Top 7 traditional Chinese gifts for Christmas
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China.org.cn, December 15, 2011
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6.Chopsticks
Chopsticks originated in ancient China as early as the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BCE). The earliest evidence of a pair of chopsticks, which was made out of bronze, was excavated from the Ruins of Yin near Anyang, Henan, dated roughly 1200 BCE. The earliest known extant textual reference to the use of chopsticks comes from the Han Feizi, a philosophical text written by Han Fei (c. 280-233 BCE) in the 3rd century BCE.
While China had long included chopsticks as part of their traditional eating utensils, the use of chopsticks in a limited sense spread to other Asian countries in recent centuries with the influx of Chinese immigrants in Southeast Asia.
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