Editing Tableware (section)

===Chopsticks===
[[File:Marcosticks-Sushi picked up by chopsticks with Finger Pistol grip-IMG 2559-2pt-scaled.png|thumb|250px|A pair of chopticks holding a piece a sushi]]
Chopsticks ({{zh|c={{lang|zh|筷子}}}} or {{lang|zh|箸}}; [[Pinyin]]: ''kuaizi'' or ''zhu'') are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used as both [[Kitchen utensil|kitchen]] and [[List of eating utensils|eating utensil]]s in much of [[East Asia|East]] and Southeast Asia for over three millennia.  Traditionally wood, especially bamboo, although other materials such as plastic or metal are also used.  Usually, they have a square profile at the slightly thicker end held in the hand, but are round at the other end, that touches the food.

Chopsticks have been used since at least the [[Shang dynasty]] (1766–1122 BCE). However, the [[Han dynasty]] historian [[Sima Qian]] wrote that it is likely that chopsticks were also used in the preceding [[Xia dynasty]] and even the earlier [[Erlitou culture]], although finding archeological evidence from this era is incredibly difficult.<ref>H.T. Huang (Huang Xingzong). ''Fermentations and Food Science.''  Part 5 of ''Biology and Biological Technology'', Volume 6 of Joseph Needham, ed., ''Science and Civilisation in China'',  (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000  {{ISBN|0-521-65270-7}}), p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FgtFxedkgbcC&q=chopsticks 104]</ref>

Though originating in China, chopsticks later spread to Japan, Korea, Tibet, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Chopsticks have become more accepted in connection with Asian food in the West, especially in cities with significant Asian diaspora communities.