People may not see it blossom in a lifetime, and its seeds are so rare.

If you bite on the green hill, you will never relax, and the root has been deeply rooted in the rock.

It is tougher after thousands of trials, despite the strong winds from east, west, north and south.

Zheng Xie's "Bamboo Stone"

Bamboo, one of the four gentlemen of "Meilan Bamboo Chrysanthemum", has become a symbol of national endowment and spirit because of its character of fearless adversity, straightness, unyielding and modesty, and is deeply loved by the Chinese people.

Bamboo flowering is a rare sad sight, because bamboo rarely blossoms, bamboo usually does not blossom until 50-100 years, and after bamboo blossoms, the bamboo forest will die and wither at the most beautiful moment.

There is a popular folk saying that "if bamboo trees blossom, there must be catastrophes." to a certain extent, there is a scientific basis. Some scientists believe that bamboo can sense some variations in the soil, so blossom and fruit will transfer seeds to suitable new land. According to scientists, on the eve of some catastrophic droughts, bamboo trees will blossom on a large scale and wither, and there is a deep relationship between the two.

However, objectively speaking, bamboo flowering is a physiological phenomenon, which generally occurs in the bamboo orchard where the weather is dry for a long time, the soil is consolidated and the old whip is vertical and horizontal.

The fruit of bamboo after flowering is called bamboo rice, because bamboo blossoms are rare, bamboo rice is a rare thing, it is said that bamboo rice is the food of Phoenix, the Phoenix "does not inhabit without sycamore, nor does it eat bamboo", or that Phoenix and bamboo are creatures from outer space, but later Phoenix disappeared and left bamboo alone in the world. Although it is a myth, it also reflects the precious value of bamboo rice.

According to the Compendium of Materia Medica: "Bamboo rice, exquisite skill of divine piano, light body and benefit qi." Bamboo rice sweet, flat, astringent, into the spleen, stomach meridian, with the effect of heat-clearing and detoxification, is a good product for nourishing the stomach and protecting the stomach, but also can treat liver disease and cancer, known as "the aristocracy of green food".

Bamboo rice can also nourish blood and benefit qi, and it also has a good soothing effect and dietary effect on obese patients. According to scientific research, bamboo rice has high nutritional value and medicinal efficacy, and contains 18 kinds of amino acids hydrolyzed by protein, which is higher than that of bamboo shoots.

The eating method of bamboo rice is more fastidious. It is picked and dried in the sun, and then fried in a pot over low heat until slightly burnt. It can be used to stew pig feet or chicken, or can be cooked with rice or porridge. It tastes fragrant and delicious.

Bamboo blossoms only once in 50-100 years, and those who see it blossom are predestined. If you are really lucky to see it, you will have to wait for the bamboo rice to be collected.

Just once in a lifetime.