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2 Bamboo Trees with Ideology of Healing
Oriental esthetics is mostly embedded with the idea of mental healing. Interest-
ingly, our oriental ancestors said we can disciple one's mind by just looking at
an object which has mental values. As historically investigated, the representa-
tive plant with mental values is a bamboo tree and classical scholars observed
bamboo trees by day and night and developed their mental, by drawing Bamboo
trees for healing. This has values of drawing inner side and mind of the painter,
not just copying the appearances of the bamboo trees in reality. They assumed
the artistic activity of drawing bamboo trees was a way of mind culturing, incor-
porating philosophy, literary value, moral and cultivation.[1] Bamboo trees were
perceived as an emblem of a man of virtue by our ancestors.[2] The symboliza-
tion of a bamboo tree as a man of virtue is due to five reasons which embrace
powerful virtues.
Fig. 1.
The artwork as it is drawn according to a performers play
First is that bamboo tree has firm roots. A benevolent person should emulate
bamboo roots and nurture virtues not to be pulled off.
Second is that bamboo tree has straight stem. We should not tilt to one side
by straightening our mind.
Third is that bamboo trees are hollow inside. We should learn and cultivate
ourselves with open mind, accepting others with open-mindednessor in other
words, modestheart.
Fourth is that bamboo tree has straightened joints and has discipline. We
should cultivate behaviors through straightness.
