Bamboo shoots for eaters, bamboo tiles for residents, bamboo rafts for carriers, bamboo salaries for cookers, bamboo skins for clothers, bamboo paper for books, bamboo shoes for walkers, it is really impossible to say that there is no such king for a day.
The above text is described by Su Dongpo, and the words are full of love for bamboo, which has been favored by people since ancient times. Symbolizes the high wind and bright festival, honest and honest bamboo grows fast, adaptable, but also has a wide range of uses, and people's lives are closely related, the following I will focus on clothing, food, housing, travel four aspects to introduce the use of bamboo in ancient times.
From the perspective of clothing, bamboo plays an important role in the origin and development of clothing and ornamentation in Chinese. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, bamboo shoes, bamboo buckets, and bamboo umbrellas that used bamboo to make cloth, bamboo crowns, and bamboo as rainproof supplies have been used to this day.
From the perspective of consumption, bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots are very popular and delicious mountain treasures, and bamboo is an important crop raw material for generations to save the land. In the pre-Qin literature, it is recorded that bamboo shoots more than 3,000 years ago were a delicacy on the table. Bamboo shoots are eaten in a variety of ways and can be used to cook thousands of delicious foods. Bamboo also has special medical value, in the earliest Chinese medical classics, there is a historical record of the use of bamboo to treat diseases. The whole body of bamboo is a treasure, and the bamboo ru and bamboo leaching made of leaves, solids, roots and stems are all medicinal materials with remarkable therapeutic effects, and bamboo yellow and bamboo are also good medicines for diseases.
From the perspective of residence, bamboo has a long history of use in architecture, and in ancient times, bamboo played an important role in the evolution of human beings from nests and cave dwellings to ground houses. The grass shoe mountain site in the late Neolithic period in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province, found materials for bamboo construction, the Bamboo Palace of Ganquan Palace in the Han Dynasty, and the Huanggang Bamboo Building in the Song Dynasty, all of which were built from bamboo and are famous.
The picture shows the Northern Song Dynasty literary scholar Wang Yuwei's "Huanggang Bamboo Tower"
From the perspective of traffic, the emergence and development of means of transport and facilities, is one of the symbols of Chinese civilization, bamboo has played an important role in transportation, the origin and development of ancient traffic tools and facilities, are very closely related to bamboo, ancient people took bamboo to make bamboo carts, bamboo rafts and boats and bridge projects, creating many first cases in the history of world transportation, the development of world means of transportation and facilities, made a greater contribution.
Of course, with the continuous improvement of modern technology, the quality of bamboo has also been improved. On the one hand, it is to improve the traditional crafts of carving, drilling, carving, inlaying, painting and weaving of raw bamboo, and at the same time extract and combine the cultural elements in bamboo for design and production, thereby enhancing the quality and value of bamboo products. On the other hand, in addition to the use of raw bamboo, there are also composite bamboo materials such as bamboo ensembles and heavy bamboo plates, which not only retain the inherent high density, toughness, strength and other excellent characteristics of bamboo itself, but also maintain the natural texture of bamboo, fresh and elegant, comfortable and beautiful, and more practical, so that bamboo can play a wider space in product design.
Here are some of the creative new uses of bamboo.
1、竹椅——Ching Chair No.2
In Taiwan's past, bamboo crafts were most common in traditional folk art, and most of the artifacts were made of bamboo. In our culture, bamboo has always been the image of a gentleman in Taiwanese. It has the characteristics of air traffic control, standing, and directness, which can be interpreted as humility, firmness, integrity, and completeness. In order to highlight the beauty of raw materials and emphasize the flexibility of bamboo, a unique design structure is adopted. Green Chair No. 2 is combined with traditional bamboo craftsmanship and modern manufacturing techniques. This stool is made of moso bamboo and has undergone special treatment to keep the surface green. This way, the stool remains in its original color and never fades.
Green Chair No. 2 is a redesign project to improve production efficiency and stability based on the Green Chair project. Our goal is to create a new form of furniture to reduce the technical difficulty in the manufacturing process. To reduce the difficulty of manufacturing, each stool is bent only once.
2. Bamboo charcoal purifier - K FOREST
The surface of the bamboo charcoal naturally shimmers and is shaped like bamboo. The Black Forest package consists of three pieces of bamboo charcoal, and the bracket is made of DIY on the iron plate by a two-dimensional laser cutting process, which is difficult to disassemble once assembled. Twelve symbolic markers are engraved next to the bracket, representing each month from January to December, which allows the user to know when charcoal is used.
2, bamboo bluetooth speaker - Audio Speaker
Bamboo is a fast-growing plant on Earth. This is a truly natural eco-friendly product. At the same time, there are many musical instruments related to bamboo such as bamboo flutes. Each screw inside this Bluetooth speaker can not only attach the inner part through the bamboo box, but it is also possible to absorb the bamboo ring because of its magnetic efficiency.
4. Bamboo weaving household products - Bamboo Furnishings
Bamboo as a product of the home, what kind of bamboo can be formed? In the past, bamboo existed in the home in the form of containers, furniture, tools, etc. This time, by thinking about the possibilities of bamboo as a craft material in contemporary homes, starting with material experiments, from weaving techniques to pattern design, structure and styling. After experimentation, a series of lamps and household appliances with both industrial production performance and handmade performance were designed.
Through the bamboo weaving experiment, the combination of natural materials with household appliances and household products has produced a series of products that allow users to create a relaxed atmosphere. This design includes two lights and an odor diffuser. Through the structure of bamboo weaving, shape, incense, light and shadow are connected together.
There are many more about the design of bamboo products, through the above design we can not easily see the creativity and richness of bamboo products, and at the same time have some inherent advantages compared to other material products.
First of all, naturalness, many raw materials of bamboo products are natural raw bamboo, which gives industrial products more natural characteristics and can meet people's spiritual needs. Even when processed with bamboo sheets, its natural texture characteristics are clearly visible, giving the product more artistic aesthetics.
Secondly, low-carbon environmental protection, bamboo is a degradable material, after the disposal will not have an impact on the environment, compared to natural wood, bamboo growth rate is faster, the utilization cycle is shorter, which will also improve the utilization rate of bamboo.
In addition, bamboo has certain cultural attributes, in ancient times with "plum, orchid, chrysanthemum" three together called "four gentlemen", bamboo products have more humanistic attributes. In view of the natural advantages of these bamboo products, they stand out from the competition with other materials such as plastic products and wood products, and become indispensable materials for product design.
As Su Shi said: "I would rather eat no meat than live without bamboo." "It's really a day without this junya!"
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Instructor: Teacher Zhao Chunhua of Fashion Communication College