Japanese Chopsticks Packaging Art Analysis and Appreciation

The chopstick culture has always been the subject of Japanese people's willingness to study in the oriental food culture. In Japanese, chopsticks writing “箸” means chopsticks. Many famous college students have talked about the issue of chopsticks and the beginning of the use of Chinese chopsticks. Not long ago, the newspaper contained a Japanese scholar who believed that chopsticks were invented by mimicking chicken glutinous rice. The chopsticks were similar to the top and bottom of the chicken mouth. The Oriental nationality was the Shigu people. Therefore, the chopsticks were invented by the Orientals. Knife and fork is another imitation of a predator that rips off other animals with sharp claws. It originated from western nomads. This kind of research is interesting, and it is worth noting that starting from the comparison of chopsticks culture, the study explores the differences between Japanese and Chinese national languages.

The seemingly simple food utensils of chopsticks have had a wide range of influence in the world. They are considered as one of China’s national quintessences. The evidence provided by modern archeology shows that Chinese people generally use chopsticks for at least 5,000 years. Continuous history. Chopsticks are not only an area for eating utensils, but also have a wide range of social functions. In ancient China, chopsticks used to be politicians, historians, philosophers, and military strategists. They explained political opinions, philosophizing, and expressed an important carrier of military planning. They were also power and status. The symbol of wealth. From its material point of view, chopsticks are a variety of ordinary bamboo, wood, metal stainless steel and melamine chopsticks. Advanced materials include chicken wing wood, sandalwood, old rosewood, rosewood, ironwood, gold and silver, jade, and ivory. And chopsticks body design is also varied, there are chopsticks chopsticks tip gold and silver, chopsticks and head of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs and longevity, there are drawings on the chopsticks plum orchid bamboo and chrysanthemum pattern. Its packaging is also very particular about luxury chopsticks are generally used gift box packaging, more common is a chopsticks a package or a combination of packaging, chopsticks packaging is very important.

Japanese people, like the Chinese, eat with chopsticks, but Japanese chopsticks are short, and Chinese chopsticks are longer. Most of the Japanese chopsticks are conical, and the contents of the chopsticks are more narrow. Chinese chopsticks are mostly cylindrical and less sharp. Why Japanese chopsticks are shorter? That is because in ancient Japan, the system of separate meals, banquets, and household meals were all served in front of one another. Chopped chopsticks were never a hindrance. When the Japanese eat, the placement of chopsticks is also different from that of the Chinese. Chinese people tend to put their chopsticks in front of them, and Japanese people usually lay themselves in front of them because they used to practice the split-table system in ancient times. What is more different from the domestic one is that the Japanese chopsticks are square and the following are pointed. Each pair of guests with pointed chopsticks is a private chopsticks. In addition to private chopsticks, each table has a pair of chopsticks. The obvious difference between the public chopsticks and the private chopsticks is that the public chopsticks are two or three times larger than the private chopsticks and are very eye-catching. It is inconvenient and unacceptable to eat food with such a large public chopsticks, and no one will unwittingly “publicize and privately”. Most of the dishes served on the table are pieces and one serving. One person needs a piece or one serving. It is very convenient to use public chopsticks.

Japanese and Chinese people share the same cultural heritage, and they are all experts who use chopsticks. In Japan, high-end chopsticks are hand-crafted by the artists, and both pairs of chopsticks are quite exquisite, but their prices are also quite expensive. Generally at the banquet, the Japanese used such superior Japanese chopsticks. These chopsticks are all of the same or black or red or flower, it is more useful to see the Japanese traditional painting "Ukiyo-e" as a pattern design on the chopsticks. The packaging of exquisite chopsticks must be quite luxurious? In fact, it is not only natural, because the Japanese nation is advocating a "saving" of the nation, some unnecessary luxury is never used in the packaging of chopsticks, because the consumption of chopsticks in Japan is amazing, in the design of beautifully produced chopsticks In fact, the packaging is relatively simple and generally a pair of packaging and packaging materials are mostly PP transparent plastic cover, but the pattern printing on the cover is still quite beautiful, also has a drawer boxed chopsticks on the box also printed with text and graphics .

The Japanese like to use disposable chopsticks and throw them when they are done. Chinese chopsticks are reused and will never be discarded. This is a big difference. From the fact that Chinese people use chopsticks in this way, it can reflect the tough and stubborn personality characteristics of the Chinese nation. The Japanese used the disposable chopsticks easily, which is consistent with the Japanese's inherent “one-period and one-minute” mood. “One-period and one-session” was originally a statement of the Japanese tea ceremony. Its meaning means that every attendee of a tea party has only one chance to meet each other in his life and must therefore be extremely cherished. The use of disposable chopsticks by the Japanese has some sort of internal connection with the mentality they attach to "this time" and cherish the current fate. However, many Japanese people do believe that the world is transient and has a tendency to attach importance to current things. This kind of psychological tendency generally does not exist in the middle of the Chinese people. The Chinese people value more in favor of the future. The Chinese believe that time will change everything. According to relevant reports, Japanese fast-food snacks entered Japan in the 1970s and 1980s, and the Japanese youth popularized in Japan during that period have “forgot” how to use chopsticks. This phenomenon has attracted widespread attention in various circles in Japan. Japan is A country that attaches great importance to the cultural traditions of the nation, this phenomenon was soon corrected, and chopsticks are an indispensable tool in modern Japanese cuisine. In Japan, 25 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are used each year, of which 90% are imported from China. Now the Chinese government will reduce the production of disposable chopsticks on the grounds of “protecting forests”, and it is more likely to restrict exports in the future. For Japan, a chopsticks consumer "big country", the Japanese government publicly suggested that restaurants cancel the use of disposable chopsticks, and Japan has all the people involved, which is probably more effective than relying on imports. Through the promotion and popularization of environmental protection concepts, we advocate and initiate environmental protection campaigns to realize the vision of a green and environmentally friendly restaurant industry. Nowadays, it is a common phenomenon that people go out to eat and have a pair of chopsticks installed in various small boxes. In this regard, we have to lament the deepening of people’s minds in environmental awareness in Japan, sighing that their own chopsticks have become part of the Japanese people’s lives. Their practice is worth thinking and learning from.

A small pair of chopsticks will not take up much space for you. It will be a little effort to put it into the bag. However, once it becomes the habit of the people, its role in maintaining and improving the ecological environment cannot be underestimated. Here, we appeal to our packaging designers to have a sense of responsibility for the packaging of chopsticks. The packaging of chopsticks will be good tomorrow. (Artist)

Source: Shanghai Packaging