Top 10 Incredible Facts About Bamboo

Did you know that bamboo is not a tree? And did you know that bamboo has so many uses? On the other hand, bamboo is used as the symbol for resiliency?, wherein being resilient is the ability to get up after being beaten by so many trials and just going on and on to get back on track and become the winner at the end. Being resilient is clearly being displayed by a bamboo when it is being hit by strong winds, yet, it is very still and won't break compared to other strong and tall trees. Bamboo also holds so many stories and legends wherein some myths said that through the bamboo stem the man and woman were created. Bamboo has also so many uses wherein it can be use for cooking, producing beautiful sounds (bamboo flute) and more. For this top ten list, I gathered some of the most useful and amazing facts regarding the most tallest grass - the bamboo.

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TOP : 10
Bamboo Fact : Bamboos are used in culinary, medicine, construction, textiles, paper making, musical instruments, creating weapons and more.

Some things made up of bamboo

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TOP : 9
Bamboo Fact : "Fire lance", history's first gunpowder-based weapon, were made of bamboo.

Ancient Chinese fire lance made up of bamboo

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TOP : 8
Bamboo Fact : Many Asian mythology spoke that humanity emerged from a bamboo stem.

Malakas at Maganda - Philippine mythology

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TOP : 7
Bamboo Fact : In China, bamboo is the symbol of "upright", "friendship" in India and "resiliency" in Philippines.

Wu Chen bamboo painting

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TOP : 6
Bamboo Fact : Young bamboo shoots are called "labong" in the Philippines. These shoots are used for cooking "ginataang labong" and more delicious foods in the Philippines.

Delicious "ginataang labong"

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TOP : 5
Bamboo Fact : Anji county of China is known as the "Town of Bamboo".

Anji county of China - the "Town of Bamboo"

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TOP : 4
Bamboo Fact : A bamboo can grow up to 250 centimeters in 24 hours (1 day).

Beautiful grown bamboos in the forest

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TOP : 3
Bamboo Fact : High-quality bamboo is stronger than steel.

Steel and bamboo ring celestial bliss in Taiwan

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TOP : 2
Bamboo Fact : Some bamboo can grow up to 98 feet.

Sagano bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto

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TOP : 1
Bamboo Fact : Bamboo is not a tree, it is a grass.

The tallest grass

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Data Sources :

• www.en.wikipedia.org
• www.instructables.com/id/Make-4-easy-Bamboo-Flutes-for-free
• www.bambooman.com/malakas_at_maganda.php
• www.filipinostylerecipe.com/2012/08/ginataang-labong
• www.thefreedictionary.com/upright

Photos Sources : 

• www.motherearthliving.com
• www.weaponsandwarfare.com
• www.en.wikipedia.org
• www.raminsoftworx.com
• www.qwekqwek.com
• www.travelwireasia.com
• www.gardenofeaden.blogspot.com
• www.inhabitat.com
• www.lovethesepics.com

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Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.

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