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There is a plant in life that once it blooms, it will cause people to feel uneasy, and even quickly move away from the local area, and that is bamboo.
"When the bamboo blooms, move immediately", this old saying was very popular in ancient times, and even some villagers moved away from the local area because of the bamboo flowering, and some people plucked the bamboo flowers in order to cope with the villagers' uneasiness, but these are all metaphysical thinking.
We are now living in modern society, and metaphysical ideas have long been unable to adapt to the development of society, so will the blossoming of bamboo really affect people's lives?
Why were ancient times so afraid of bamboo flowering?
1. The symbol of bamboo in Chinese culture.
Bamboo is a very important species in Chinese culture, and it symbolizes the qualities of tenacity, purity, and perseverance.
Bamboo's tenacious character is also related to China's fierce climate, which is particularly important since China's climate is so varied.
As a multi-functional species, bamboo can not only be used as a building material, but also as the four treasures of the study, a kind of bamboo can meet the needs of people's life, so the ancient literati and ink writers, many people will take bamboo as their spiritual sustenance, implying their inner purity and nobility.
In ancient poems, bamboo can be said to be a very common theme, such as Li Bai's "Climbing the Stork Tower", which includes "the old man chats about the madness of youth, the left leads the yellow, the right Qingcang, the brocade hat mink Qiu, and the thousand horses roll Pinggang",
"In order to repay the city, follow the Taishou, shoot the tiger in person, and watch Sun Lang",
"The wine is still open, and the temples are slightly frosty, so what's the matter. ”
In this poem, Li Bai places himself in the complicated world, but he would rather indulge in arrogance as a young man and place his spirit in the sky, without any constraints.
And this spirit is also what bamboo represents, so bamboo, as a plant, has also become one of the favorite plants of ancient literati and ink writers.
In ancient society, in addition to the widespread appearance of bamboo in poetry, there are also a variety of auspicious meanings, such as bamboo represents the unity of the family, poverty, high wind and bright quality, so bamboo has also become an indispensable part of ancient household items.
2. Bamboo is a multifunctional species.
As a versatile species, bamboo can be used not only to build houses, furniture, but also to make utensils.
Ancient bamboo bowls were very common, and bamboo bowls also had very good heat retention, so the ancients also liked to use bamboo bowls to serve wine.
Bamboo can also be used to build bamboo gates, bamboo fences, etc., and can also be used to make tools, bamboo was very widely used in ancient life.
In ancient times, due to the relatively simple living conditions, many people would make tools by themselves, and the characteristics of bamboo are suitable for these purposes.
Bamboo is very fast in terms of growth rate, and it is also able to recover quickly, other plants, after being cut, will not grow again for a long time, and bamboo is different, as long as you look closely, you will find that the growth rate of bamboo is very fast, even if you just cut one, it will not take long for it to grow again.
Therefore, bamboo is also a plant that can continue to use resources, and one of the biggest characteristics of bamboo is that it is strong and light.
It is precisely because of this characteristic that bamboo can be widely used in various aspects.
Most of the ancient buildings were built with bamboo and wood, and bamboo, as a very good building material, is not only strong and durable, but also very lightweight.
Therefore, the proportion of bamboo in ancient buildings is very large, and to this day, there are many ancient buildings built of bamboo, which may seem very fragile today, but at that time, they were very strong.
Therefore, bamboo is also a very good material.
In modern society, the application of bamboo is also very extensive, such as bamboo fiber, which is a very good material.
3. The flowering cycle of bamboo.
Bamboo's flowering cycle is very long, some bamboos may not bloom once in 100 years, while others will bloom once in about 20 years.
The reason for the flowering of bamboo is because bamboo mainly judges its growth cycle by light, and once the bamboo is in the growth period, the light is insufficient, and the phenomenon of flowering will occur, and this is also a way of survival.
Since bamboo has a very long growth cycle, it also needs to reproduce under extreme conditions.
Once the bamboo blooms, it is often the end of life, it will gradually senesce after flowering, and eventually die, and the flowering bamboo often does not grow new bamboo.
Therefore, in ancient times, there was a saying that "when the bamboo blooms, move immediately".
In ancient times, people did not know much about natural phenomena, so many natural phenomena made the ancients feel mysterious and even fearful of it, such as mountain floods, volcanic eruptions, etc., and bamboo flowering was also regarded as an ominous phenomenon by the ancients.
There are even some villagers who kill the flowering bamboos in order to ward off the disaster.
Of course, there are also some villagers who listen to Mr. Feng Shui's words and move away from the local area, and once the bamboo blooms, the villagers will often move away from the local area in a panic, which has also become an unusual phenomenon, which has been described by some literati and doctors.
Therefore, some people ask, what is the big deal about the bamboo flowering, and why do you want to move away from the local area?
Later, scholars also conducted research on bamboo flowering, and found that bamboo flowering is indeed an unusual natural phenomenon, but it is not a herald disaster, but a mass death of bamboo.
As a plant, bamboo also has its own life cycle, and the life cycle of bamboo is that bamboo blooms and then dies.
In the process of growth, bamboo often needs a certain space to survive, therefore, we often see in the bamboo forest, bamboo grows densely, and the root system of bamboo is very developed, which is also the reason why it can be invincible.
Therefore, when people in ancient times chose bamboo, they would also choose a bamboo forest, so bamboo has also become an important part of the life of the locals.
Once the bamboo blooms, after a few years, a large number of bamboos will die, and the bamboo forest will become very empty, so the ancients had a saying that "when the bamboo blooms, move immediately".
There is no scientific basis for this statement of the ancients, but it is only influenced by the life law of bamboo, and the flowering bamboo is regarded as an ominous symbol.
Today, we are not afraid of the flowering of bamboo, because bamboo is an ecological plant, and we are more likely to use bamboo, such as building houses, making tools, etc.
epilogue
Bamboo is also a very important material in modern society, and it is precisely because of the sustainable development characteristics of bamboo that bamboo is also widely used in our society.
Today, many people choose bamboo as a daily necessities, which also reflects the importance of bamboo in culture.
At the same time, we must also understand that some of the sayings of the ancients have no scientific basis, and we must not blindly be superstitious, but look at these things from a scientific perspective.