Bamboo plants grow faster, high output, but year after year to quantitative take cutting, in economic development (especially in third world countries economic construction) has played an important role, so bamboo in India has ", the poor for wood " said. Wide range of uses of bamboo, can be summed up in traditional use, modern uses, mainly paper and waste, and so on.
traditional:
(1) using its fragmented character: woven utensil, bamboo, bamboo mat, bamboo scaffolding, bamboo fence, fan rib, umbrella bones, lanterns etc;
(2) the use of its load capacity: Diffractive rafters, drying pole, flag poles, stretchers, scaffolding, bamboo bed, bamboo chopsticks, pillars, beams, doors, flooring, bamboo, bamboo rafts and other furniture, appliances;
(3) profits of its stretch: such as bows, crossbows, Rod;
(4) use their resistance: bed column and machine feet, walking stick, umbrella handle, pole, bamboo, bamboo nail clamps;
(5) the use of its insulating properties: water wagons, bucket, water pipes, chimney, fire extinguishers, blowing bamboo cylinders, and air, flute and other instruments;
(6) used its appearance characteristics: zhusuo, an affront Lam, crafts , toys, and so on.
In fact, there are wide bamboo utilization is, Western Yunnan, southern Yunnan ethnic minorities, for example, their ancestors spread with bamboo habit, shop live bamboo floor, bamboo mat, Dai Zhuli, burned bamboo paid, edible bamboo shoot, bamboo floor, bamboo chopsticks, bridge of bamboo wood. Cut bamboo raft River, flood control preparation of bamboo development, almost all barrels, basket, straw or Palm-bark rain Cape, paint and other appliances are taken from bamboo, bamboo water pipe for smoking. Celebrate Dai calendar new year (Thai New Year) the discharge of " Gaosheng ". Is made of bamboo slips the main rocket. Worth mentioning is the Dai people of fragrant waxy burn young stalks of bamboo stalks of rice not only wind, and special use is one of the bamboo.
Xishuangbanna Dai bamboo floor is bamboo created, in addition to coping with grass sometimes xenophobic, post, Crossbeam, xiaoliang, rafters, bezel, stalls ladder and so, on a bamboo floor inclusive is Xishuangbanna is rich in bamboo.
With the development of economy, culture, building built of bamboo has not much, but people still call it a bamboo floor, it is not only a habit problem, but rather contains the heart of Dai people's infinite love for bamboo floor, also shows bamboo has a long history of civil use. Dai family living of bamboo floor in winter and cool in summer and warm, moisture-proof characteristics of earthquake, simple and elegant. Buildings bamboo floor complements in bamboo leaves, forming a unique national bamboo culture.
