How about planting bamboo on the balcony?
In terms of health, the latest research results show that bamboo leaves contain a large number of effective components such as flavonoids and bioactive polysaccharides, such as phenolic acids, anthraquinones, terpene lactones, special amino acids and active peptides, manganese, zinc, selenium and other trace elements. The functional factors contained in bamboo leaves are mainly flavonoid glycosides and coumarin lactones. The content and biological activity of its effective components are equivalent to those of Ginkgo biloba leaves. Bamboo leaf extract has good effects of anti-free radical, anti-oxidation, anti-aging, reducing blood lipid and cholesterol. Bamboo leaf extract is rich in resources, excellent in quality, clear in health care function, fresh and pleasant in taste and high in safety.
In improving the indoor environment, indoor bamboo cultivation has many benefits to human body. It can absorb harmful gases such as indoor odor and formaldehyde, release bamboo fragrance and promote the regulation of indoor carbon dioxide and oxygen!
From the geomantic omen you care about, bamboo also has a great influence on Chinese religious culture. Ancient ancestors worshipped bamboo totem as the object of totem worship and used bamboo as a sacrificial tool and sacrifice. Taoism and Buddhism worship bamboo as their doctrine and pursue the environment created by bamboo. According to Feng Shui, bamboo is the best mascot to use plants to transform evil spirits. The ancients said, "Eating without meat is better than living without bamboo." Bamboo trees are a symbol of peace because they are luxuriant and refined, so there is an international saying that "bamboo reports peace" and has the effect of "prosperity". "Yang Zhai Daquan" also has such a record: "The bamboo forest next to the house is green and rich!" There is also an old saying, "There are thousands of bamboos in front of the door, but thousands of books is hidden at home". Bamboo is indeed a very suitable plant for viewing and geomantic omen, and it is also very auspicious to hang "bamboo painting" in a rich position.
"There is a bamboo path in front of the door; Plum blossoms landed on the shore because of poetry. "
"Bamboo trails lead to secluded places, branches and flowers encircle places, and Buddhism and Zen places".
There is bamboo in front of the door and someone behind it. When Liu Xuande visited the thatched cottage, there were three bamboos in front of it. The mood of the three brothers in Taoyuan Jieyi at that time was just like the artistic conception depicted in the ink painting "There is a bamboo painting in front of the door". When Zhuge Liang and Liu Huangshu talked about the world in the thatched cottage, Yunshang and Yide were also pregnant with their lofty aspirations under the bamboo shadow outside the door. When there is a hero with bamboo, the bamboo forest must release the breeze and stop the turbidity.
Zen tells students who seek Tao that a hundred feet of bamboo needs to go further. When the upright bamboo pole is finally surpassed by the enlightened soul, life melts into the spotless, free and blue sky.
Where the breeze passes, the bamboo forest rustles. The voice is ethereal and haunting, so ethereal that you can catch a glimpse of the back of eternal life in the smoke of years.
From the implication of bamboo, we can also see the history of bamboo utilization in ancient China from the analysis of bamboo characters in Chinese characters. The ancients called plants "bamboo that is neither rigid nor soft, neither grass nor wood, small and empty, big and harmonious". Scholars regard bamboo as a saint and a gentleman. Bamboo means integrity, openness and integrity. Bamboo is also homophonic "bamboo", which has the customary meaning of good wishes.
"Bamboo has knots and thousands of knots. Although thin, but tall and straight. The wind does not scratch, the rain is not turbid, and it is still tenacious. When you are like a bamboo, you are tenacious and show integrity. "
In the long cultural history of China, pine, bamboo and plum are called "three friends of the old cold", while plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are called "four gentlemen". Bamboo is juxtaposed among them, which shows that bamboo occupies an important position in the hearts of our people, because its stems are tall and beautiful, its leaves are unique and colorful, and its shapes are varied. It is evergreen, graceful, unique and interesting. When people stroll leisurely under the green bamboo forest, a sense of infinite comfort and distance will arise. No wonder Su Dongpo said, "Eating without meat is better than living without bamboo". Therefore, in parks and villages, patches of bamboo forests not only beautify people's lives, but also cultivate and sublimate people's noble sentiments.
Bamboo is not as rich as peony, as majestic as pine and cypress, as delicate as peaches and plums, but it is praised for its dignified and elegant appearance and noble moral integrity. It is honest and selfless, not artificial, not demanding the environment, not showing off itself, obscuring the earth and returning wealth to the people.
Bamboo has made an extremely important contribution to people's daily life in China, showing the elegant demeanor of bamboo civilization. Therefore, the relationship between bamboo and people's life, as Su Dongpo said: "People who eat bamboo shoots, live in bamboo tiles, carry bamboo rafts, cook bamboo firewood, wear bamboo skin, write bamboo paper and walk bamboo shoes can't live without this gentleman for a day."
To sum up: it is very beneficial to grow bamboo at home, as long as the balcony is not completely covered, it is no problem, because it is not suitable for scientific Feng Shui, and it is no problem to carry a few pots!
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