It is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo. Why did ancient literati like bamboo so much?

Bamboo is tall and straight, symbolizing the clank of iron bones, and is deeply loved by literati. In ancient times, bamboo had a very important use, involving all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation. People use it to carry firewood and water, make bamboo into a water diversion tool, and even use bamboo as a container for rice. Bamboo is deeply loved by people because of its rapid growth and convenience. Not only ordinary people but also literati love bamboo.

"I would rather eat without meat than live without bamboo" can be said to be the best description of literati's love for bamboo. Scholars usually like to write some articles or poems to feel everything in the world, or to show their noble integrity. Sticking to the green hills and not relaxing is the best description of bamboo. Bamboo is slender and tall, slim and graceful, evergreen all the year round, and upright. Is one of the four gentlemen in the flower. Scholars usually compare themselves with this to highlight their gentleman's integrity.

Bamboo has a special meaning, and it is best to describe people with things. Bamboo is hollow, symbolizing a gentleman's modest attitude, modesty, and waiting for things to have a good return. Bamboo is slender and tall, symbolizing the noble integrity of a gentleman and will not be shaken by foreign objects. It's always been aboveboard. Bamboo is a section, which is the best interpretation of integrity. Because of this, all scholars and writers consider themselves a gentleman with noble integrity and temperance. Bamboo grows very fast. If one part is removed, the other part will grow. The more you cut, the faster it will grow. This is like a gentleman's courage to face difficulties and not be afraid of power. Therefore, scholars are full of love for bamboo.

Bamboo is also the object of our study. Bamboo's character is the most powerful attack on villains. We must also be upright, modest and prudent, and have a long-lasting character, and we must not lose our integrity.