 All food is eaten with a combination of stainless steel oval chopsticks and a long-handled shallow spoon called together "sujeo".Food is an important part of traditions of Korean family ceremonies, which are mainly based on the Confucian culture.Gwan Hon Sang Je (관혼상제; 冠婚喪祭), the four family ceremonies (coming-of-age ceremony, wedding, funeral, and ancestral rite) have been considered especially important and elaborately developed, continuing to influence Korean life to these days.