Why chinese people give so much significance to bamboo plant

[muffin_99]

Dear cecil,
Why chinese people give so much significance to bamboo plant. It is depicted in painting and is used in furniture and is part of chinese cuisine(bamboo shoots). Thanks.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
Bamboo is a natural `product' grown widely in China.
It has four main uses:
1. It is used as building materials and scaffoldings.
2. It was the material used to make paper.
3. It is used to hold firecrackers.
4. The shoots of bamboo are edible.
From the above, one can understand why, it is an important plant to the Chinese.
No other plant has more uses than this.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 1/10/00 1:42:45 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Why chinese people give so
much significance to bamboo
plant. It is depicted in
painting and is used in
furniture and is part of
chinese cuisine(bamboo
shoots). Thanks.