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The Geomantic Significance of Bamboo

As the saying goes, plant bamboo in front of the house and build a new house three years later. Since ancient times, bamboo has played an important role in people's daily life. From bamboo chopsticks for eating to bamboo chairs and beds for sitting and lying, from bamboo poles for drying clothes to bamboo hats for shelter from the wind and rain, it can be said that people can't live without it.

Since bamboo is closely related to our life, let's learn about the meaning of bamboo's geomantic omen with teacher Wang Haohua.

The Geomantic Significance of Bamboo

First of all, the homophonic sound of bamboo stands for good luck.

"Bamboo" and "bamboo" are homophonic, meaning good wishes. According to legend, firecrackers were originally made of bamboo. When they are lit, they will make a "bang" sound, which is regarded as an exorcism to protect people's peace and happiness. And "explosion" is homophonic with "newspaper", and "bamboo" is homophonic with "wish". Therefore, firecrackers have become an indispensable festive item during the festival.

In various auspicious patterns, there are often pictures of children setting off firecrackers, which means "blessing peace"; The combination of bamboo and other auspicious items is often used to express people's desire to pursue auspiciousness and happiness. For example, painting bamboo, pumpkin and Catharanthus roseus together means "everlasting" and "Changchun in heaven and earth"; Bamboo and ganoderma lucidum are painted together to represent nature and so on.

Second, the nature of bamboo makes the surrounding environment elegant.

Bamboo is evergreen, green and tall, which has the symbolic significance of strong and tenacious vitality; Bamboo is hollow, indicating modesty; The vigorous posture has the heroic spirit of "unyielding" and the measure of "being upright outside and being rigid inside"; Bamboo has knots, indicating a steady rise; Bamboo's evaluation of "there is a knot before it is unearthed, and Lingyun will be more modest" is well deserved.

Even in the cold winter, bamboo stands proudly with pine trees and plum blossoms, showing great vitality. The title of "Three Friends in Cold Years" shows people's love and admiration.

Third, the name of auspicious bamboo adds auspiciousness to home feng shui.

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Bamboo planting in modern families is more of bamboo with auspicious names. Such as Ping 'an Bamboo, Fu Guizhu, Kaiyun Bamboo, Golden Bamboo, Guanyin Bamboo, Foduzhu and so on, these names sound smooth, comfortable and beautiful. Who wouldn't like it? Not to mention their role in creating an auspicious atmosphere.