This fundamental principle of Chinese cooking had already taken shape before the Chou dynasty, and eating implements were produced accordingly. The ladles used in earliest times were replaced by chopsticks during the first three dynasties.
這項中國菜最基本的烹調原理在周代以前就已成型；食具也因應這個原理產生，最早是用杓子挖，到三代時已開始用筷子夾。