中国是世界上认识和利用竹子最早的国家,也是与竹子有着最密切关系的国家。英国学者李约瑟在《中国科学技术史》中指出,东亚文明过去被称为“竹子”文明。从竹子与中国历史文化发展的源远流长的关系、竹子在中华民族精神文明发展中所产生的巨大作用、竹子与中华民族物质文明进化的息息相关中都可以得到丰富的证明,中国不愧被誉为“竹子文明的国度”。熊文愈教授曾有精辟概括:华夏竹文化,上下五千年;衣食住行用,处处竹相连! China is the earliest country in the world to know and use bamboo. It is also the country that has the closest relationship with bamboo. The British scholar Joseph Needham pointed out in “History of Science and Technology in China” that East Asian civilization was once called “bamboo” civilization. The long history of relations between bamboo and Chinese history and culture, the tremendous role played by bamboo in the development of the spiritual civilization of the Chinese nation, and the close relationship between bamboo and the evolution of the material civilization of the Chinese nation can all be well documented. China deserves to be honored as “ Bamboo civilization of the country. ” Professor Xiong Wanyu had incisive summary: Chinese bamboo culture, up and down five thousand years;