Using the wrong end of your chopsticks is considered an act of losing face given that the fatter end represents the "face" of the chopsticks. The action of tapping on the side of your bowl with your chopsticks is usually associated with beggars, who used to do this back in the day to get attention or ask for food.Ħ) Never pick up food with the wrong ends of the chopsticks.
The same goes for soups or any shared dishes where a shared spoon or chopsticks are provided.Ĥ) Do not drop your chopstick on the floor. This one goes without saying for sanitary reasons but there's another reason you should avoid dropping your chopsticks: Chinese people believe that doing so would disturb their ancestors, who are resting underneath the earth.ĥ) Don’t tap the side of your bowl using your chopsticks.
If you do, you risk reminding your friends and colleagues of the Chinese idiom 三长两短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn "three long and two short," which is a euphemism for a coffin given that they are composed of five boards: three long and two short.ģ) Don’t use your chopsticks to rummage around. It is considered rude to prod and poke at a dish without knowing which morsel you want (although hot pot is one exception).
That's because the effect is likely to remind people of burning incense, which are often placed in a pot as a sacrifice for the dead.Ģ) Do not use chopsticks of different lengths. Likely the best-known taboo on this list, you should never insert your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of food even for convenience. Below we've rounded up nine rules to keep in mind so that you never accidentally kill the convivial dining vibe.ġ) Never insert chopsticks vertically into a bowl of food. But it's one thing to know basic chopstick etiquette such as "never insert chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice," and another entirely to master the art of this centuries-old cutlery. As you've probably already noticed, simply moving food from your plate to your mouth using chopsticks will earn you approving nods and compliments from your Chinese dining compatriots.
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