When did the Khmer adopt the chopsticks as their eating utensils? Options

[preahvihear]

Do Khmer people use "chopsticks"? Yes, they do. What do they use the chopsticks for? Evidence shows that the Khmer seem to use chopsticks exclusively to eat their noodles. Do Khmer have their word for the chopsticks? Yes, they do. Chopsticks in Khmer are called "chongkeh" Do Khmer have different types of chopsticks? Yes. Some chopsticks are big and are used as fasteners as bolts or in stitching up the banana tree products in the Buddhist rituals. Did the Khmer invent "chopsticks"? There is no research up to date, but there are stone carvings on the Angkor Wat galleries showing people in the Khmer Empire eating noodles with chopsticks. When did the Khmer started using chopsticks to eat their noodles? Perhaps as early as the third century A.D because according to the legend of Thon Chey while he was in China he had served the Chinese Emperor the Khmer Nom Banchok (Khmer noodles) to be eating with chopsticks already. When Thon Chey returned to Cambodia, he brought along with him thousands of Chinese immigrants who entered Cambodia in the Third Century AD. So...

[Mid-Night_Sun]

Do Khmer people use "chopsticks"? Yes, they do. What do they use the chopsticks for? Evidence shows that the Khmer seem to use chopsticks exclusively to eat their noodles. Do Khmer have their word for the chopsticks? Yes, they do. Chopsticks in Khmer are called "chongkeh" Do Khmer have different types of chopsticks? Yes. Some chopsticks are big and are used as fasteners as bolts or in stitching up the banana tree products in the Buddhist rituals. Did the Khmer invent "chopsticks"? There is no research up to date, but there are stone carvings on the Angkor Wat galleries showing people in the Khmer Empire eating noodles with chopsticks. When did the Khmer started using chopsticks to eat their noodles? Perhaps as early as the third century A.D because according to the legend of Thon Chey while he was in China he had served the Chinese Emperor the Khmer Nom Banchok (Khmer noodles) to be eating with chopsticks already. When Thon Chey returned to Cambodia, he brought along with him thousands of Chinese immigrants who entered Cambodia in the Third Century AD. So...

did you bother to look?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks#History

[menghuy]

Do Khmer people use "chopsticks"? Yes, they do. What do they use the chopsticks for? Evidence shows that the Khmer seem to use chopsticks exclusively to eat their noodles. Do Khmer have their word for the chopsticks? Yes, they do. Chopsticks in Khmer are called "chongkeh" Do Khmer have different types of chopsticks? Yes. Some chopsticks are big and are used as fasteners as bolts or in stitching up the banana tree products in the Buddhist rituals. Did the Khmer invent "chopsticks"? There is no research up to date, but there are stone carvings on the Angkor Wat galleries showing people in the Khmer Empire eating noodles with chopsticks. When did the Khmer started using chopsticks to eat their noodles? Perhaps as early as the third century A.D because according to the legend of Thon Chey while he was in China he had served the Chinese Emperor the Khmer Nom Banchok (Khmer noodles) to be eating with chopsticks already. When Thon Chey returned to Cambodia, he brought along with him thousands of Chinese immigrants who entered Cambodia in the Third Century AD. So...

i think, chopstick come from china and even nom banchok. the chinese noodle gave birth to mee cha,nom banchok, how bout nom mas som and nom ma somjake. i saw the chinese selling it in china.

[Buddhalove]

did you bother to look?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks#History

Of course not, typical preavihear.

[Savan]

Of course not, typical preavihear.

Some Khmer members have a common disorder that's been diagnosed as "Khmer Rudeness, Arrogance, and Pride".

Here are the symptoms:

If anything in Asia, especially in SEA, exists in Khmer culture, then Khmers were the inventors and they had influenced neighboring cultures. Some Khmer members who exhibit KRAP tend to discredit other cultures because they refuse to admit that they had been influenced by others with the exception of Indians who are like gods and idols to them.


Hmmm Laos and Thailand have chopsticks....must be another "Khmer" influence?...just like "Buddhism" and "rice noodles"?

So in conclusion, chopsticks were invented by Khmers just like Buddhism. The Chinese and every Asian person should thank Khmers like Preahvihear from now on for educating us as to the chopsticks' true origins.

[Savan]

did you bother to look?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks#History

Don't argue with a Khmer member who has KRAP. He's likely to attack just like an animal with rabies.

So it's official now...chopsticks were invented by Khmers. The Chinese should stop claiming ownership, right Preahvihear?.

[Viesnabotkampuji...]

China invented chopstick and they were the first to know how to make papers.

[menghuy]

Do Khmer people use "chopsticks"? Yes, they do. What do they use the chopsticks for? Evidence shows that the Khmer seem to use chopsticks exclusively to eat their noodles. Do Khmer have their word for the chopsticks? Yes, they do. Chopsticks in Khmer are called "chongkeh" Do Khmer have different types of chopsticks? Yes. Some chopsticks are big and are used as fasteners as bolts or in stitching up the banana tree products in the Buddhist rituals. Did the Khmer invent "chopsticks"? There is no research up to date, but there are stone carvings on the Angkor Wat galleries showing people in the Khmer Empire eating noodles with chopsticks. When did the Khmer started using chopsticks to eat their noodles? Perhaps as early as the third century A.D because according to the legend of Thon Chey while he was in China he had served the Chinese Emperor the Khmer Nom Banchok (Khmer noodles) to be eating with chopsticks already. When Thon Chey returned to Cambodia, he brought along with him thousands of Chinese immigrants who entered Cambodia in the Third Century AD. So...

my great,great,great, great ancestor who invented the chopstick. this is the greatest invention that benefit the whole world. we all should thanks the chinese

[Savan]

China invented chopstick and they were the first to know how to make papers.

Not according to Preahvihear. He's trying to suggest that chopsticks were introduced to the Chinese by a Khmer man.

[Savan]

my great,great,great, great ancestor who invented the chopstick. this is the greatest invention that benefit the whole world. we all should thanks the chinese

I thought you were Khmer?

Anyway, it's definitely a good invention, but "the greatest invention"? Hmmm that's questionable.

[trickystyle]

Damn the inventors of the chopsticks worst invention ever. I still don't know how to use chopsticks til this day.

[preahvihear]

Thanks to all my Khmer contributors for providing the answer needed. For the records, I have never ever claimed that the Khmer originated the eating utensils called chopsticks. No I have never said that. So those foreigners better stop reading tooooooooooooo much into my words. I just said that the Khmer also used a type of "chopstick" or chongkeh in Khmer as fasteners. If you don't believe me then what do the Khmer call the bambo made stick used to hold the banana tree truck together? That is right. They call it as "chongkeh". Then when they see the "Chinese" eating utensils called chopsticks, they also call them as "chongkeh". I am quite aware that there were Chinese at Angkor.

[Darkblade]

Thanks to all my Khmer contributors for providing the answer needed. For the records, I have never ever claimed that the Khmer originated the eating utensils called chopsticks. No I have never said that. So those foreigners better stop reading tooooooooooooo much into my words. I just said that the Khmer also used a type of "chopstick" or chongkeh in Khmer as fasteners. If you don't believe me then what do the Khmer call the bambo made stick used to hold the banana tree truck together? That is right. They call it as "chongkeh". Then when they see the "Chinese" eating utensils called chopsticks, they also call them as "chongkeh". I am quite aware that there were Chinese at Angkor.

There was a chinese ambassador sent to Angkor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Daguan

[menghuy]

Thanks to all my Khmer contributors for providing the answer needed. For the records, I have never ever claimed that the Khmer originated the eating utensils called chopsticks. No I have never said that. So those foreigners better stop reading tooooooooooooo much into my words. I just said that the Khmer also used a type of "chopstick" or chongkeh in Khmer as fasteners. If you don't believe me then what do the Khmer call the bambo made stick used to hold the banana tree truck together? That is right. They call it as "chongkeh". Then when they see the "Chinese" eating utensils called chopsticks, they also call them as "chongkeh". I am quite aware that there were Chinese at Angkor.

khmer dont have a name for chop stick, so we call it, char gush, which mean wood pick

[Savan]

Do Khmer people use "chopsticks"? Yes, they do. What do they use the chopsticks for? Evidence shows that the Khmer seem to use chopsticks exclusively to eat their noodles. Do Khmer have their word for the chopsticks? Yes, they do. Chopsticks in Khmer are called "chongkeh" Do Khmer have different types of chopsticks? Yes. Some chopsticks are big and are used as fasteners as bolts or in stitching up the banana tree products in the Buddhist rituals. Did the Khmer invent "chopsticks"? There is no research up to date, but there are stone carvings on the Angkor Wat galleries showing people in the Khmer Empire eating noodles with chopsticks. When did the Khmer started using chopsticks to eat their noodles? Perhaps as early as the third century A.D because according to the legend of Thon Chey while he was in China he had served the Chinese Emperor the Khmer Nom Banchok (Khmer noodles) to be eating with chopsticks already. When Thon Chey returned to Cambodia, he brought along with him thousands of Chinese immigrants who entered Cambodia in the Third Century AD. So...

You wrote all of that to suggest that Khmers had invented chopsticks. If not for that reason, then was this post and your story seriously necessary?

[tahoeogkush]

Do Khmer people use "chopsticks"? Yes, they do. What do they use the chopsticks for? Evidence shows that the Khmer seem to use chopsticks exclusively to eat their noodles. Do Khmer have their word for the chopsticks? Yes, they do. Chopsticks in Khmer are called "chongkeh" Do Khmer have different types of chopsticks? Yes. Some chopsticks are big and are used as fasteners as bolts or in stitching up the banana tree products in the Buddhist rituals. Did the Khmer invent "chopsticks"? There is no research up to date, but there are stone carvings on the Angkor Wat galleries showing people in the Khmer Empire eating noodles with chopsticks. When did the Khmer started using chopsticks to eat their noodles? Perhaps as early as the third century A.D because according to the legend of Thon Chey while he was in China he had served the Chinese Emperor the Khmer Nom Banchok (Khmer noodles) to be eating with chopsticks already. When Thon Chey returned to Cambodia, he brought along with him thousands of Chinese immigrants who entered Cambodia in the Third Century AD. So...

How interesting it is. Chopsticks is called TU in Lao language

[khuvxim]

How interesting it is. Chopsticks is called TU in Lao language

Shut up stupid Hmong, who is a Pathet communist Laotian=Kaysone worshipping culprit.
Why don't you go back to Laos and visit the Long Cheng Forbidden Zone where the Hmong are getting killed.
I hope the Pathet Laotians crucified you onto two big "TU" CHOPSTICKS.

[Buddhalove]

In Lao Chopstick = Mai Tu or Mai Keep Tu.

[mohanokor]

You wrote all of that to suggest that Khmers had invented chopsticks. If not for that reason, then was this post and your story seriously necessary?

please read the title of the topic before you start going crazy . this post was to educate us about chopsticks in khmer history.

[lemongrass]

Dear beloved Preahvihear,
Where have you been? I missed you in Long Beach. Since you are talking about the jong-gus, I like to talk about it with you. At the end of our conversations, i'll stick each one of it into each one of your eyes. You are one interesting troll. The troll that reported me to Ben. You made me laugh. I am on to you. You have to be lucky all the time to keep your piece and all I have to get is lucky once to take you to pieces.