What does bamboo symbolize?

Bamboo has an unusual traditional cultural meaning in China. Its evergreen seasons symbolize tenacious life and eternal youth. The hollowness of bamboo is called the empty character of mind; Its branches are bent and unyielding, symbolizing the principle of being both rigid and flexible; Born with knots, bamboo knots will be exposed, which is a symbol of noble morality and clarity.

Bamboo is tall and straight, free and easy, tall and straight, lofty, delicate and elegant, which is also the personality charm that China literati have been pursuing.

Bamboo is the material carrier of China's virtue and the symbol of a gentleman. It is loved by countless people with lofty ideals. Scholars at all times and all over the world praised bamboo and left a lot of poems and songs about bamboo. The earliest bamboo gardens in China can be traced back to the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Since then, bamboo has evolved from a cultural significance to a folk image. For example, "bamboo reports peace" is often used to bless peace and good luck.

Bamboo in Cultural Tradition

In traditional Chinese painting, bamboo often expresses its image and charm with ink and wash. Ink painting plays an important role in freehand brushwork flower-and-bird painting. Its ink painting features that books are used in paintings, bones are used in paintings, and bamboo paintings should be "in the chest", so that they can be used freely when using ink, showing the charm and integrity of bamboo.

Bamboo is graceful and swaying, not afraid of frost and snow, evergreen all the year round, "there is a knot before it is unearthed, and Lingyun is still modest", which is the wind of a gentleman. The key to painting bamboo lies in the selection and generalization of bamboo branches and leaves. The pen is natural and in one go, showing the infinite vitality of bamboo, the contrast between shades and fun.

In Chinese painting, bamboo, plum blossom and magpie are painted together, which has a beautiful meaning of long-term love and happiness. Mei Lan and Zhu Ju are called the "Four Gentlemen" of Chinese painting.