Ventilation Chopsticks

Ventilation Chopsticks

　　Produced in the Yangming Mountain National Forest Park in Shuangpai County; Yangming Mountain has long been famed as a “bamboo forest sea,” boasting 4,000 hectares of nanmu bamboo groves with over nine million bamboo poles. The chopsticks made from these nanmu bamboos are quite unique — when one end of the chopstick is inserted into clear water and gently blown through from the other end, bubbles immediately start to rise vigorously in the water. Since the Tang Dynasty, these ventilation chopsticks have been introduced to the imperial court, becoming an annual tribute. They have now become a renowned specialty of Yangming Mountain, and many visitors take home a pair of “ventilation chopsticks” as gifts for family and friends.