Editing Bamboo (section)

=== Japan ===
[[File:SANY0032 (3158073374).jpg|thumb|upright|''Bamboo [[kadomatsu]]'' made for [[Japanese New Year]]]]

Bamboo is a symbol of prosperity in Japan, and are used to make [[Japanese New Year|New Year's]] decorations called ''[[kadomatsu]]''. Bamboo forests sometimes surround [[Jinja (Shinto)|Shinto shrines]] and Buddhist temples as part of a sacred barrier against [[evil]]. In the [[Japanese folktales|folktale]] ''[[Tale of the Bamboo Cutter]]'' (''Taketori Monogatari''), princess Kaguya emerges from a shining bamboo section.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Y8MAQAAMAAJ&q=princess+Kaguya+emerges+from+a+shining+bamboo+section |title=Japan Quarterly |date=1986 |publisher=Asahi Shinbun |pages=269 |language=en}}</ref>

In Japan, the Chinese "Three Friends of Winter" (''kansai sanyū'') concept is traditionally used as a ranking system, where pine ({{lang|ja|松}} ''matsu'') is the first rank, bamboo ({{lang|ja|竹}} ''take'') is the second rank, and plum ({{lang|ja|梅}} ''ume'') is the third rank. This system is used in many traditional arts like with [[sushi]] sets, embroidering kimono or tiers of accommodations at traditional ''[[ryokan (inn)|ryōkan]]'' taverns.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Bamboo is known to be a strong material and able to withstand extreme heat. It is the only plant known to have survived the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombings of Hiroshima]] in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bioproducts |first=Bamboo |date=2020-11-30 |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Bamboo |url=https://www.bamboobioproducts.com/post/10-things-you-didn-t-know-about-bamboo |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Bamboo Bioproducts |language=en}}</ref>