There are 15 taboos in Chinese chopstick culture!Did you know?

Suspected chopsticks: Avoid holding chopsticks unsteadily, and don’t know what to pick up;

Dirty chopsticks: Avoid using chopsticks to pick up dishes on the plate;

Fingering chopsticks: You cannot point to someone with chopsticks;

Chopping chopsticks: Two people pick up food at the same time, but the chopsticks collided together;

Killing chopsticks: If you can't pick them up, use chopsticks as a fork and tie them up;

Horizontal chopsticks: This means that after the meal is over, guests and juniors cannot cross their chopsticks first;

Sucking chopsticks: You cannot suck chopsticks even if there is soup on the dish;

Tears: The food was not clean when picking up, and the soup was poured on the food.

Don’t use chopsticks: You can’t use chopsticks as a knife, tear up meat dishes;

Offering chopsticks: It is taboo to insert chopsticks into the meal;

Pull chopsticks: You cannot tear out the things you are chewing with chopsticks, or use them as a toothpick;

Sticking chopsticks: You cannot pick up other dishes when something is still stuck to the chopsticks;

Chopsticks: You cannot pick up the same dish more than 3 times;

When eating vegetables, be careful to eat the dishes in front of you. Don’t eat too far, and don’t stretch your chopsticks to reach the dishes.

Dividing chopsticks: Place chopsticks, not on the left and right sides of the tableware, only when eating a meal.