Taiwan Forestry Research InstituteTaiwan Forestry Research Institute

Video Introduction
The poet Su Dongpo wrote a poem in praise of bamboo: 'Tis better to go without meat than bamboo. Without meat, one becomes thin. Without bamboo, one becomes uncultured. Bamboo, with its graceful appearance and image, has always been favored by Chinese literati and elites. Bamboo is a monocotyledon plant in the family of Poaceae, mainly distributed in tropical or subtropical monsoon climate belts of Asia. In Taiwan, bamboo can be seen from plains to high elevation areas...