When the "Four Great Inventions" of the West, manned spaceships, atomic bombs, cloning, and the Internet industry, became popular in the world, the country that was said to have the "Four Great Inventions" of the East was gone. This is because the sages who first invented paper, printing, gunpowder and compass failed to bring permanent honor to the descendants of Yan and Huang. Once upon a time, Western papermaking and printing technology overtook China, compass Linger and others discovered the New World and many colonies, and gunpowder and foreign guns and foreign cannons finally opened their doors. Not only that, China's four small inventions, ceramics, spinning wheel, cloisonne, seismograph, and four national quintessence silk, tea, traditional Chinese medicine, and Peking opera are also getting worse. . Is there not a great invention in ancient China that can inspire the pride and self-esteem of contemporary compatriots?

Talking about the sky and the sun - the first invention

Faced with this troublesome and inexplicable problem, I really don't know how to interpret it for my children's children. Just relying on my traditional patriotic education over the years, I am almost paranoid confident that China, with its five thousand years of civilization history, must have a creation that precedes the four ancient inventions and is superior to the origins of foreign civilizations. Otherwise, how could one of the largest ethnic groups in all human beings thrive and multiply on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean and the southeastern part of the Asian continent. The survival of the fittest. What kind of carrier and what kind of inheritance is the strength and wisdom adapted to the survival and development of this great ethnic group?

Following the first survival needs of living entities, we can trace back to the time when the ancestors of Huazong and Han ancestors had changed the primitive habit of drinking blood from raw hair since they learned about slash-and-burn cultivation in this country that advocated the people’s food as the heaven, and turned to the time when they took chestnuts and soup in the fire. some kind of demand. Since the high temperature of the flame and hot soup did not allow the habit of reaching out and pinching, a substitute for the finger appeared, an arrow, a spear or a branch. Obviously, a single arrow only has the functions of piercing and picking, which is far less convenient than holding it with two fingers. The most simple thinking of the ancestors has already understood that the dexterous thumb can be extended by two branches, not to mention the hunting and labor skills of the ancestors have exercised their fingers freely, holding the two twigs in their hands, exhausted It is capable of inserting, piercing, picking, scooping, stirring, and pulling. From this, it can be inferred that the first invention of the Chinese and Han ancestors was born. The reason why it is called invention and creation is that chopsticks fully conform to the three laws of invention and creation today: novelty, creativity, practicality, and it also has exhausted raw materials that can be used for batch production. Therefore, it can be further asserted that in addition to the ancestors who invented bows, arrows, spears and certain agricultural tools, chopsticks were the first common daily necessities. With the popularization and extensive use of chopsticks, the materials for making chopsticks have gradually evolved into branches, wooden strips, bamboo branches, bamboo strips, bone strips and tooth strips. Its shape and length also gradually formed the rules. Its length is due to primitive tribes and the custom of gathering meals around food vessels, and it must have a certain length before reaching out to grab food. And this length must be convenient for the wrist to make a radius movement between the food vessel and the mouth, and the movement radius of the arm is also limited by the two fulcrums from the carpal bone to the elbow bone, so the length of the forearm generally becomes the length standard of chopsticks. This insight is very important. Is the concept of length of the ancestors really related to chopsticks? In fact, the initial confirmation of distance and length by primitive people is often based on ergonomic principles and self-confirmation, including fists, fingers, strides, and extended to the range of spears and arrows, but this It is obviously not as convenient as chopsticks. Due to the birth of chopsticks, not only the custom of eating around is determined, but also the diameter and width of square and round tables used for dinner parties are determined according to the length of chopsticks and arms as the radius, and the convention of the length of the table and the number of diners in the space is determined. In the end, chopsticks became the length unit of the original size. One city foot is approximately equal to the length of the forearm plus the fist, and the original chopsticks were roughly the same. Just because wooden and bamboo chopsticks are easy to bend, coupled with the development of dwellings and food utensils, people gradually move from the wild to indoors, and the chopsticks for table and food utensils gradually become shorter and more delicate. As for the shape of chopsticks The circle under the square is probably related to the theory of the circle of heaven and earth, which was advocated by the ancestors. Since Tianyuan and the place belong to China, it is natural to grasp Fangyuan between the palms and stocks. Interestingly, many concepts and primitive levels among the clans and tribes are also reflected by the chopsticks. Depending on the quality and difficulty of production, the length and thickness of the chopsticks, and the different patterns deliberately made, the chopsticks are determined by the chopsticks. Hierarchy and seniority. In order to meet the various needs of the traditional etiquette state, chopsticks have evolved into gift offerings. When offering sacrifices to the gods and offering three animals and five grains, people insert chopsticks into the offerings. In order to determine the time of worship, someone lit up wooden and bamboo chopsticks for timing. Then, it was discovered that the chopsticks made of a certain kind of wood will emit a fragrance when lit, or form a ghostly fire, which seems to have the effect of repelling mosquitoes, flies, ants and hungry ghosts, adding to the mystery of the festival. However, with the initial incense and candles, it was not until later generations knew how to stick spices and paraffin on chopsticks, and candles and incense came out, but the carrier was still chopsticks. The chopsticks are indeed infinitely useful, because the ancestors endowed it with great plasticity, which in turn inspired the creativity of the compatriots. Because primitive people and tribes are developing and producing at the same time, they are also creating civilization and culture, and chopsticks play an irreplaceable role. At the same time that chopsticks became a unit of length, people paid equal attention to quantity and number. How to record the fruits of labor? Before the birth of numbers, people began to use chopsticks as chips, and the progressive and notation method of one, two, three, and positive came into being. However, when too many chopsticks were used for progressive numbers, the length and thickness were used for the convenience of replacement. Exchange ten short ones for one long, and ten long for one thick, and the mathematics of the decimal system is formed. The square numbers created in the early stage are chopsticks with uneven lengths, plus the curved and folded chopsticks head and tail, based on the formation of a digital prototype with horizontal and vertical hooks and folds. The ancient Chinese characters that are characterized by symbolism and understanding and the shape of chopsticks will inevitably form a square font, because the hard pen used as a character-making and writing tool was originally a chopstick that was picked up. In addition to drawing on the desktop and wall with the wood, bamboo and toothbone pen, it was found that the end of the pen was tied with feathers and animal hair, and the pigments extracted from plant minerals or the original earth-colored animal blood were actually very useful. Among the chopsticks, it is easiest to fill the empty tube with feathers at one end of the bamboo chopsticks. Therefore, the use of a large number of writing and drawing tools produces calligraphy paintings and paints the colors and patterns on the clothes and decorations of the houses and altars. The cutting, scraping, painting, branding, and carving techniques attached to the chopsticks and brushes are also grandly attached to the oracle bone bell, tripod, and jade wall hall. To meet the needs of rituals and astronomical warfare, the ancestors who were good at metaphysics and Taoism set up an altar, delineated the square, circle, and yin and yang, and set up a pair of chopsticks for divination and divination. It is the line of yin and yang, which was unexpected by King Zhou, who first used ivory as a chopstick. In fact, chopsticks were originally called "chopsticks", but because the common folk said that its sound is similar to "living", it is called "chopsticks" because it means "fast". Happily, why can't you go in and not go in? It is the extraordinary pair of chopsticks that reinforces the concept of finger extension and pinching, resulting in the creation of tongs, scissors and other objects. And by the arrangement of chopsticks, from small to large to short to long, Ying, the ancestor who lived in the cave bird's nest, realized the composition and function of pillars, beams, purlins and fences. A horizontal building, similar to the ancient temple towers and palaces, the chopsticks are arranged in a rigorous and orderly manner or intrigue. Of course, the bird cage and the cage are also the creation of chopsticks. From this, I think of the synchronous evolution of Western nations. They also use a pair of hands to hold a knife and fork. Different eating and eating rules extend into different styles of culture and philosophy. read. The left knife and the right fork are lined up and even become a long dining table. There is no fun with chopsticks, the creation of characters is due to the change of sign language and the palm of your hand, and the writing is powerful with a tube of feathers. As for building houses, whether it is Gothic-Roman style is nothing more than a pile of stones, it is indeed missing the spirituality and charm of the chopsticks. Until the European and American guests and friends who have experienced thousands of years of civilization development, whoever wants to enjoy the wonders of Chinese cooking, they all learn from chopsticks. Only then did I realize that the most civilized feast of all mankind is by no means a dance of knives and forks, skillfully using two exquisite chopsticks to make relative movements at will. It can be seen that the original relative method of "Yanhuang Stan" was thousands of years earlier than that of Westerners. Isn't it just the original law of relativity? Chinese people have learned too many things from just a pair of chopsticks, and thus formed their unique chopstick emotions and chopstick philosophy. It is no exaggeration to say that throughout the thousands of years of Chinese civilization history, there is nothing greater than the invention of chopsticks. If the author describes chopsticks as a carrier of emotion and cultural heritage, and as the "first invention" in ancient China, would anyone criticize me for being shallow and biased? Yes, since one day more than ten years ago, when the author was unable to eat, and was forced to be hungry and cold, he insisted that the chopsticks be like a fool. Can't help holding the broken chopsticks like a treasure. Yes, broken chopsticks made me wonder about two parables about chopsticks. One of them said: before the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, there was great chaos in the world, and the righteous generals from all over the world gathered to be the leaders of the public push and there were endless disputes. A certain general immediately ordered everyone to pick up the chopsticks on the dining table and fold them. The pair of chopsticks that should have been clenched in his hands were broken and kept breaking, so he knew that everyone should unite and help. Because of this, everyone was convinced and called him a minister, and the public promoted him as King Wu of Zhou, and the Shang Dynasty was destroyed in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The second is that: in ancient times, a large family often had troubles due to uneven feeding due to its large population. The parents made three-foot-long bamboo chopsticks specially for this purpose and ordered their family members to take the chopsticks for food. Helpless, the chopsticks are too long to be self-feeding, so they can only feed to the person at the opposite table. Therefore, the parents knew the rational family rules of "take what you want first with it" and "do not do to others what you don't want to do to others", and made the incident disappear. "Chopsticks are so extraordinary, I should stand up for chopsticks and establish a biography for them, and erect monuments for my ancestors! After all, it has been with these ordinary and extraordinary chopsticks for 40 years that I realize that my compatriots put chopsticks and miss their relatives every festival. Supreme virtue. It turns out that people are like chopsticks, and the chopsticks that are put out are human characters..." After writing an article that seems to be a day in the sky, the pen is even more surging. Isn't it just the original law of relativity? Chinese people have learned too many things from just a pair of chopsticks, and thus formed their unique chopstick emotions and chopstick philosophy. It is no exaggeration to say that throughout the thousands of years of Chinese civilization history, there is nothing greater than the invention of chopsticks. If the author describes chopsticks as a carrier of emotion and cultural heritage, and as the "first invention" in ancient China, would anyone criticize me for being shallow and biased? Yes, since one day more than ten years ago, when the author was unable to eat, and was forced to be hungry and cold, he insisted that the chopsticks be like a fool. Can't help holding the broken chopsticks like a treasure. Yes, broken chopsticks made me wonder about two parables about chopsticks. One of them said: before the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, there was great chaos in the world, and the righteous generals from all over the world gathered to be the leaders of the public push and there were endless disputes. A certain general immediately ordered everyone to pick up the chopsticks on the dining table and fold them. The pair of chopsticks that should have been clenched in his hands were broken and kept breaking, so he knew that everyone should unite and help. Because of this, everyone was convinced and called him a minister, and the public promoted him as King Wu of Zhou, and the Shang Dynasty was destroyed in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The second is that: in ancient times, a large family often had troubles due to uneven feeding due to its large population. The parents made three-foot-long bamboo chopsticks specially for this purpose and ordered their family members to take the chopsticks for food. Helpless, the chopsticks are too long to be self-feeding, so they can only feed to the person at the opposite table. Therefore, the parents knew the rational family rules of "take what you want first with it" and "do not do to others what you don't want to do to others", and made the incident disappear. "Chopsticks are so extraordinary, I should stand up for chopsticks and establish a biography for them, and erect monuments for my ancestors! After all, it has been with these ordinary and extraordinary chopsticks for 40 years that I realize that my compatriots put chopsticks and miss their relatives every festival. Supreme virtue. It turns out that people are like chopsticks, and the chopsticks that are put out are human characters..." After writing an article that seems to be a day in the sky, the pen is even more surging.