What does bamboo symbolize?

Symbolic significance of bamboo: In China tradition, bamboo symbolizes the elasticity, longevity, happiness and spiritual truth of life.

Bamboo, with a lingering charm, is slender, soft and evergreen, symbolizing eternal youth and youth; In spring, bamboo is natural and unrestrained, beautiful, elegant, graceful and graceful, and a gentleman; Bamboo is hollow, symbolizing modesty.

Self-sustaining and humble, bamboo is characterized by bending and unyielding, symbolizing the principle of combining rigidity with softness. Lingyun is intentional and strong, bamboo joints will be exposed, and bamboo tips will become warped, which is a metaphor for high winds and bright knots; Good character, innate integrity, is regarded as a symbol of integrity.

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British scholar Joseph Needham said: East Asian civilization is a kind of "bamboo civilization". Scholars in China endowed the growth characteristics of bamboo with anthropomorphic spiritual and cultural symbols, such as elegance, purity, modesty, restraint and honest and frank, etc. Bamboo painting became an important type of flower-and-bird painting in China, and Zheng Banqiao was famous for painting bamboo in Qing Dynasty.

Throughout the ages, it has become the preference of many literati. Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are often used to express their lofty and refined taste, or as a warning to their own moral character, such as the contemporary poet Zhou Tianhou's Ode to Bamboo: bitter festival is precious, rain is more dust-free. Talk about gentlemen when it's cold, and weave New Year when it's green.

Bamboo is not only rich in bamboo resources, but also has a long history of bamboo cultivation.