The Popularity Of Knives, Forks And Spoons

Of course, after the Warring States Period, the excavation of knives and forks was obviously less, indicating that the use of knives and forks is far less popular than chopsticks. Let's talk about knives, forks and spoons, many exquisite bone-made table knives were discovered in Hemudu ruins in Zhejiang 7000 years ago. Archaeological discoveries from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Warring States Period have popularized bronze spoon-shaped, pointed-leaf spoon-shaped and long-handed tongue-shaped table knives. Narrow-handle tongue-shaped table knives have been used for more than 2,000 years from Spring and Autumn to Song and Yuan, and the production materials include bronze, silver and gold.

The tableware eaten in the west was mainly knives and forks. At first, only knives were used. The early knives were stone knives or bone knives. It was not until the copper smelting that there were copper knives and after the appearance of iron tools did they use iron knives. The individual knife is not like chopsticks, not a tableware in the strict sense, because it is multifunctional, used to slaughter, dissect, cut hunting or cattle and sheep meat, and when it is cooked and edible, it doubles as a tableware.