Asia is known for the "rice bowl" cultures. Especially for these (country) like China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks have two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might be made of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine（结合) various hardwoods and metal(金属) ( create ) special designs.
The Chinese (use) chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, using twigs(树枝) to remove it. Over time, as the population (grow), people began
cutting food into small pieces, as result, it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten (easy) with twigs which gradually turned into chopsticks.
According 7 the great Chinese scholar Confucius, who lived from roughly 551to 479 B. C. influenced the (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed (knife) would remind people of killings and were too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat with their hands.
