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Under the demonization and propaganda of the Western media, many foreigners' perception of China is still in the last century, and they think that China is still a backward country, so backward that they even eat with two logs, which is obviously their ignorance.
In addition, many Westerners also believe that Chinese eating with chopsticks is very damaging to the ecological environment, just like this American netizen, who said on Quora, the largest Q&A website abroad: "Why don't Chinese use steel chopsticks? This will save a lot of trees." ”
When I saw this question, I almost couldn't hold back, this netizen seems to know nothing about Chinese food culture, Chinese eating with chopsticks has a history of thousands of years, and its functionality can be more advantageous than Western knives and forks.
Most of China's chopsticks are made of bamboo, and when it comes to protecting the ecological environment, the West is not necessarily better than China's.
Let's ask whether Western countries can really do this, so in the face of questions from American netizens, many people also commented below, one of which said that China not only has wooden chopsticks, but also steel chopsticks.
In addition, the use of wooden chopsticks in China does not damage the ecological environment, many wooden chopsticks are made of bamboo, whether to use steel chopsticks mainly depends on the preferences of Chinese, in Chinese families, chopsticks can be reused.
So this has nothing to do with damaging the environment, and even using steel chopsticks does not seem to be material-saving.
Then another American netizen commented, you don't know anything about Chinese chopsticks, most of their chopsticks are made of bamboo, not the wood you said, although bamboo is also a plant, but it is characterized by rapid growth.
So it becomes sustainable, and China takes the environment very seriously and understands what it means to be polluted, which is why China chooses to use bamboo instead of wood to make chopsticks.
If you are concerned about the environment, then I suggest that you should raise this issue with Japan, after all, they use disposable chopsticks more often than China.
Then another netizen from Singapore said that you are not qualified to teach China about food culture, and their use of chopsticks will not damage their environment, because China's environmental protection concept is very high, and they prefer to use bamboo chopsticks instead of using steel chopsticks.
In terms of food culture, the evolution of Chinese tableware may be thousands of years ahead of the West, in fact, China was the first country to invent knives and forks, when China invented knives and forks for dietary convenience, and the West may still be in a primitive society at this time.
Over time, the Chinese found chopsticks better than knives and forks, so knives and forks were spread to the West, and if you look at history books, you will find that the world's oldest knives and forks were found in China.
Immediately after the Chinese netizens replied, let me tell you, the reason why Chinese like to use bamboo chopsticks, first of all, steel has thermal conductivity, when you use steel chopsticks to eat, you will find that chopsticks are also particularly hot, not as convenient as bamboo chopsticks.
Another point is that steel chopsticks are smoother than bamboo chopsticks, which is very inconvenient when you operate steel chopsticks to eat, and the sound of metal friction is also difficult for me to accept, so from a functional point of view, bamboo chopsticks are superior.
The most important thing is that because of the difference in production costs, the price of steel chopsticks is more expensive than bamboo chopsticks, so most Chinese like to use bamboo chopsticks, and making bamboo chopsticks will not damage the ecological environment, so please abandon the prejudice in your heart.
Immediately after that, another Australian netizen commented that many Asian countries are using wooden chopsticks, but why do you want to ask China this question, I already understand your thoughts, obviously you still have prejudice against China.
Among them, South Korea and Japan are also the countries that use the most wooden chopsticks, why don't you ask them this question, in addition, bamboo is a fast-growing plant, and the material used to make steel chopsticks is more like a rare resource in comparison.
Later, a Vietnamese netizen commented that the raw material of chopsticks is bamboo, not wood, and bamboo is a rapidly renewable resource, so I think it is better to make chopsticks from bamboo than steel.
I've been using chopsticks all my life and I personally don't like plastic/steel chopsticks, they are small and slippery and very uncomfortable to hold.
Finally, it's important to recognize that reducing the need for wood doesn't just rely on the use of steel chopsticks. In fact, the protection of forest resources needs to start from many aspects, including strengthening forest protection and promoting green consumption.
In fact, metal is not suitable for making chopsticks, because compared with wood and bamboo, the price of metal is more expensive, and grinding and cutting are not as convenient as wood and bamboo, so the cost performance of metal chopsticks may not be too high.
Bamboo chopsticks do not have these problems, they are very light and convenient to use, and the cost is relatively low, and they can be replaced with new ones after a period of use, which is also relatively healthy.
So even if we don't use steel chopsticks, it won't have an impact on the forest, and foreigners don't have to worry about it.