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Bamboo handicrafts on display at the exhibition [Photo/jiading.gov.cn] |
A bamboo-themed exhibition was launched at the Nanxiang Library in Nanxiang town, Jiading district of Shanghai, in October.
The activity, co-organized by the Guyi Kindergarten and a local bamboo culture promotion organization, aimed to introduce China's bamboo culture to more people and give bamboo enthusiasts an opportunity to appreciate bamboo handicrafts and bonsais.
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Bamboo bonsai on display at the exhibition [Photo/jiading.gov.cn] |
The exhibition displayed 60 bamboo handicrafts such as fans, pen containers and wind chimes and 30 bamboo bonsais including many precious species such as the bambusa multiplex.
China is known as the Kingdom of Bamboo thanks to its long history of planting and using bamboo. Dubbed by ancient Chinese scholars one of the "Four Gentlemen" – the other three being orchids, plum blossoms and chrysanthemums?–?bamboo plays an important role in traditional Chinese culture and is regarded as a symbol of virtue due to its qualities of uprightness and tenacity.