中华饮食器具发展变化与社会价值探析

A Probe into Chinese Catering Utensils' Evolution and Its Social Value

中华饮食器具的起源和发展,经历了天然物品的改造、陶瓷器具的发明创造、金属饮食器具的发明创造几个阶段,表现为对制造原材料的不断追求与改良,形成了饮食器具文化。它涵盖了中国社会发展中的人文历史、科学技术、风俗礼仪、伦理美学等多方面珍贵信息。其外形、装饰等,都与艺术、民族习俗、政治制度等有关。因此,饮食器具除有食用价值外,还有艺术价值、文物价值、经济价值等社会价值。

The origin and development of Chinese catering utensils has undergone such stages as transformation of natural objects, invention of ceramic utensils and invention of metal catering utensils, which manifests the Chinese＇s improvement and constant pursuit of manufacturing raw materials, giving birth to Chinese catering utensils culture. Chinese catering utensils covers many-sided precious information such as humanity history, science and technology, customs and rites, aesthetics and ethics, etc., in Chinese social development. It is associated with arts, ethnic customs, and political systems, etc. Therefore, Chinese catering utensils is of artistic value, cultural relic value, economic value as well as edible value.