1. Use its edible ability: Its bamboo shoots are used for various foods, its young stems are used to cook bamboo rice, and its various special extracts (such as fresh bamboo shoots) are used for medicine, drinks, etc..
2. Make use of its cutting property: Bamboo can be made into rag fabrics, bamboo curtains, bamboo mats, bamboo fences, fan bones, umbrella bones, lanterns, etc.; Using the bearing capacity of bamboo, bamboo can be made: making rafters, straw, stretchers, scaffolding, bamboo beds, bamboo chopsticks, columns, beams, doors and windows, floors, bamboo bridges, bamboo rafts and other furniture and utensils, which are widely used in folk architecture;
3. Make use of its elasticity and resistance: bow, crossbow, fishing rod, bamboo tip, broom, pole, bed post, machine foot, walking stick, umbrella handle, pole, bamboo nail, bamboo hoop, etc.;
4. Make use of the characteristics of middle space: make buckets, water pipes, sink, smoke pipe, fire pipe, bamboo bottle, bamboo sheng, bamboo flute and other Musical Instruments, as well as all kinds of storage and measuring tools in daily life;
5. Use its appearance characteristics and toughness: make bamboo ropes, braces, bamboo cages, bamboo cables, crafts, toys, stationery and so on.
In fact, bamboo is widely used. Taking ethnic minorities such as western Yunnan and southern Yunnan as examples, their ancestors inherited the habits of planting bamboo, laying bamboo mats, wearing bamboo hats, burning bamboo, eating bamboo shoots, living in bamboo buildings, using bamboo chopsticks, replacing bridges with wood, cutting bamboo rafts to cross rivers, making bamboo cages for flood control, and using bamboo to make buckets, baskets, tables, benches and other utensils. Even smoke with bamboo hookah. "Gaosheng", which sets off to celebrate the Dai New Year (Songkran Festival), is also an earthen rocket made from bamboo tubes, bamboo rice cooked with fragrant glutinous bamboo stalks, etc., and is one of the special uses of bamboo.
In addition, it can also be used as food and health products, bamboo shoot protein can be hydrolyzed by 6N hydrochloric acid to obtain 17 kinds of amino acids, of which the essential amino acids are serine, valine, methionine, leucine, lysine, histidine a total of 8 kinds, bamboo shoots contain 10 kinds of major mineral nutrients, including iron, zinc, manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel 6 kinds of essential trace elements. At present, no toxic elements and toxic organic substances have been found in bamboo shoots.
