the chinese fascinate utensil:bowl and plate

I am just get crazy about the chinese utensil, I mean those various kinds of dishes and bowl.My friends even can’t understand why I bought back so many dishes which in their eyes have little difference .The reason is as simple as those utensil themself. They are so attractive to me. To me they have not the only one function. Also it is an art .Like very great kinds of masterpieces in any other where of the world.

Yesterday ,I went to a gift store that next to the Chengchang Supermarket in Taipa–the City Square.I’ve heard that goods are extremely expensive in that store .But they have discounts these days.So I was just walking about ,and see if there was anything I’m interested in.I found this green grass bowl there ,and the only one left.I felt it special because that I might be not have another chance to own this bowl if I miss it this time .Luckily I now have it.And this is the bowl later I had used to serve with salad to one of my friends P.^^She likes my fruits and vegetable salad very much~Of course here I want to thank Maomi and Xiao helan (another two friends og mine)’s salad dressing.Surely that I could not make such nice salad without those wonderful salad dressing.

It seems the vessel had combine the eastern and western style!

Another detail of the chinese vesses that interest me is its amazing and

exquisite design.I really hope that I could have my own camera soon so that I could upload the pictures of my vessels .But still ,I found some nice images from the internet.

Bowls are ubiquitous. Some bowls can be safe to use in a microwave oven, depending on the material that the bowl is made out of.While many Chinese vessels are made of China which can be used in a microwave oven.However some china can not ,because the lacework of the vessels are gilded

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Some plates’ lines are simple .But like a magic tale that reflect our ancestors’ imagination and wisdom.These withe plate with the black lines is a wonderful piece.You can see the line at each side are different thought they looks like the same and symmetrical seeing from a distance .

So some plates are made as decorative items for display rather than used for food.That is what we consider life is beyond the realism.As I ‘d love to live my live to the fullest I admire those wonderful things and the chinese rich culture.

Japanese and Chinese chopsticks

Are we Chinese born to use Chopsticks?Obviously ,no.We use spoons when we are babies.Frankly,I am not a good chopsticks holder.I remember years ago ,when I was quite young,my grandma often asked me to change the way I hold chopsticks.Also they are wondered why I could have myself by using it that why–it seems so hard for them–I hold it just like holding two pens.

The right way,well,l I’d prefer to say the common way is to held at the thicker end about a third along their length for balance and efficiency.However it seems impossible for me to hold them that way.And also others are wondering why I still can pick food by holding the chopsticks in such a strange way-hold at about the middle or even lower of their length .

Surely ,I am used to that and can pick up food easily .While I don’t mind if my holding don’t looks pretty good.

Chopsticks were developed about 5,000 years ago in China.

In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Traditionally, chopsticks have been made from a variety of materials. Bamboo has been the most popular because it is inexpensive, readily available, easy to split, resistant to heat, and has no perceptible odor or taste.

During the Middle Age , aristocrats often favored silver chopsticks since it was thought that silver would turn color if it came into contact with poison.