If I didn’t know better, I would say that the train rails around here are made of bamboo. They’re not. But a whole lot of other stuff is.In addition to expected uses like fencing or poles for stabilizing newly-planted trees, the people of China have found a host of other uses for bamboo.
Naturally, the floors in our apartment are bamboo. My classroom door is made from processed bamboo (it’s quite beautiful really). Some restaurants use large pieces of bamboo as serving trays.
They even put bamboo shoots in some of their food.
But the most startling use of bamboo is that they use it for scaffolding on high-rise buildings. I have seen it built up floor after floor with no addition supporting elements to a height of thirty or forty stories. Just one bamboo pole after another lashed together with nylon ties.
Wow.
-Jack
Chan: Knock, knock.
Suzi: Who’s there?
Chan: Bamb.
Suzi: Bamb-who?
Chan: Bamboo Forest.
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