Bowls have been made from a variety of materials: porcelain, wood, jade, glass and metal and delicately made antique bowls are a collectors’ favorite. Compared with golden, silver and wooden bowls, porcelain bowls are more common and widely used and for everyday Chinese most cannot dine without it. Thus many Chinese usually say “golden bowl” or “iron bowl” to describe their living condition.

Wine also has been wedded to bowls from ancient times, and now the custom remains in Inner Mongolia, Tibet and other regions.

A red porcelain bowl seems more remarkable in the plain background.

Chopsticks, a great intellectual achievement

Chopsticks play an important role in Chinese food culture. Chopsticks are a pair of small equal-length tapered sticks, which are generally believed to have originated in ancient China, showing the special long standing civilization of the nation. They are the traditional eating utensils of China, and are also widely used in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Chinese are fond of bamboo chopsticks. This pair of black and red bamboo chopsticks makes your dining handier.