Chopsticks for eating Chinese food are usually made from wood, bamboo, animal bones or other materials. About 25 to 30 centimeters long, their top is square, about 0.8 square centimeter, and the low end round with a diameter of 3 to 5 millimeters.
The correct way of using the chopsticks requires concerted efforts of the thumb, index finger, middle finger and third finger. Hold the pair of chopsticks in the right hand, using the index finger, middle and third fingers to keep the chopsticks steady near their top and then push them open by moving the thumb and index finger.
To pick things up with chopsticks, lift upward one of the two chopsticks with the index and middle fingers while keeping the other one where it is so as to separate the two.
Once the chopsticks have picked up the food, press one of the chopsticks with the thumb and index finger and raise the pair.
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