Although forks and knives and other pointed tools have been introduced to China over the years, chopsticks have remained the main way to eat food.

Chopsticks are an ancient way of eating food, and even though they were developed some 5,000 years ago in China, the tradition is still alive around the modern world. There are many reasons for using chopsticks, but probably they developed because using two sticks of wood allows one to get close enough to get the food out of a pot without burning themselves.

The Chinese people usually eat from a bowl or small plate They use chopsticks to eat noodles and rice, but Koreans eat their rice with a spoon.

Chopsticks are mostly made from wood, with bamboo being the most widely used. Foreigners like to buy silk chopsticks as gifts.