The author of "Chopsticks: History of Culture and Culinary", Edward, a historian at Rowan University in New Jersey, said that Ji'an's bamboo has long enjoyed a good reputation. Bamboo has a wide range of applications. It has a long history of making bamboo into chopsticks. A large chopstick production plant.
Broadly speaking, the foundation of Chinese bamboo chopsticks production is profound. The history of bamboo chopsticks can be traced back to the work of Guan Zhong, an ancient thinker, and politician in the 7th century BC.
Chopsticks were called "bamboo" in China before the 20th century. They were written as "箸", "筯", and "櫡". The pronunciation is the same as the bamboo of bamboo, but the tone is different. All of these words indicate that the word "bamboo" has the root of "bamboo", indicating that bamboo has been the main raw material for making chopsticks since ancient times, and bamboo chopsticks are also popular.
In China, chopsticks have great market potential as traditional Chinese food, including reusable chopsticks and disposable chopsticks.
Reports on the Chinese chopsticks industry are often seen in media around the world. An article in the Los Angeles Times stated that there are about 300 workers in 300 factories in China engaged in chopsticks manufacturing;
According to the Japan Times, China is the world's largest producer of disposable chopsticks;
According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese chopsticks factory produces 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year;
According to the "Japan Times" report, between 2000 and 2006, China exported a total of 165,000 tons of disposable chopsticks, including 15 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks to Japan and South Korea;
According to The New York Times, 77% of the disposable chopsticks exported by China are shipped to Japan, 21% to South Korea, and 2% to the United States.
According to the statistics of the China Forestry Administration, about 55% of disposable chopsticks are made of bamboo, and the remaining 45% is made of trees such as cotton, birch, and spruce.
Bamboo has its unique advantages as the main raw material for chopsticks. First of all, bamboo has a dense texture and is not porous, so it does not absorb too much water, so it is more antibacterial than chopsticks made from other forest materials, and thus has better durability and increased use time.
Second, the researchers found that bamboo and steel are comparable in terms of tensile strength.
In addition, unlike trees, bamboo grows at an alarming rate and can grow up to 1 meter in height within 24 hours.
The $80 billion market for Chinese chopsticks is inseparable from the support of bamboo, and the "China Speed" embodied in the rapid growth of bamboo to the finished product of chopsticks is even more impressive.
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