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In Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, food is usually eaten with 1 (chopstick).
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also 2 (make) of plastic or mental. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. 3 (true) elegant chopsticks might be with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods 4 metal to create special designs.
Five thousand years ago, Chinese people probably cooked their food in large pots, 5 (use) branches to remove it. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with branches 6 gradually turned into chopsticks.
Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, who lived 7 551 to 479 BC, influenced the 8 (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 9 (be) too violent for use at the table.
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, most people traditionally eat 10 their hands.