan. In the family meals, people use chopsticks to pick up food not only for themselve but also for relatives, that is absolutely rare in western culture. Before the meal starts, children must arrange chopsticks, then give it to elders politely and respectfully. During the meal, theres a implicitly clear rule about order of which person picks food firs, demonstrates clearly humanistic culture. The Vietnamese meals are usually considered as a important part in family life. Then, no one would not know the story about chopsticks and a bundle of chopsticks, with profound philosophy One can not create mountain / three trees join together to make a high mountain.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:05:59 +0000
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