Bamboo, also known as bamboo. In tropical and subtropical regions, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean and Pacific islands are most concentrated. There are many types, some are low and grass-like, and some are as tall as trees, and grow rapidly. The seeds are called bamboo rice.
Bamboo is native to China, with many types, strong adaptability and wide distribution. In China, they are mainly distributed in the south, such as Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan, Zhejiang, etc. They have allusions about panda homes and deep bamboo forests. In Zhejiang, Anji, Lin'an, Deqing and other places, there are mountains of bamboo. The story of the bamboo forest fight in the famous movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was filmed in the bamboo sea in Anji. China is one of the countries that produces the most bamboo in the world. There are 22 genera and more than 200 species distributed throughout the country. The Pearl River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin have the most. The north of the Qinling Mountains has little rainfall and low temperatures, and only a few dwarf bamboos grow.
In Chinese tradition, bamboo symbolizes the elasticity of life, longevity, happiness and spiritual truth. Bamboo, Xiuyi has a charm, slender and beautiful, evergreen and undefeated, symbolizing eternal youth and youth; spring (chunshan) bamboo is chic and tall, clear and handsome, and graceful and gentle; bamboo is hollow, symbolizing modesty. The character is modest and self-sufficient. The characteristics of bamboo are bent without bending, bending and continuous, which symbolizes the principle of being strong in softness. Lingyun deliberate, strong strength, wind and snow, and still standing, bamboo joints will be exposed, bamboo shoots uplift, metaphor high wind and bright joints; Noble morals, good morals, and self-regulation, regarded as a symbol of integrity. Tang Zhang Jiuling chanted bamboo, saying that "the high-profile people respect each other and are humbly known in the world" ("Huangmen Lu Shilang chants bamboo"). Indifferent, upright, and upright are the personality pursuits of Chinese literati. Yuan Yangzai's "Timing Mozhu": "The flavor is indifferent and the color is not charming. The lonely cliff and valley, there is such a cloud."
The bamboo branches are tall and straight, slender, green in all seasons, proud of snow and frost. They are very popular among Chinese people. Together with plum, orchid, and chrysanthemum, they are called the four gentlemen, and plum and pine are called the three friends of the cold. Ancient and modern scholars love bamboo and chant bamboo. There are many.
Bamboo: Shows the integrity, although not strong, but upright, tough and upright; not afraid of the cold and heat, forever. Bamboo is the incarnation of a gentleman, a gentleman in the "four gentlemen".
