There is no bamboo in the room.

Bamboo is evergreen all the year round, symbolizing longevity, strength and peace, and also symbolizing 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 bamboo joints, bamboo joints will be exposed, which is a symbol of noble and clean wind. Bamboo is tall and straight, free and easy, tall and straight, handsome and elegant, which is also the personality pursuit of literati.

The earliest love for bamboo can be traced back to the Wei and Jin Dynasties. After that, bamboo evolved from a cultural meaning to a folk image, such as "bamboo reports peace", which is often used to bless peace and good luck. Zheng Banqiao planted bamboo, painted bamboo and wrote bamboo, and spent his whole life with bamboo.

Cultural symbol

British scholar Joseph Needham said: East Asian civilization is a kind of "bamboo civilization". Scholars in China endowed the growth characteristics of bamboo with anthropomorphic spiritual and cultural symbols, such as elegance, purity, modesty, restraint and honest and frank, etc. Bamboo painting became an important type of flower-and-bird painting in China, and Zheng Banqiao was famous for painting bamboo in Qing Dynasty.

Throughout the ages, it has become the preference of many literati. Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are often used to express their lofty and refined taste, or as a warning to their own moral character, such as the contemporary poet Zhou Tianhou's Ode to Bamboo: bitter festival is precious, rain is more dust-free. Talk about gentlemen when it's cold, and weave New Year when it's green.