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Chinesepeopleandwesternpeopleusedifferenttablewares.Aspartofculture,tablewareculturereflectstwodifferentphilosophical[ˌfiləˈsɔfikəl]thoughtsbetweenChinaandwesterncountries.ThehistorycanhelpushaveamoreparticularknowledgeofthedifferenceoftablewareculturebetweenChinaandwesterncountries,sointhefollowingpartIwillintroducethedevelopmenthistoryoftablewareinChinawithwesterncountries.DevelopmenthistoryoftablewarecultureinChinaInChina,themaintablewaresarechopsticks,spoons,bowlsandplates.Astherepresentativeofeasternsocieties,Chinamainlyuseschopstickstoeat.Chopsticksarejusttwosmallsticks,butpeoplecanusechopstickstoeatallkindsoffood.Chopsticksnotonlybecomeatypicalwayoftakingmealsbutalsoformauniquechopsticksculture,andchopsticksmostsuccessfullyshowthebasictraitsandpatternsofChineseculture.Sochopsticksarethequintessence[kwinˈtesəns](典型)ofChinesecivilizationandtheessence[ˈesəns](精华)ofwisdom.InRemoteAntiquity[ænˈtikwiti](远古时代),ourancestorsatefoodmainlybyhand.Whenpeopleinventedthetoolstocookfood,theyfoundthecookedfoodwassohotandcouldnotgetoutfromthepot.Theybrokethebranchesorbamboosoffthetreestopickupfood.Inthiswaythedeliciousfoodwouldnotbetoohotforpeopletoenjoy.Asaresult,thebranchesdevelopedintochopsticks.InNeolithic[ˌni:əuˈliθik]times(新石器时代),thecookerswereearthen(泥土做的)andthechopsticksweremadeofbranchesoftreesandbamboos.InXia,Shang,andZhoudynasties,bronzeutensils[ju:ˈtensəl](器皿)whichwerethinanddelicatecameintobeing.Ivorychopsticksandjadechopsticksemerged.InSpringandAutumnPeriodandStatePeriod(春秋战国时期),ironutensilsinsomeeconomicallydevelopedareasemerged,whichweremoreadvancedthanbronzeutensils.TheninQin,Han,andWeidynastiespeoplebegantousetheexquisite[ˈekskwizit](精美的)woodenlacquer['lækə](漆器)chopstickstoeatandtheutensilswerefromthickandheavytothinandlight.UntilTang,FiveDynasties,Song,JinandYuandynasties,ceramic[siˈræmik](陶瓷的)tablewaresreplacedotherutensilsinpeople’sdailylife.Atthesametime,thegoldchopsticksandsilverchopsticksstoodoutandusedbythoserichpeople.Nowadays,wecanusevarietiesofexquisitetablewares.IthappensthatthehistoryoftablewareinChinacangobacktoseveralthousandyearsago.Nomatterwhattypes,shapes,materialsormanufacturingtechniquesare,tablewarehasexperiencedgreatchangeswhicharefromsingletodiverseanddelicate.DevelopmenthistoryoftablewarecultureinwesterncountriesInwesterncountries,themaintablewaresareknives,forksandspoons.Onlyafterpeopleuseknifetocutthemeatthencantheyusetheforktoeat.Hereby(因此，特此),knifeandforkarealwaysmentionedinthesamebreath(同时).Knifeandforkaretheresultofdevelopmenthistoryofwesterntableware.Althoughwesternerseatbyknifeandfork,theyhadnoknifeandforkinitially[i'niʃəli](起初)andthentheyusedthetwo-pronged[prɔŋd]forkswhichspreadfromItalytoEnglandandhadbeenwhittled[ˈwitl](削)bywoodchips.Inviewofaresearch,strictlyspeaking,knifesarenotthetablewareatthebeginning,buttheknifecanbeusedtoslay[slei](宰杀),dissect[diˈsekt](解剖)andcutthequarry[ˈkwɔri](猎物)ormeat,sopeopleregarditastableware.Theinitialoriginofknifeandforkarerelatedtolivinghabitsoftheancientnomadic[nəuˈmædik]peoples(游牧民族)inEurope.Theyfedonwhattheyhunted,livedwithhorsesandoftenrodehorse,sotheycarriedaknifewiththemselvesuntilpeoplesettleddownincitiesandtheknifeandforkcameintokitchen.Aboutinthe15thcentury,inordertomakethepostureofdininglookelegant,Europeanbegantousethetwo-prongedfork.Untilthe17thcentury,theBritishupperclassesstartedusingthethree-prongedfork.Inthe18thcentury,thefour-prongedforksemergedandwereused.Therefore,westernpeoplehaveonlythehistorywhichisaboutfourorfivehundredyearstouseknifeandforktogether.AndtheemergencyofknifeandforkismuchlaterthanthatofChinesechopsticks.