In Chinese culture, bamboo is more than just a plant – it is a cultural symbol. Su Shi, the great writer of the Northern Song dynasty, once said: “Better to have no meat than no bamboo.” Bamboo is found throughout China, and as Joseph Needham noted in Science and Civilisation in China: “No other plant symbolizes the Chinese landscape as distinctively, nor holds such an important place in China’s artistic and technological history.” Over 7,000 years ago, the ancient Chinese were already weaving daily necessities from bamboo, reflecting both a traditional approach to using natural resources and the Chinese philosophy of “Harmony Between Man and Nature.”