What is the spirit of bamboo

Bamboo is the embodiment of the gentleman, is a member of the "Four Gentlemen". Bamboo, plum blossoms and pine are the "three cold friends", pine symbolizes the evergreen, bamboo symbolizes the way of the gentleman, plum symbolizes the icy clean.

Bamboo body shape is straight, rather than bend, said upright; bamboo although the bamboo, but not stopping, said the progress; bamboo outside straight through, the heart as if the valley, said the false; bamboo flowers buried deep, plain face to the sky, said the simplicity of bamboo; bamboo life, a flower, the death of no regrets, said the dedication;?

Bamboo bamboo wind, the top of the sky, said Zhuoer; bamboo said Zhuoer, but not like the pine, said the good group; bamboo texture is like a stone, can become a tool, said the nature of the hard; bamboo into a runic festival, Suwu uphold, said the integrity of the bamboo, the bamboo text passes on to the world, the work of the people, said the bearer.

As a hieroglyphic "bamboo" character, perhaps implying: to be upright, to be humble.

Expanded Information:

Bamboo is a typical living organism that exists in nature and has good mechanical properties. Hurricanes can easily break waist-length trees, but they do not break bamboo. The reason is mainly the following three points:

(1) bamboo fiber material is high strength, good elasticity and low density, specific strength is 3 to 4 times of steel, with high tensile strength and compressive strength;

(2) bamboo cross-section is circular, the outer curved surface of the tensile and the inner curved surface of the compression, with a strong bending stiffness;

(3) bamboo joints at the outer hoop and the inner cross-partitions can increase the load-bearing area and also improve the lateral load-bearing capacity of the bamboo tube.

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