What is bamboo often used as a metaphor in ancient poetry?
Bamboo, plum and pine are "three friends of the old cold", pine symbolizes evergreen, bamboo symbolizes the way of a gentleman, and plum symbolizes purity.
As a hieroglyph, the word "bamboo" may mean: standing upright and humble.
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Cultural symbol
Bamboo with three friends in cold years
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.
Bamboo is not only rich in bamboo resources, but also has a long history of bamboo cultivation. An ancient folk song "Ge Tan" sings: "Fold bamboo, continue bamboo, fly soil and eat meat." It shows that as early as 7000 years ago, our ancestors used bamboo to make arrows, crossbows and other weapons for entertainment, hunting or war.
Bamboo has an indissoluble bond with human cultural life. In the daily life of the Chinese nation, there is a beautiful image of bamboo everywhere. 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: it shows integrity, although not strong, but it is tall and firm; Not afraid of cold and heat, it lasts forever.
Bamboo is the embodiment of a gentleman and a member of the "Four Gentlemen". Bamboo, plum and pine are "three friends of the old cold", pine symbolizes evergreen, bamboo symbolizes the way of a gentleman, and plum symbolizes purity.
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