In China tradition, bamboo symbolizes the elasticity, longevity, happiness and spiritual truth of life, while in Japan, bamboo is a symbol of truth and dedication. Bamboo is used as a writing tool all over the East. For Buddhist and Taoist literary and art workers, the straight line and hollow structure of bamboo itself has extremely profound symbolic significance. Indigenous tribes in South America use bamboo as knives and axes to cut other things, and also use bamboo to make muskets and musical instruments to play sacred music. Some tall bamboos are respected by people and regarded as trees of life. In Africa, bamboo also has a very sacred symbolic position, because people use bamboo to circumcise men.
Reed is a symbol of spiritual purification in Japanese creation myth about Ize, which may be because reed is related to water. In Japanese, the word "reed grassland" means the human world. In Celtic eyes, reeds also have the function of purifying the soul. People believe that reeds can subdue witches. In Central America, reed is a symbol of reproduction, and in the Greek and Roman tradition, it is the representative of Pan He, the god of animals (because Pan invented the "flute" made of reed). Reed is also reminiscent of the crucifixion of Jesus, because when Jesus was martyred, someone tied a sponge with reed and dipped it in vinegar to touch Jesus' mouth. Reed also represents John the Baptist.
Holly symbolizes hope and joy. Holly is also one of the evergreen plants in Saturnalia held in Rome's deep winter festival, but only Teutonic people use Holly during Christmas. They like to decorate their houses with Holly from June 5438 to February every year. The Symbol of Chinese National Integrity ―― Bamboo
The hometown of soybean ―― the symbol of Chinese national integrity ―― the best bamboo drink in China ―― tea.
1June, 1993, China issued a set of "bamboo" stamps, introducing five kinds of bamboo, including Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens and Phyllostachys pubescens. The issue of this set of stamps fully demonstrates the significance of bamboo in China's economic construction.
China is the country with the richest bamboo resources in the world. Throughout the ages, bamboo has been praised by many poets and painters. It is not only evergreen all the year round, but also has tall and straight branches. It is not only a symbol of integrity and honest and frank, but also a reputation as a gentleman with elegant demeanor. There is an old saying that "jade can be broken without changing its whiteness, and bamboo can be burned without destroying its festival", which is used to describe people's integrity.
Bamboo is a Gramineae bamboo plant, woody and perennial. Leaves are different from leaves. The stems of leaves are very short, and there are joints at the joints with leaf sheaths, so they are easy to fall off.
Bamboo can be roughly divided into two categories according to its growth status. One is the primitive "clustered bamboo group", with short underground stems and dense bamboo stems, which are mainly produced in tropical and low-altitude high-temperature and humid environments, such as Dendrocalamus giganteus, Dendrocalamus giganteus, Phyllostachys pubescens and so on. One is the relatively evolved "scattered bamboo group", with slender underground stems and scattered bamboo stems, which mainly grow in subtropical and temperate environments with low temperature and dry wind, such as Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys bambusa, Phyllostachys pubescens and so on.
Bamboo is a big family of Gramineae plants. There are about 70 genera, 1, more than 200 species in the world, and the bamboo forest area is 1, 4 million. It is mainly produced in tropical Asia, with the southeast Asian monsoon region as the distribution center of bamboo in the world, accounting for 90% of the world's bamboo forest area and 80% of the world's bamboo species, followed by Africa and Latin America. There are only two kinds of bamboo native to Australia, and they are only produced in the United States. There are many kinds of bamboo plants in China, about 40 genera and more than 300 species, all of which are distributed in the north of Qinling Mountains and Hanshui River, south of Hainan Island, east of Taiwan Province Province and west of Tibet. There are about 3.3 million bamboo forests in China, of which Phyllostachys pubescens accounts for 80%. %, about 2.8 million.
The research on bamboo cultivation and utilization in China has a long history. The Shamudu cultural layer in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province has a history of 7000 years, and bamboo slips have been unearthed in primitive social sites. There are more written records about bamboo, which was first recorded in Feng Wei's The Book of Songs. In the chapter "Bamboo", it is recorded that "sulfur bamboo is used for exotic fishing", that is, fishing with bamboo at the water's edge. In 265 AD, the Jin Dynasty wrote China's first bamboo monograph, Bamboo Spectrum, which recorded the characters and origins of more than 70 kinds of bamboo with four-character poems. More than 300 kinds of bamboos in China were recorded in Bamboo Spectrum in Yuan Dynasty. In the future, there are records about bamboo in history.
Bamboo grows fast, matures early and has high yield. "Like mushrooms after rain" vividly illustrates the characteristics of fast growth of bamboo. Due to the division of meristem between bamboos and the continuous growth of thin strands, the growth rate of bamboo is amazing. After the spring rain, it can grow to 1-2 meters in the fastest day and night, and it can grow into more than 20 meters high Hsinchu in about 50 days. After 4-6 years of intensive growth, it can be harvested and utilized. Bamboo forests with high bamboo yield and good growth can produce bamboo 1500-2000 kg per mu, which exceeds the annual growth of ordinary fast-growing tree species forests.