日本筷子節

張超

August 4 is Japanese Chopsticks Day. Every year， women in Japan buy new chopsticks and burn their used chopsticks in order to express their appreciation1， since chopsticks really make great contributions to their culinary2 culture. Parents and teachers also teach children how to use chopsticks. Scientists from Japan even do an experiment to study the movements of peoples hands when using chopsticks. Finally， they drew an interesting conclusion3 that childrens intelligence4 would be raised by using chopsticks. So， chopsticks are also looked upon as the quintessence5 of Japanese culture. Some Japanese people attribute6 their intelligence to the use of chopsticks. In addition， it reminds people to keep to their traditional culinary culture when they enjoy western food with a knife and fork.

8月4日是日本的筷子節。每年日本婦女都會買新筷子，燒掉舊的筷子，以此來表達她們的感激之情，因為筷子的確為烹飪文化做出了巨大的貢獻。家長和老師也會教孩子們如何使用筷子。日本的科學家甚至做實驗研究人們在使用筷子時手部的動作。最后，他們得出一個有趣的結論：孩子的智力會通過使用筷子得到提高。因此，筷子也被看作是日本文化的精華。有些日本人將他們的聰明才智歸功于筷子的使用。另外，筷子節也提醒著人們在用刀叉享用西方食物的時候，仍然要記住他們傳統的烹飪文化。endprint