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Those little guys saw that there was no fun to look for, so they picked up the shell on the bamboo mountain. This place in Zhushan had been bombarded by the people in the village last time, but at this time, I could see a lot of shells. This thing is especially common in the summer, and it is often picked up on the same day and reappeared the next day.

"Hey! Let's take a look! That piece of Beijing bamboo actually bloomed. One guy suddenly shouted in surprise.

"Bamboo blossoms?" Everyone put down what they were doing and ran over at once. Bamboo flowering has been heard of before, but almost no one has seen it, except for the elderly.

Everyone looked over, and sure enough, the Beijing bamboo collectively bloomed, breaking some spectacular scenes. Chu Jiaqiang knew that the piece of Jingzhu was introduced from the north by a senior and planted on a fire-burned wasteland in Zhushan. More than ten years have passed, and a bamboo forest has also been established, with about 10,000 Beijing bamboos.

Jingzhu is the name of the locals, they actually don't know what it is called, but it is said that it was brought back from the capital, so it is called Jingzhu.

The real name of this kind of Beijing bamboo is actually called light bamboo, also called pink green bamboo and spotted bamboo. Medium-sized bamboo, poles up to 10-16 m tall and 2-5 cm or more in diameter. The tip is slightly curved, the middle internode is 30-40 cm long, and the new rod is blue-green, densely covered with white. Powder; The old rod is green or yellow-green, and there is white under the node. Pink rings. The rod ring and the seed ring are slightly raised, the seed sheath is pale reddish-brown or light green, with purple-brown spots, and there are no seed ears and hairs. Purple tongue; The leaves are band-lanceolate, green.

It is cold and drought tolerant. It is commonly found on plains, low slopes and river beaches. The bamboo poles are tough and grow vigorously. It is more extensive in the Yellow River Basin, and there are also in the south, but there are very few, and most of them are introduced from the north. Usually transplanted female bamboo is used for afforestation, and it is easier to survive in early spring or mildew season. The shoot growth rate is very strong, and the cultivation management is relatively easy.

In fact, there are many uses, otherwise the elders would not have traveled thousands of miles to carry it back. The bamboo forest posture is graceful and graceful, and the bamboo shoots are as smooth as jade. It is suitable for large-scale planting, and can also be used to make small pieces. In the rural areas of our province, there are more than those planted next to the house for practical use; It can also prevent wind and green the environment. The stalk wall is slightly thin, the stalk is particularly good, it is the best agricultural and smiling bamboo species, the stalk can be used as a twisted mud pole, a drying rod, a flue-cured tobacco pole, a melon stand, a farm tool handle, etc., and can also be woven with a mat. Bamboo shoots for consumption.

The old village chief frowned: "How could it bloom so quickly!" It's been less than 20 years since it was brought back. ”

In order to protect the growth of these bamboos, the old village chief forbade the villagers to dig up the bamboo shoots. But I didn't expect it to bloom, and the old village chief knew very well that once the bamboos bloomed, it meant that they were about to come to the end of their lives.

"I've heard that bamboo dies when it blooms, is it true?" A young man asked curiously.

An old man next to him sighed: "The flowering of bamboo is not a good sign, it is a curse or a blessing to our village!" ”

"Phew! Old stone, what kind of crow are you? The man who was familiar with the man immediately stopped, and glanced at the old village chief to see what his face was.

Chu Jiaqiang smiled, because bamboo flowering is relatively rare, and after flowering, the green leaves wither, the branches wither, and die in batches, so some people with superstitious thoughts mistakenly believe that bamboo flowering is a "bad omen", which makes people have a sense of mystery and all kinds of questions about this natural phenomenon.

To be honest, this is also the first time Chu Jiaqiang has seen bamboo blooming, the flowers are very small, clumps and clumps, and countless bees are busy in them, which is quite spectacular.

Later, I also checked the relevant information on the Internet, bamboo is one of the most primitive subfamilies of grasses, and it is also the most diverse population of grasses, which is distinguished from other plants in the same family by its woody stalks, compound branches, well-developed root systems and few flowering characteristics. Bamboo is mostly evergreen, and some species lose their leaves during the dry season.

Not only does it bloom, but it also bears fruit and produces bamboo rice.

Due to the different types of bamboo, the length of the flowering cycle is also different, which is also affected by hereditary. Some bamboos take more than ten years or decades to bloom, such as Oyster bamboo and Banna sweet bamboo take about 30 years to bloom, Ci bamboo and horse vest bamboo take 32 years to flower, and some species of Bamboo take more than 80 years to flower; Some even take up to 100 years to bloom, such as cinnamon bamboo, which takes 120 years to bloom. Of course, there are a few exceptions, such as the group of bamboos, the line marks of the bamboo, flowering about once a year; The Tang bamboo and filial piety bamboo have no regularity in flowering.

Why do bamboos die in patches after flowering? This is a question that has long puzzled people, and scientists have different views on it. Some scientists believe that when bamboo grows to a certain age, it will inevitably senescence, and in order to reproduce offspring, it will bloom and bear fruit before the end of life. They explained it as follows: The roots, stems, and leaves of plants are called vegetative organs, and their growth is called vegetative growth; The flowers, fruits, and seeds of plants are called reproductive organs, and their growth is called reproductive growth.

"It shouldn't be! Some bamboos are still young bamboos, how can flowering also be contagious? "The old village chief really doesn't understand.

Chu Jiaqiang saw that everyone was confused, and couldn't help explaining: "Bamboo is propagated by bamboo, and that piece of bamboo is actually the doppelganger of the first batch of bamboo." When the lifespan of the real body is up, even if the clone has just been created, it will follow into the forbidden area of death. ”

Chu Jiaqiang's explanation is very popular, not like some experts, the text is not clear, so everyone understands it immediately after listening to it.

In fact, the flowering of bamboo has long been recorded in ancient books in China. In the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is written: "Bamboo changes roots in sixty years, and the roots will give birth to flowers, and the flowers will bear fruit, and the fruits will die, and they will be reborn after they fall." There is also a similar record in the Book of Jin: "In the second year of Emperor Yuankang of Jin Hui, grass and bamboo were like wheat, and in the spring of the second year, a group of bamboos and flowers grew in Brazil. ”

Therefore, the Chinese people are not unacceptable to the flowering of bamboo, but the large-scale flowering and death make the more superstitious people feel uneasy.

"Alas! It seems that we will not be blessed with this bamboo invited from afar! The old village chief sighed.

"Huh! The flowering of this bamboo is actually similar to chicken plague. I see that the bamboo has been cut these days, and the bamboo will not survive, so cut it as soon as possible, and when they wither, the bamboo poles will be completely wasted, and they can still be used now. Chu Jiaqiang suggested.

The old village chief had no choice but to nod helplessly, there was really no other way than this.

Because the bamboo is too high, it is very troublesome to carry it back, and it is good to say that it is good to take the straight road, once it encounters a larger bend, it will not be able to turn the bend, so it is generally cut into three or four sections, and then tied together.

These old bamboos are quite heavy, a whole root is almost 100 catties, and many people are very difficult to carry so four or five sections. But Chu Jiaqiang bundled it into a big handful, and the amount was directly twice as much as others, which really shocked many guys who thought they were strong men.

The vigorous young man carried the cut bamboo back, and by the way, he bragged about the flowering of the bamboo, which attracted a burst of exclamations in the village.