河北省阜城縣古城中學(xué)

張超供稿

日本筷子節(jié)

河北省阜城縣古城中學(xué)

張超供稿

Japanese Chopsticks Day

August 4 is Japanese Chopsticks Day.Every year,women in Japan buy new chopsticks and burn their used chopsticks in order to express theirappreciation1,since chopsticks really make great contributions to theirculinary2culture.Parents and teachers also teach children how to use chopsticks.Scientists from Japan even do an experiment to study the movements of people’s hands when using chopsticks.Finally,they drew an interestingconclusion3that children’sintelligence4would be raised by using chopsticks.So,chopsticks are also looked upon as thequintessence5of Japanese culture.Some Japanese peopleattribute6their 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(jié)。每年日本婦女都會(huì)買(mǎi)新筷子，燒掉舊的筷子，以此來(lái)表達(dá)她們的感激之情，因?yàn)榭曜拥拇_為烹飪文化做出了巨大的貢獻(xiàn)。家長(zhǎng)和老師也會(huì)教孩子們?nèi)绾问褂每曜?。日本的科學(xué)家甚至做實(shí)驗(yàn)研究人們?cè)谑褂每曜訒r(shí)手部的動(dòng)作。最后，他們得出一個(gè)有趣的結(jié)論：孩子的智力會(huì)通過(guò)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(jié)也提醒著人們?cè)谟玫恫嫦碛梦鞣绞澄锏臅r(shí)候，仍然要記住他們傳統(tǒng)的烹飪文化。

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