Nobody, including the writer of the article, has remarked about the most interesting find of all, found in one of the photos: a bowl and SPOON.
If the ancient Chinese nobility had SPOONS, are chop sticks a newer invention— or were the lower classes required to use chop sticks to keep them busy and half-starved to prevent peasant rebellions?
Clever people those ancient Chinese!
Nice catch! Chopsticks to eat one rice grain at a time would make meals last longer, and (as we all know, but rarely practice) the longer a meal takes, the less food it takes to feel full.