Today I Found Out

Why Do People In Some Asian Countries Use Chopsticks (2015x200)

Air date: Dec 23, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.→’s Basement https://youtu.be/tp61Yrj5lTA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: Created roughly 4,000-5,000 years ago in China, the earliest versions of something like chopsticks were used for cooking (they’re perfect for reaching into pots full of hot water or oil) and were most likely made from twigs. While it’s difficult to nail down a firm date, it would seem it wasn’t until around 500-400 AD that they began being used as table utensils. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/asian-nations-use-chopsticks/ Sources: http://www.history.com/news/hungry-history/a-brief-history-of-chopsticks http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/08/the-history-of-chopsticks/ http://chinesefood.about.com/od/restaurantdining/a/chopsticks.htm http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/html/en/8Kaleidoscope122.html http://www.chinese-traditions-and-culture.com/chopsticks.html http://chopsticks.com/