Like plum blossoms, bamboos can be exposed to frost without dying as well when other plants wither away. People endow bamboos with the reputation of being "gentleman" who is with tough characters, high ambitions, and modest and open-minded in spirits.

In the ancient tradition, it was a custom to set off firecrackers, which were made of bamboos to farewell the old and bring peace to the new.

Therefore, bamboos are also used as a symbol of peace and auspiciousness in Chinese paintings.