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​筷子的祝福--羅尚仁牧師

9/17/2017

 
中國國家主席習近平在西安接見印度總理莫迪,吃中飯的時候,習近平主席教莫迪使用筷子。莫迪笑了笑說:“中國人太落後了,吃飯還用筷子,你看我們印度人吃什麽都用手抓,既方便又靈活。”習近平主席笑笑點點頭,告訴隨從官員:“安排今天晚上吃火鍋……”。印度總理莫迪大叫不妙、當場昏倒!
 
筷子是中外華人的主要食具,古漢語稱箸。在漢字文化圈的東亞、東南亞的各個民族以及世界各地的華裔移民群體都被廣泛使用。
 
筷子除了是一種吃飯的工具,它還有許多用途,例如:古人用筷子問卜吉凶,籌劃謀事。如漢代名將張良曾“借箸”為劉邦籌劃消滅項羽的戰略;韓凝禮用筷子預卜唐玄宗平叛。筷子也可以作為舞蹈的工具,在蒙古有筷子舞,或作為敲擊樂器,藉筷子互擊敲出節奏感。筷子也可以像飛鏢一樣射擊,成為一種武器,也是一種武技的表演。再則,古人常常用銀筷來測試飯食中是否有毒。
 
因為“筷”與“快”同音,所以產生了許多筷子習俗。例如:贈送筷子給新婚夫妻,諧音「快子」,祝早生貴子。贈送筷子給搬新家的人,寓意快樂起家、吃食無虞。因筷子成雙成對,贈送筷子給朋友,寓意友誼長存;贈送筷子給夫妻、寓意長相廝守 。
 
近年有一個趨勢,就是為了提倡飲食衛生、避免疾病傳染,在家庭或餐廳,同桌吃飯時,每一道菜都會另外備有一雙公共的筷子,稱為“公筷”。另外一般的餐廳或小攤販為了方便及節省成本等理由,都提供一次性的“便利筷”。但是,其耗用量已經達到環保人士的關注,為了減少砍伐樹木,加上在製作過程中,生產商會使用導致癌症的化學物品來來漂白及防腐,因此,基於環保及個人健康之考慮,在此積極鼓勵大家自備“環保筷”。
 
親愛的弟兄姐妹們,您是否願意響應環保,不用一次性的“便利筷”,也不用一次性的“塑料筷”,進一步不用一切一次性的塑料食具包含杯、盤、碗等等。為了個人的健康,避免得到癌症,大家一起來響應。
但願弟兄姐妹都好好的愛護神所賜給我們的大自然就是地球,愛護神所賜給我們的身體就是聖靈的殿,愛護神所賜給我們的家就是教會。讓人人健康,教會蒙福,神得一切榮耀。

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