Bamboo is a fast-growing herb. Its bamboo leaves are narrow and lanceolate, with dark green leaves, hairless, pale back and micro hairs at the base. Thin and brittle. Bamboo is tall, slender and green, and is deeply loved by people in China. He is also called four gentlemen with Mei, Lan and Ju, and three friends with Mei and Song.

The symbol and representative quality of bamboo;

Evergreen bamboo symbolizes tenacious life and eternal youth; Bamboo void represents the empty character of the mind; Its branches are bent and unyielding, which is 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's free and easy, upright, lofty, comely and elegant is also the personality pursuit of China literati.

Cultural connotation

1, bamboo newspaper Ping 'an: bamboo refers to bamboo slips, and bamboo newspaper is another name for old letters, which refers to letters from Ping 'an. Tang Duan Shicheng's "Emirates Miscellaneous Notes: Planting" "There is only one bamboo nest in the northern boy temple, which is only a few feet long. According to legend, its temple has a dimension, and bamboo is safe every day. "

2. Bamboo-branch pine trees: The roots are as solid as bamboo and the branches and leaves are as lush as pine trees. It is used as a eulogy for longevity or palace completion, and also as a metaphor for family prosperity. The Book of Songs, Xiaoya's Four Cadres is "like a bamboo bud, like a pine tree". Fan Ming Shiyan's "The Story of the Ink" "Happy birthday, may the bamboo buds flourish and the sun and the moon grow long."

3, childhood friends: childhood refers to childhood friends, bamboo friends refer to children riding on bamboo poles, metaphor for boys and girls playing together, innocent feelings. Tang Li Bai's poem "Long March" "When you, my love, ride a bamboo horse, run in circles and throw your childhood. We live together in an alley in Changgan, and we are all young and happy. "

4, Maolin Xiuzhu: Xiuzhi means long, dense and tall forests and bamboo forests, Wang Jinxi's "Preface to Lanting Collection" "There are mountains here, Maolin Xiuzhu."

5, like a broken bamboo: shaped like a split bamboo. After the upper part is divided, the lower part is separated with a blade to describe the victory of the festival, which is unstoppable and unstoppable. "Biography of Jin Shu Tu Yu" "The relieving is shaken, like a broken bamboo. After a few knots, it will be solved. " Shi Ming Nai 'an's "Water Margin" ninety-nine times "Guan Sheng and others, taking advantage of the situation, can conquer Otani Prefecture."