参考翻译:
Chopsticks originated in ancient China and have beenan important part of Chinese food culture. Ourancestors liked to have steamed or boiled food,butit was difficult for them to spoon out vegetablesfrom the soup, so they invented chopsticks. Thuschopsticks have become the most convenient tableware in their life and marked the coming offood civilization. Nowadays,chopsticks are added many new functions besides being used asone kind of tableware. Skillful craftsmen paint beautiful sceneries on them to make them looklike fine artworks. Many people are keen to gather them as their collections.