中国竹文化历史悠久、内涵深厚,曾被西方学者称为“竹子文明”~1。在长久历史进程中,中国民众对竹子投注了诸多情感,利用竹子的物质功能与文化象征衍生、创造出一系列人与竹子共荣的故事,塑造出中国文化中特定的竹子符号,充溢着赞美之词。从古至今,竹子的气质与内涵虽被广泛运用,但民众的精神世界与竹子气质之间的历史关联并没有被完全厘清。王利华教 Chinese bamboo culture has a long history and profound connotation. It was once called “Bamboo Civilization” by western scholars. In the course of a long history, the Chinese people have bettered many emotions about bamboo and made use of bamboo’s material functions and cultural symbols to create a series of stories about people’s co-prosperity with bamboo. They have shaped a certain bamboo symbol in Chinese culture and filled with praise Words. Although the temperament and connotation of bamboo have been widely used since ancient times, the historical connection between the spiritual world of the people and bamboo temperament has not been completely clarified. Wang Lihua teach