QA问答：中国人如何看待欧洲的餐具（刀叉）？AS回答：他们认为野蛮人才用刀叉
What do Chinese people think of European utensils (knife and fork)?
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AS回答：我和很多中国人谈过这个问题总结一下他们的观点。1、刀叉是被中国人废弃（淘汰）的原始餐具。2、刀叉具有危险性和攻击性，不应该出现在餐桌上。3、餐桌上刀叉的出现是野蛮人的象征......
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Aya Shawn
master in Computer Science, National University of Singapore
新加坡国立大学计算机科学硕士
master in Computer Science, National University of Singapore
新加坡国立大学计算机科学硕士
I have talked to many Chinese people about this issue
Summarize their views
1. Knives and forks are primitive tableware that was abandoned by the Chinese.
2. Knives and forks are dangerous and offensive and should not appear on the dining table.
3. The appearance of knives and forks on the dining table is a symbol of barbarians.
4. Using knives and forks represents that a civilization’s way of handling food has not yet completed evolution (diners need to handle it themselves)
5. Using knives and forks makes eating very inefficient, which represents primitiveness and backwardness.
我和很多中国人谈过这个问题
总结一下他们的观点
1、刀叉是被中国人废弃（淘汰）的原始餐具。
2、刀叉具有危险性和攻击性，不应该出现在餐桌上。
3、餐桌上刀叉的出现是野蛮人的象征。
4、使用刀叉代表一个文明处理食物的方式还没有完成进化（食客需要自己处理）
5、使用刀叉使吃饭效率很低，代表着原始和落后。
My experience: When traveling to China, you can freely use knives and forks without any problems. In fact, most young Chinese people can skillfully use a knife and fork to cut steak and pizza.
Even if you take out your own knife and fork at a Chinese dinner party, the Chinese will tolerate you completely.
(I even think that what they are thinking in their hearts is actually sympathy)
However, if you wish to state in front of Chinese people that knives and forks have some cultural superiority. You will definitely be treated like an idiot.
我的经验：去中国旅行时，可以自由使用刀叉，没有任何问题。事实上，大多数中国年轻人都能熟练地使用刀叉来切牛排和披萨。
即使你在中国的饭局上拿出自己的刀叉，中国人也会完全容忍你。
（我甚至觉得他们心里想的其实是同情）
但是，如果你想在中国人面前声明：刀叉具有某种的文化优势。你肯定会被当作白痴对待。
Even if you take out your own knife and fork at a Chinese dinner party, the Chinese will tolerate you completely.
(I even think that what they are thinking in their hearts is actually sympathy)
However, if you wish to state in front of Chinese people that knives and forks have some cultural superiority. You will definitely be treated like an idiot.
我的经验：去中国旅行时，可以自由使用刀叉，没有任何问题。事实上，大多数中国年轻人都能熟练地使用刀叉来切牛排和披萨。
即使你在中国的饭局上拿出自己的刀叉，中国人也会完全容忍你。
（我甚至觉得他们心里想的其实是同情）
但是，如果你想在中国人面前声明：刀叉具有某种的文化优势。你肯定会被当作白痴对待。
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· Oct 17
10月17日
345 was used to counter some racist nonsense against chopsticks.
12 是对的。
345被用来反击一些针对筷子的种族主义胡言乱语。
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· Oct 18
In East Asia, only ethnic minorities such as Tibetans and Mongols (traditionally considered barbarians) use knives to eat meat. So in the traditional stereotype of East Asia, only barbarians use knives as tableware (although these concepts have now changed). The food that uses knives and forks as tableware is large and needs to be divided, and the cooking process is relatively simple. Chinese cuisine, whether it's vegetables or meat, is divided into small pieces by chefs, saving diners the time to divide their own food.
10月18日
在东亚，只有藏族、蒙古族（他们古代被中国人认为是野蛮人）等少数民族才用刀吃肉。所以在东亚的传统刻板印象中，只有野蛮人才用刀作为餐具（虽然现在这些概念已经改变了）。使用刀叉作为餐具的食物体积较大，需要分割，烹饪过程也比较简单。
中国菜，无论是蔬菜还是肉类，都是由厨师分成小块，节省了食客自己分菜的时间。
· Oct 18
So you should know that this is a traditional stereotype and should only be used to counter racist speech, right?
Otherwise, I would be very skeptical about how you ate this with chopsticks.
10月18日
所以你应该知道这是一种传统的刻板印象，只能用来对抗种族主义言论，对吧？
不然我会很怀疑你是怎么用筷子吃这个的。（配图，酱大骨）
· Oct 19
Introducin……
THE HAND!
10月19日
我来解释下……
用手抱着啃！
· Oct 17
So you’re saying in order to become advanced, you have to adopt chopsticks? Knives and forks are more useful and efficient than sticks in my opinion. We have access to them, but we choose to remain using our own utensils. It’s racist to say that people are primitive or barbarians because of their utensils.
10月17日
所以你是说要想进步就得用筷子？在我看来，刀叉比木棍更有用、更高效。我们可以使用筷子，但我们也可以选择继续使用我们自己的餐具。人们因为他们的餐具而被叫做原始人或野蛮人，这是典型的种族主义。
· Oct 18
It's not like what you think. Forks and knives just give a bad impression in Chinese culture because everyone thinks they are dangerous. The Chinese believe that the handling of food should be left to the chef in the kitchen. When the food is presented to the people, it should be properly handled and easy to eat. Therefore, the Chinese can use chopsticks to eat any food except liquids.
But that doesn't mean that the Chinese will think that you are acting uncivilized by using a knife and fork. Because in your culture, knives and forks are cutlery and should be at the table. The answerer is describing the way Chinese people think about knives and forks in their own culture. I don't think it's racist for them to express how they view forks and knives in their own culture.
10月18日
事情并不像你想的那样。叉子和刀子在中国文化中给人留下了不好的印象，因为每个人都认为它们是危险的。中国人认为，食物的处理应该交给厨房里的厨师。食物呈现给人们时，要处理得当，便于食用。因此，中国人可以用筷子吃除液体以外的任何食物。
Knives and forks unearthed at Zongri site. Made of bone.
This site, according to carbon 14 dating, extends from 5600 years ago to about 4000 years ago. Knife and fork cutlery was also found at the site of the Shang Dynasty. In the course of later development, knives and forks were gradually replaced by chopsticks.
但这并不意味着中国人会认为你使用刀叉是不文明的行为。因为在你们的文化中，刀叉是餐具，应该放在餐桌上。答主正在描述中国人在自己的文化中如何看待刀叉。我认为他们在自己的文化中表达他们对刀叉的看法，这并不是种族主义。
顺便说一下，一些中国人之所以认为刀叉是落后的、被遗弃的餐具，是因为早在五千年前，中国人就已经使用刀叉作为餐具了。
配图（出土文物）
古代遗址出土的刀叉。由骨头制成。根据碳14测年，该遗址距今约5600年至约4000年前。商代遗址还发现了青铜的刀叉餐具。在后来的发展过程中，刀叉逐渐被筷子取代。
· Oct 18
hahaha, you think this is racist? then your arguments support the fact that the West is extremely racist since the Chinese are told to abandon their culture all the time. Even commercial advertisements from Western brands sometimes publicly express this opinion, and when Chinese consumers show their discontent, western media usually call them riots and nationalist netizens. 6+ years of living in the US and Europe told me this.
10月18日
哈哈哈，你觉得这是种族歧视吗？那么你的论点支持了这样一个事实：西方是极端种族主义的，因为中国人一直被告知要放弃他们的文化。甚至西方品牌的商业广告有时也会公开表达这种观点，而当中国消费者表达不满时，西方媒体通常称其为暴乱和民族主义网民。在美国和欧洲生活了6年多的经历告诉我这一点。
关于筷子，一些中国人确实认为筷子比刀叉优越，不是因为刀叉来自西方，而是因为中国人在三千多年前就曾经使用过它们，并决定不再使用它们，因为当时最文明的中国社会使用的是筷子。未受过教育的野蛮人使用叉子和刀子，所以逐渐人们开始使用筷子，这种趋势后来逐渐蔓延到中国、韩国、日本、越南。
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· Oct 17
Why would you bring a weapon to a social dining event. I get if you're camping and want to experience pre-modern life with modern camping equipment.
But in a modern facility with a kitchen the butchering should be done in the kitchen.
Weapons should be left outside of social gatherings.
10月17日
你为什么要带武器去参加社交宴会？如果您正在露营并且想使用现代露营设备体验古代生活，我可以理解这种选择。
但在设有厨房的现代化生活中，切割应在厨房内进行。
武器应留在社交聚会之外。
· Oct 17
Try eating a steak with chopsticks.
10月17日
尝试用筷子吃牛排。
· Oct 18
This a T-bone steak at a banquet style Cantonese Chinese restaurant.
Pre-cut to Chopstick sized portions in the kitchen.
The steak is plated in fashion appealing to the eyes as well
Those not wanting to double dip their chopsticks into common food are provided a serving spoon.
Basically it's a cultural thing about butchering and bring weapons to the table at a social gathering.
10月18日
这是一家宴会风格的粤式中餐厅的丁骨牛排。
牛排在厨房预先切成筷子大小的部分。
牛排的摆盘也时尚养眼
那些不想将筷子浸入普通食物中的人可以得到一把汤匙。
基本上，这是一种关于切割和在社交聚会上将武器带到餐桌上的文化。
配图（预切牛排）
· Oct 18
I really don't want to get into an argument if a dining knife and fork is a weapon or not.
Chopsticks can be used to harm/kill persons as well.
10月18日
我真的不想争论餐刀叉是否是武器。
筷子也可以用来伤害/杀人。
· Oct 18
a) you got yourself into an argument by joining in the commentary
b) it’s not that a knife/fork is a weapon or not, it’s that in a certain period of a certain culture, to many people it was seen as/symbolized a weapon to them, therefore it was typical to exclude these utensils at the dinner table.
You can disagree all you want, it doesn’t change the historical accuracy of the answer.
10月18日
a) 你因加入评论而陷入争论
b）并不是说刀/叉是否是武器，而是在特定文化的特定时期，对许多人来说，它被视为武器，因此通常将这些器具排除在外餐桌。
你可以不同意任何你想要的，这不会改变答主给出这份答案的历史准确性。
· Oct 18
I've read in ancient time, to prevent assassination attemp of the emperor, therefore knives and forks were banned on dining table. I don't know if that was when they started using wooden chopstick. Sure you can use chopstick to stab but chopstick tip was more blunt so making it harder to cause damage. Or they can use their hand but that was deemed uncivilized.
10月18日
我读过古代为了防止刺杀皇帝，所以餐桌上禁止使用刀叉。我不知道他们是否从那时起开始使用木筷子。当然你可以用筷子刺，但筷子尖比较钝，所以更难造成伤害。或者他们可以用手吃饭，但这被认为是不文明的。
· Oct 19
AIGHT JOHN
10月19日
你说得对，john
· Oct 17
Because they are very useful for foods in which chopsticks aren’t. If you can do everything with a pair of sticks then we would.
10月17日
因为它们（刀叉）对于筷子无法处理的食物非常有用。如果你能用一双筷子做所有的事情，那么我们会的。
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· Oct 18
Don't take your lack of skills of using a tool as a flaw of the tool itself.
10月18日
不要把你缺乏使用工具的技巧当作工具本身的缺陷。
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· Oct 18
There is a flaw in the tool. People can easily learn it if they think it’s necessary, but the fact is knife and fork is more useful for most things.
10月18日
该工具存在缺陷。如果人们认为有必要，他们可以很容易地学习它，但事实是刀叉对于大多数事情来说更有用。
· Oct 18
My points exactly.
10月18日
我的观点完全正确。
· Oct 19
Yes because you are a Chinese culinary expert and totally knows what’s best
10月19日
是的，因为您是中国烹饪专家并且完全知道什么是最好的
· Oct 18
Btw chopsticks are also deadly weapons
10月18日
顺便说一句，筷子也是致命武器
（引用链接，Youtube，武侠电影筷子作为武器的镜头）链接省略
为什么要把这些带到餐桌上？
· Oct 17
If I may add, 6. Handling the chopsticks indicates the wisest and high IQ.
10月17日
我可以补充一下，6. 拿筷子是最聪明、智商最高的人。
· Oct 17
Nope, not a racist thought pattern at all.
Although I imagine I'll be challenged with Chinese being advanced enough that they do not succumb to racism or actually superior so it isn't racism, it's the truth.
10月17日
不，根本不是种族主义思维模式。
尽管我想我会面临挑战，因为中国人足够先进，他们不会屈服于种族主义，筷子实际上更优越，所以这不是种族主义，这是事实。
孙悟空
chopstick folks unite
lmao
10月17日
筷子人联合起来！
笑死老子啦
· Oct 18
Food has to travel from your plate to your mouth. It’s not rocket science.
食物必须从盘子到嘴里。这不是火箭科学。（没什么好争吵的）