Chopsticks

Like a knife or fork, chopsticks are utensils used for eating. People throughout Asian countries like China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam use chopsticks on a daily basis. Chopsticks were developed in China over 5,000 years ago.

Historians think that the earliest versions of chopsticks were probably twigs used to retrieve food from boiling water or oil in cooking pots. The first sets of known chopsticks were found in China in the fabled ruins of Yin, in Henan province, where the earliest examples of Chinese writing were also found. They were made of bronze, and long, so they were also used for cooking rather than eating.