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What are the rules for using chopsticks?
What are the rules for using chopsticks?
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#1: Don't put your chopsticks directly in the food. 2#: don't pass food too others with yours
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final some people answered! wait why can't u pass ur food to others with ur chop sticks? I see alot of people do that
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[To add to this information in the link]
taboo(ominous behavior): "Transferring", "Standing (stick into rice bowl)" Because these are customs in a Japanese funeral.
"Skewering", "Resting", "Shoveling": Generally speaking, these are regarded as bad manners, but it seems some of us do them.
The others are regarded as bad manners, and they look unpleasant.
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@Eclipes_beatz
> pass ur food to others with ur chop sticks? I see alot of people do that
Really? In Japan?
In Japan, after the cremation, funeral attenders pick up the bones with the same two pairs of chopsticks. That is a religious custom. Doing that while having a meal reminds us of the funeral, so I was told not to do that by my parents.
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oh but I'm kind of still confused. Why do they use chopsticks at a funeral? It's weird and interesting in the same way
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@Eclipes_beatz
I don't know why (the bereaved family picks up the bones with chopsticks to put into a ceramic pot/urn), but what I can only say is that it is one of religious rites in Japan. Actually, I attended a funeral of my grandmother (88 years old) this year. The bones ware hot because they were soon after the cremation. And, when I did that..., I felt the weight of the bone... I still remember the weight...
https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-funeral/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_funeral
[Mordern funerals] [Cremation]
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When you stop eating and leave your chopsticks. You shouldn't put your chopsticks into rice. I think putting chopsticks into rice reminds us a dedication to someone dead.
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