Cold plum is proud of snow, and it only blooms beautifully in severe winter; The fragrance of orchids is just a faint fragrance floating in the empty valley; Autumn chrysanthemum is elegant, which is a secluded desolation. Ink bamboo, such as vegetarian dishes, is elegant and fragrant, and also stands out from the cold. The bamboo branches are tall and straight, the seasons are green, and the frost is proud and the rain is dew. Bamboo is called "Mei Zhu Lan Ju" and "Mei Songzhu" is one of the three cold friends.
Bamboo is not as beautiful as plum's flowers, and it wears the same color Tsing Yi all year round. Whether it's cold or hot, or all green. However, because of its green clothes, it enjoys the reputation of "gentleman" with Mei * *, and becomes "three friends who are old and cold" with Mei. Simple but deeply loved by people, there are many lovers of ancient and modern literati and bamboo. It is said that Zheng Banqiao, a great painter, lived without bamboo, leaving behind a lot of bamboo paintings and poems about bamboo. Su Dongpo, a great poet, left a famous saying that "living without bamboo is better than eating without meat".
Bamboo is very real, beautifying the environment. Bamboo, though not as handsome as plum, is gorgeous as chrysanthemum, fragrant as orchid and majestic as pine. However, bamboo is noble and guilty, upright and upright, swaying, lovable and praised. The so-called "pine, bamboo and plum" are three friends of cold age and four gentlemen of plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo, which constitute the characteristics of China gardens. Throughout the ages, people who love bamboo, calligraphy, painting and poetry not only like the shape of bamboo, but also love the connotation of bamboo, and all regard bamboo as a model for being a man. Therefore, people like to plant bamboo around houses, gardens and parks. Gardening enthusiasts use bamboo to make bonsai. There are many kinds of bamboos suitable for bonsai, such as Phoenix Bamboo, Graceful Guanyin Bamboo, Flowering Buddha's Belly Bamboo, Affectionate Bamboo, Odd Lohan Bamboo, Simple Phyllostachys pubescens and so on.
It not only has ornamental value, but also has great practicability. The joy of feasting is not the joy of silk and bamboo, but the wine that meets the heart. -Ouyang Xiu's Preface to Drunk Pavilion, bamboo has also been made into a musical instrument-bamboo flute. It can be said that China's wind music is actually bamboo music, and the music played is the purest, most primitive and most close to nature.
Bamboo has many functions, such as making arrows, crossbows and other weapons with bamboo for entertainment, hunting or war. Since ancient times, there has been a beautiful image of bamboo everywhere in the daily life of the Chinese nation. Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, once lamented: "I can't live without this gentleman for a day without eating bamboo shoots, covering bamboo tiles, carrying bamboo rafts, cooking bamboo firewood, wearing bamboo skin, writing bamboo paper and walking bamboo shoes." Bamboo is widely used in agriculture. Bamboo can be made into various farm tools, such as baskets, dustpans, brooms, sun mats and so on. Bamboo joints are used as water pipes for farmland irrigation and water diversion. Bamboo is also widely used in fishery production. From simple fishing gear to complex appliances, the fixed brackets and floating objects of aquaculture must be made of bamboo, and the grids, masts, ceilings and fences of fishing boats are also inseparable from bamboo.
When there is no paper, use bamboo, bamboo books and bamboo slips to record words. From the Warring States to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people used bamboo slips to write, carve and write books. The earliest historical documents in China, the chronicle of bamboo slips, and other classics, such as Shangshu, Book of Rites and The Analects of Confucius, are all written on bamboo slips. Due to the use of bamboo slips, the recorded history of China can be traced back to Shang Dynasty, which has made great contributions to the development of China culture and the preservation of historical documents. Square characters, which are pictographic and ideographic, have also been fixed by bamboo slips, gradually forming a unique calligraphy art in China.
Bamboo can also cure diseases, and bamboo shoots can also be eaten. At present, domestic bamboo shoots not only meet the domestic market, but also are sold abroad in large quantities. With the increase of obesity in the west, the demand for bamboo shoots is also increasing. The crude fiber contained in bamboo shoots plays a great role in reducing weight or inhibiting obesity.
Yongmei's bamboo ci is too numerous to mention. In my shallow knowledge, this couplet is my favorite. Bamboo has seven virtues, which is praised by the world. I didn't know this when I knew it. I was curious about bamboo when I was a child. When sweeping the big bamboo broom in the yard at home, one or two bamboo leaves occasionally hang. I had to take it off and like it for a long time. It's crisp, but I have to show it to the children from time to time. Everyone was curious, but then I forgot more. There is also that kind of bamboo branch with thick fingers, which is probably produced in northern China. They are tied into bundles, no more, no less. Vegetable growers put them in the ground to keep the branches and leaves close to the coils. Grandma left a piece of tomatoes and beans in the field, so she also had a small bundle to make slingshots. It is the most suitable, so I steal one from time to time and share it with children. It is often a responsibility at home, so it is not easy to calculate. Bamboo is empty and knotted, with low head and open mind. Green as jade, plain face to the sky; Bow your head and hold your chest, and be unyielding; Excellent, independent, surrounded by waiting, indomitable spirit. Bamboo and I, because we appreciate it, understand it (although we have half understanding), and because we understand it, we are more addicted to it. Plum is proud, bamboo is humble. Ogilvy & Mather welcomes the frost and the sun, and vows not to shade, without two branches, and is proud to be admired; Bamboo leaves droop, in order to bow their heads and be modest, bamboo has a high posture, high integrity and pride. Who doesn't envy this gentleman's character?