Scientifically speaking, bamboo is a large grass kind, which is green low root plant. Its stem generally is column with knurs. But the bamboo rod of one kind of square bamboo is quadrangle. Bamboo is one of the important resources. It is distributed widely and grows fast with lots of usage and high ecological and economic values. Therefore, it is called green gold mine.There are about 70 genera, 1200 kinds of bamboo in the world which are mainly distributed in tropics and subtropics. While few in variable zone and frigid zone. Sensitive bamboo requires high quality water and heat condition. Water and heat distribution on the earth dominates the bamboo distribution. South East Asia with abundant rain and stable heat, located in tropics and south subtropics influenced by Pacific monsoon and the Indian Ocean monsoon are the ideal ecological environment of bamboo and bamboo distribution center. Bamboo is mainly distributed in north latitude 30 degrees.
China is a country with the most abundant bamboo resources, the largest bamboo area and bamboo quantity, the longest growing history and high managing level. Its bamboo area takes up 1/5 of the world. China with over 300 kinds of bamboo not only is the origin of Asian bamboo but also is the bamboo polarization and distribution center. Bamboo grows fast and can be used several times. It has over 100 usages in construction material, food, paper manufacturing, packaging and crafts and so on. It has proved that our ancestor had used bamboo to fight and hunt10000 years ago. Bamboo has been the symbols of hardness and modest characteristic and ideals.
The stretching resistance and the bearing capacity of the bamboo generally is 1-3 times of common wood. It has perfect elasticity. Therefore, it is the good construction material. Bamboo has been used as paper making material since Han dynasty. Bamboo is suitable for flooring and other decoration board manufacturing because of its special delicate and even texture and hard character. Bamboo certainly can be used to make bamboo cutting board, bamboo mat, bamboo bed, bamboo cabinet and bamboo chair and so on. Beside, bamboo can be used to make instruments. Crafts made of bamboo are of good appreciation. Bamboo shoot with crisp and sweet taste is edible. Even bamboo is a good medicine material. Of 1200 kinds of bamboo, Mao-bamboo is the perfect kind. Bamboo that has hard character and elegant surface texture is the best decoration material in the new century.