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The Basics of Bamboo

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Bamboo is type of grass; not a tree as is commonly believed. It is a stem from China. It is very important to Chinese people. In Chinese culture, Bamboo is the symbol of noble beauty and happiness. Since the ancient times, bamboo deeply infiltrates in Chinese people’s daily life from all different aspects of their needs. In Chinese traditional culture, the bamboo includes physical culture, landscape culture, and various aspects of ideology culture, it reflects the feelings of the Chinese people, ideas and thoughts, such as profound cultural background. Chinese people called the bamboo, pine and winter sweet flower all together as "winter poetic", also called the bamboo with the plum, orchid, chrysanthemum as "four gentlemen." All the names come from how they look and their growing process. The feature of the ancient Chinese civilization is one of the important symbols of Chinese culture. Bamboo exists in my country still and has a long history of edible and medicinal purposes. It’s a role to help people to increase the knowledge of health. Bamboo grows fast, has strong adaptability, and also has a wide range of uses. Since it is closely related to people's life. Bamboo has a lot of functions of how it can be use and found by people. The uses of bamboo include food, clothing, shelter and transportation with various aspects. Bamboo also can be used for building, which have thousand years of history. In ancient times, humans lived in the nests and caves in the ground. In the evolution process, bamboo played an important role. As early as the Shang dynasty, people already began to use bamboos to made letters and books. People used bamboo to build the palace in Han dynasty, and in Jin dynasty, people start to use bamboo to make papers. In terms of clothing, bamboo origin and development in Chinese clothing plays an important role. Arising during the period of Qin and Han dynasties; people make cloth with bamboo and also use bamboo to make headwear. All waterproof products can also be made by bamboo, such as bamboo hats, umbrellas, and shoes, which people are still using until now. One of the important roles that bamboo played is in traffic. Traffic tools and facilities of ancient origin and development have a close relationship with the bamboo. People during the time took bamboo to make bamboo rafts, ships and bridge constructions. It is many of the first created in the world of history. From the human living environment, bamboo has also played a special role. The ancient ancestors have long been aware of the special protection of bamboo; they pay attention to the protection of the city and play the bamboo in the barrier function of the safety. All previous dynasties take bamboo to use for fence walls, defense enemy, protect the security of the city and houses. Bamboo have functions significantly in regulating climate, water conservation, soil, less noise, purify air, prevent wind damage, ancient and modern people are like to use it for the living environment of human beings. In recent years, bamboo has been utilized as an essential interior design as well as architecture material, especially in the South America, North America as well as Asia regions. Bamboo is se

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